This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their main language. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.
Summary
A person's first or preferred language.
This shows a detailed breakdown of the responses given in the write-in option "Other, write in".
Main language (detailed): Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over
141,290
English (English or Welsh in Wales)
138,807
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only)
0
Other UK language
3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish)
1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish)
0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic
0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified)
0
Other UK language: Cornish
0
Other UK language: Scots
0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots
0
Other UK language: Romany English
1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant
1
French
38
Portuguese
45
Spanish
58
Other European language (EU)
1,275
Other European language (EU): Italian
29
Other European language (EU): German
16
Other European language (EU): Polish
686
Other European language (EU): Slovak
6
Other European language (EU): Czech
23
Other European language (EU): Romanian
234
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian
93
Other European language (EU): Latvian
27
Other European language (EU): Hungarian
74
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian
38
Other European language (EU): Greek
23
Other European language (EU): Dutch
12
Other European language (EU): Swedish
2
Other European language (EU): Danish
1
Other European language (EU): Finnish
1
Other European language (EU): Estonian
0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian
1
Other European language (EU): Maltese
6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU)
3
Other European language (non EU)
19
Other European language (non EU): Albanian
16
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian
1
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU)
1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU)
1
Other European language (EU and non-EU)
5
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin
5
Other European language (non-national)
0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language
0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish
0
Russian
52
Turkish
51
Arabic
86
West or Central Asian language
30
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew
0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish
18
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi
10
West or Central Asian language: Pashto
1
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language
1
South Asian language
336
South Asian language: Urdu
15
South Asian language: Hindi
2
South Asian language: Panjabi
55
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari)
0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)
39
South Asian language: Gujarati
9
South Asian language: Marathi
2
South Asian language: Telugu
8
South Asian language: Tamil
58
South Asian language: Malayalam
121
South Asian language: Sinhala
3
South Asian language: Nepalese
15
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language
9
East Asian language
385
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese
25
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese
64
East Asian language: All other Chinese
123
East Asian language: Japanese
13
East Asian language: Korean
12
East Asian language: Vietnamese
24
East Asian language: Thai
42
East Asian language: Malay
3
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino
73
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language
6
Oceanic or Australian language
0
North or South American language
0
Caribbean Creole
0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole
0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole
0
African language
22
African language: Amharic
0
African language: Tigrinya
1
African language: Somali
0
African language: Krio
0
African language: Akan
1
African language: Yoruba
0
African language: Igbo
1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili
0
African language: Luganda
0
African language: Lingala
0
African language: Shona
3
African language: Afrikaans
7
African language: Any other Nigerian language
1
African language: Any other West African language
3
African language: Any other African language
5
Sign language
72
Sign language: British Sign Language
53
Sign language: Any other sign language
15
Sign language: Any sign communication system
4
Other language
6
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