Australia



The following chart lists all languages spoken by more than 1% of the population of each country. Percentages are of native speakers, not the total number of people who can speak the language. (Remember: people can have more than one native language. That's why the percentages often add up to over 100%).

Country Official Language(s) Native Name Other Languages Spoken
Australia English Australia
Fiji English Fiji
Kiribati English
I-Kiribati
Kiribati
Kiribati
Marshall Islands English Marshall Islands
Micronesia English Micronesia
Nauru Nauruan
English
Nauru
Nauru
New Zealand English New Zealand
Palau n/a n/a
Papua New Guinea English (2%) Papua New Guinea Enga (4%), Medlpa (Hagen) (3%), Kuman (Chimbu) (2%), Wahgi (1%), Kuanua (Tolai) (1%), Sinasina (1%), Golin (1%), Tok Pisin (Pidgin English) (1%)
There are over 800 languages spoken here, though few are spoken by more than a few thousand people, and many are spoken by only a few hundred or less. The most important lingua franca in the country is Tok Pisin, a English pidgin, spoken by about 44% of the population
Solomon Islands English Solomon Islands
Tonga Tongan
English
Tonga
Tonga
Tuvalu English
Tuvaluan
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Vanuatu Bislama
English
French
?
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Western Samoa Samoan
English
Samoa I Sisifo
Western Samoa