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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bada1" data-source="post: 19665511" data-attributes="member: 410877">National anthems are usually written in the most common language of the state, whether <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto#National_languages" target="_blank">de facto</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_language" target="_blank">official</a>.  States with multiple national languages may offer several versions of  their anthem. For instance, Switzerland's national anthem has different  lyrics for each of the country's four official languages: French,  German, Italian, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language" target="_blank">Romansh</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_anthems#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> The New Zealand national anthem is traditionally sung with the first verse in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" target="_blank">Māori</a> ("Aotearoa") and the second in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" target="_blank">English</a> ("God Defend New Zealand"). The tune is the same but the lyrics have different meanings. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa's national anthem</a> is unique in that five of the eleven official languages are used in the same anthem, in which each language comprises a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanza" target="_blank">stanza</a></blockquote>

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