Aotearoa New Zealand is one of a small but growing number of nations whose demographics are categorised as culturally and linguistically superdiverse.  We were home to 160 languages in 2013, and it is believed that we are now home to approximately 200 languages.  An increasing number of children are growing up in in bi- or multilingual homes.  Besides te reo Māori, English, and NZ Sign Language (NZ’s offical languages) NZ’s most common languages are Samoan, Hindi, Northern Chinese, French and Yue (Cantonese.)

Also related, National Hindi Language Week celebrations run from 7th to 14th September this year. The TKI website has material on celebrating language weeks in schools, click here.