2008/11/29 michael west <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What languages are spoken in the United Kingdom? > > > Afrikaans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans> and > Dutch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language> Approximately > 400,000 > South African-British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African-British>and > Dutch > British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_people_in_the_United_Kingdom> > Arabic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic> Up to 700,000 > British Arab <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Arab> - British > Iranian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Iranian>, > British Iraqi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Iraqi>, British > Moroccans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Moroccans>, British > Yemeni<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Yemeni> > Bengali <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language> (standard Bangla) Over > 300,000 > British Asian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Bangladeshis > (1st language 5%) and Indians > Cantonese<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_language> > > British Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chinese> Various > Caribbean > languages<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Languages_of_the_Caribbean> > > British > Caribbeans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_community> > French <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language> Approximately over 1 > million > French > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people_in_the_United_Kingdom> > German <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language> 545,000 0.9% British > Germans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Germans> > Greek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> Up > to 200,000 fluent or conversational 0.34% Greek > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Briton> Hebrew > & Yiddish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_languages> Up to 100,000 > fluent or conversational > British Jews <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Jews> and Israeli > British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_British> > Gujarati<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_Language> > > British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Indians > Hindi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language> > > British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Indians > Hindi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language> > > British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Indians, British > Pakistanis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis> > Hungarian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language> Up > to 70,000 0.12% Hungarian > British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_British> > Kannada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language> > > British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Indians > Lithuanian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language> > > Lithuanians, Baltic > British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_people_in_the_United_Kingdom> > Malayalam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_language> > > British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian> - Indians > Mandarin > Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese> Around 200,000 > fluent or conversational 0.33% British > Chinese<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chinese> > Mirpuri <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potwari_language> > (Potwari<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potwari> > ) Up to 700,000 1.15% British Mirpuri Pakistanis. > Pashto<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashto> Around > 200,000 fluent or conversational 0.33% British > Pakistanis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis> > Polish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language> 600,000 1.0% Polish > immigrants to the UK and Polish > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_British> > Portuguese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language> Around > 250,000 fluent or conversational 0.4% Portuguese > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Briton>, > British Brazilians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Brazilian> and > Cape Verdean British Punjabi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language> > 1,263,000 2.1% British Asians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian>- > Indian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> and > Pakistani<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan> > Russian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language> 350,000 0.60% Russian > British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_British>, Ukrainian > British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_British>and other former Soviet > Union <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union> countries > Somali<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language> > 200,000 0.33% British Somalis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Somalis> > Spanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language> 490,000 0.8% Spanish > Britons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Briton>, Colombian > British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_British>and other Latin > American Britons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_Briton> Sylheti > Bengali <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylheti_language> > 280,000[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom#cite_note-16> > 0.47% British > Bangladeshis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Bangladeshi>(95% of > population) > Tagalog <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language> Up to 150,000 > fluent or conversational 0.23% British > Filipinos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Filipino_%28United_Kingdom%29> > Tamil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language> Up to 150,000 fluent > or conversational 0.23% British > Asians<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian>- Indians, Sri Lankans, > Singaporeans > Telugu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language> > > Indian Britons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Britons> > Turkish<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language> Up > to 300,000 fluent or conversational 0.5% Turkish > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_British> > Ukrainian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language> Up to 100,000 > fluent or conversational 0.15% Ukrainian > Britons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_British> > Urdu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_language> > 400,000[18]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom#cite_note-17> > 0.67% Pakistani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_British> and Indian > Britons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Britons> > Native languages = indigenous languages. I think that is racist. Include > all 100+ spoken languages in the UK. It reminds me of the incredible voting > system in Pakistan where non muslims are allowed to select a number of seats > for the national assembly (1985-1999 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_religious_freedom_in_Pakistan#Electoral_process_for_non-Muslims) > > m > > You missed English! :-0
-- Alex (User:Majorly)
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