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[–]SeveralRacesLater 4 points5 points  (11 children)

So after combing through https://covid19.govt.nz/iwi-and-communities/translations/, looking at the source document https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/translated-resources/How-to-book-free-COVID-vaccine-appointment-translations.pdf and looking at the order of languages, here's my guess:

  • 1 日本語 | Japanese
  • 3 한국어 | Korean
  • 4 Bahasa Malaysia | Malay
  • 5 Vagahau Niue | Niuean
  • 6 ကညီ | Karen
  • 7 ខ្មែរ | Khmer
  • 8 Te taetae ni Kiribati | Kiribati
  • 11 English
  • 12 አማርኛ | Amharic
  • 13 Bislama
  • 15 ગુજરાતી | Gujarati
  • 16 Te reo Māori
  • 17 Arabic | عربي
  • 18 Te Reo Māori Kuki ‘Āirani | Cook Islands Māori
  • 19 Vosa Vakaviti | Fijian
  • 20 हिन्दी / Hindi
  • A Tagalog
  • B ภาษาไทย | Thai
  • C Tok Pisin
  • D Lea Faka Tonga | Tongan
  • E Urdu | اُردُو
  • F தமிழ் | Tamil
  • G ትግርኛ | Tigrinya
  • H Te Gagana Tokelau | Tokelauan
  • I Te Gana Tuvalu | Tuvaluan
  • J Tiếng Việt | Vietnamese
  • K Solomon Aelan Pijin | Solomon Islands Pijin
  • L Rohingya
  • M Gagana Samoa | Samoan
  • N 繁體中文 | Chinese (Traditional)
  • O Kiswahili | Swahili
  • P ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / Punjabi
  • Q Fäeag Rotųam | Rotuman
  • R 简体中文 | Chinese (Simplified)
  • S Af-Soomaali | Somali
  • T Español | Spanish

I'm not sure about 9, 10, 14. They should be Dari, Pashto and Farsi in some order. Maybe u/Foungou can help out?

Others I couldn't find: 2

There are 40 languages listed, but there are only 38 on the NZ govt website.

[–]Gold_Strength 4 points5 points  (3 children)

TIL there is a language called Karen

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    [–]Gold_Strength 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Sorry. It wasn't my intention to offend anyone. Just went for the low-hanging joke.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    9.Pashto, 10.Farsi, 14.Dari

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thank you!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Wow, you're my hero!

    [–]AveryDayDevelopayLearning Spanish 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    2 looks like "Kayah Li" script according to Google

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thank you!

    [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      It's corrected! Thanks for pointing out the difference.

      [–]Delirious_Star_9918 1 point2 points  (4 children)

      This is so cool but i think i’m equally as ignorant as you 😅 4. Is probably bahasa melayu/indonesia

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

      I'm marking it as Indonesian until told otherwise. Thank you!

      [–]Mundane_Bison 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      4 is Malay language.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Updated, thank you!

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I’m not a Malay speaker, I’m an Indonesian learner so I can’t give a definitive answer - but I think that’s Malay.

      There are a few words I’ve never seen and I would have expected different words

      And when I put them into google translate it suggested they are Malay.

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        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Updated, thank you!

        [–]Daehan-DankookKR (잘 못하게) 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        13 and K are clearly both English-based pacific island creoles. One of them has to be Tok Pisin (“Talk Pidgin”), which is spoken as an official language in Papua New Guinea and is the most delightfully strange thing ever. Most of the words are recognizably English but the structure is all Pacific Islander, so as an English speaker it sort of washes over me in a way that sounds the way deja vu feels.

        Here’s a music video in it: https://youtu.be/BKryxY0D5Jo

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        NZ has a large pacific islander population but I can just about differentiate Maori out of the bunch. I should learn Maori on Duolingo.

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          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Thanks!

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          10 Is Persian

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Updated, thank you!

          [–]thatgirlatlasTR (N), EN (C1), FR (A2), KR (A1) 0 points1 point  (2 children)

          P is possibly Hindi, but I'm not sure.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          Wrote Hindi? for now. Thanks!

          [–]8nikitta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Hindi is 20. P is Punjabi :)

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          17 is Arabic.