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Singapore has four official languages.<ref name="statutes.agc.gov.sg">{{cite web |url=http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;ident=7655e14f-c579-47a2-b7a9-fffc9fea4815;page=0;query=DocId%3A%222cc15e67-cf27-44b1-a736-f28ab8190454%22%20Status%3Apublished%20Depth%3A0;rec=0 |title=Republic of Singapore Independence Act, s.7}}</ref> The four languages that are recognised by the [[Singapore]] Government are: [[English language|English]], [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]], and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref name="autogenerated1999">{{cite web | title = Official languages and national language | url = http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=1999-REVED-CONST&doctitle=CONSTITUTION%20OF%20THE%20REPUBLIC%20OF%20SINGAPORE%0A&date=latest&method=part&sl=1&segid=931158661-003585#931158661-003601 | work=Constitution of the Republic of Singapore | accessdate=2010-11-11 }}</ref> They were chosen to correspond with the major ethnic groups present in Singapore at the time as well as for the following reasons: Mandarin had gained status since the introduction of Chinese-medium schools; Malay was deemed the "most obvious choice" for the Malay community; and Tamil for the largest Indian ethnic group in Singapore, in addition to being "the language with the longest history of education in Malaysia and Singapore".<ref name="Dixon (2009)" /> In 2009, more than 20 languages were identified as being spoken in Singapore, reflecting a rich linguistic diversity in the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Language Policies Impact on Language Maintenance and Teaching Focus on Malaysia Singapore and The Philippines | author = David, Maya Esther | year = 2008 | url = http://www.scribd.com/doc/17081287/Language-Policies-Impact-on-Language | format = PDF | publisher = University of Malaya Angel David Malaysia }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Languages of Singapore | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=SG | work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World | author=Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) | year=2009 }}</ref> Singapore's historical roots as a [[Early history of Singapore|trading settlement]] gave rise to an influx of foreign traders,<ref name="Lee (2013)" /> and their languages were slowly embedded in Singapore's modern day linguistic repertoire. |
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Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by languages, native language, home language, level of knowing language or a combination of these characteristics.
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Azerbaijan
Native language according to the census in 2009 [1]
Language | Both genders | Male | Female |
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Total | 8 922 447 | 4 414 398 | 4 508 049 |
Azerbaijani | 8 253 196 | 4 101 575 | 4 151 621 |
Russian | 122 449 | 45 538 | 76 911 |
Armenian | 120 237 | 57 912 | 62 325 |
Talish | 68 689 | 34 154 | 34 535 |
Avar | 46 610 | 23 107 | 23 503 |
Turkish | 32 064 | 16 465 | 15 599 |
Tatar | 24 146 | 10 614 | 13 532 |
Tat | 22 803 | 11 485 | 11 318 |
Ukrainian | 20 988 | 9 456 | 11 532 |
Tsakhur | 11 734 | 5 915 | 5 819 |
Georgian | 10 356 | 4 978 | 5 378 |
Hebrew | 8 493 | 4 046 | 4 447 |
Udi | 3 795 | 1 839 | 1 956 |
Other[2] | 176 887 | 87 314 | 89 573 |
Bahamas
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Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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Belarus
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Belgium
In the past, Belgium held a census each ten years, including a language census (nl/fr). Since 1932, the results of this census defined to which official language a municipality belonged (Dutch, French or German). However, this caused a lot of conflicts along the language border, in Brussels and its periphery (due to the Francization of Brussels). The territory of Belgium was consequently divided into four definitive official language areas[3] and the language census was abolished, effective 1 September 1963. No national language censuses have been held since then.
Belize
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Benin
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Bermuda
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Bhutan
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Bolivia
According to the last census in 2012 [4]
Language | People |
---|---|
Spanish | 6,097,122 |
Quechua | 2,124,040 |
Aymara | 1,462,286 |
Foreign | 241,417 |
Guarani | 57,218 |
Another Native | 43,953 |
No talking | 14,960 |
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Bulgaria
In the Bulgarian census, the question about the mother tongue and the ethnic group is an optional one. The results among the people that have answered both questions according to the latest census in 2011 are:[5]
Language | People |
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Bulgarian | 5,631,759 |
Turkish | 604,246 |
Romani | 280,979 |
Armenian | 5,567 |
Russian | 15,211 |
Romanian | 5,454 |
Greek | 3,182 |
Aromanian | 1,815 |
Ukrainian | 1,691 |
Macedonian | 1,376 |
Tatar | 1,367 |
Arabic | 1,321 |
Hebrew | 141 |
Other | 9,946 |
Does not self-identify | 47,458 |
Did not answer | 753,057 |
Population | 7,364,570 |
Burkina Faso
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Burma
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Burundi
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Cambodia
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Cameroon
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Canada
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Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Republic of Congo
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Costa Rica
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
The first official censuses for the Czech lands (then part Austria-Hungary) in the years 1869-1910 recorded each person's "language of communication" ("obcovací řeč"). This used to be criticised by linguistic minorities as representing the language of a person's surroundings rather than his or her own. The Czechoslovak censuses (1921, 1930, 1950, 1961, 1980) did not register respondents' language but "národnost" (ethnicity) which was to be assessed primarily, but not exclusively, on the basis of the person's "maternal tongue" ("mateřská řeč"). The 1970 census as well as modern censuses (1990, 2001, 2011) register both "ethnicity" and "maternal tongue" (which was, for example in the 2001 census, defined as "the language in which your mother or the persons having raised you spoke with you during your childhood"[6]).[7] The 2011 census form was the first to allow a person to claim two native languages. While certain options are habitually suggested in the form (in 2011: Czech, Slovak, Romani, Polish, German, sign language), the possibility "Other" can be chosen together with completing one's own specification. Unlike "ethnicity", this is an obligatory field in the form.[8]
As the 2011 census introduced the possibility to state two native languages, the table below includes the number in both languages’ rows.
Language | 2001 census[9] | 2011 census[10] |
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Czech¹ | 9,707,397 | 9,530,518 |
Slovak | 208,723 | 235,475 |
Polish | 50,738 | 50,877 |
German | 41,328 | 40,790 |
Romani | 23,211 | 40,370 |
English | 3,791 | 7,202 |
Arabic | — | 2,671 |
Belarussian | — | 826 |
Bosnian | — | 726 |
Bulgarian | — | 5,405 |
Chinese | — | 3,422 |
French | — | 2,056 |
Croatian | — | 1,392 |
Italian | — | 1,418 |
Hungarian | — | 9,286 |
Moldavian | — | 2,211 |
Mongolian | — | 3,333 |
Romanian | — | 2,711 |
Rusyn | — | 777 |
Russian | 18,746 | 31,622 |
Greek | — | 1,362 |
Serbian | — | 1,931 |
Spanish | — | 1,916 |
Ukrainian | — | 48,250 |
Vietnamese | — | 30,830 |
Signing | — | 7,216 |
Others, unknown | 176,126 | 464,056 |
¹ Including Moravian language (62,908 in 2011)
Denmark
Danish censuses did not include inquires on languages. The last one was in 1970.
Djibouti
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Dominican Republic
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East Timor
Speakers by mother tongue in census 2010.[11]
- Official languages:
- Tetum: 449,085
- Portuguese: 595
- National languages:
- Atauro (Wetarese, including Dadu'a, Rahesuk, Raklungu and Resuk): 8,400
- Bekais (Becais, Welaun): 3,887
- Bunak (Bunaq, Búnaque, Buna`, Bunake, Mgai, Gai, Marae): 55,837
- Fataluku (Fataluco, Fatalukunu, Dagaga, Dagoda, Dagada): 37,779
- Galoli (Galóli, Lo'ok, Galole, Galolen, Glolen): 13,066
- Habun (Habo): 2,741
- Idalaka (Idalaca, including Idaté, Lakalei, Isní und Lolein): 18,854
- Kawaimina (Cauaimina, including Kairui, Waimaha, Midiki, Naueti): 49,096
- Kemak (Ema, Quémaque): 61,969
- Makuva (Makuwa, Maku'a, Lovaia, Lovaea): 56
- Makalero (Macalero, Maklere): 7,802
- Makasae (Macasae, Makasai, Makassai, Makassae, Macassai, Ma'asae, including Sa'ane): 101,854
- Mambai (Mambae, Manbae): 131,361
- Tokodede (Tocodede, Tukude, Tokodé, Tocod): 39,483
- Baikeno (Dawan): 62,201
- Working languages:
- Extinct languages:
- Other languages:
- Adabe: 181
Ecuador
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Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea
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El Salvador
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Estonia
According to the 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) 157 (up from 109 in 2000) different languages are spoken as native language in Estonia. Of those 25 have more than 100 speakers.[12]
Estonian is the official language of Estonia and 886,859 or 68.5% of permanent residents spoke it as native language.[12] Russian is spoken by 383,062 (29.6%), Ukrainian by 8,012 (0.6%), Finnish by 2,617 (0.17%) and Belorussian by 1,663 (0.13%). Other languages have less than thousand speakers.
Ethiopia
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Faroe Islands
There are two official languages in the Faroe Islands, Danish and Faroese.[13] According to the public census Hagstova Føroya in 2014, more than 90 percent had Faroese as their first language.[14] The entire list of spoken languages in 2014 is:[15]
Faroese | 45 361 (90.8%) |
Danish | 1546 (3.1%) |
Icelandic | 201 (0.4%) |
English | 190 (0.3%) |
Filipino | 103 (0.2%) |
Norwegian | 99 (0.2%) |
Thai | 86 (0.1%) |
Romanian | 67 (0.1%) |
Greenlandic | 62 (0.1%) |
Serbian | 57 (0.1%) |
Russian | 55 (0.1%) |
Spanish | 49 (0.1%) |
Swedish | 45 (0.09%) |
Polish | 40 (0.08%) |
Chinese | 29 (0.06%) |
Fiji
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Finland
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France
France recognizes but one language, French, declared national language. Other indigenous languages have no official status, although their teaching is tolerated in some places under specific conditions, and there has never been any question about languages in a French national census.
However, the March 1999 census was associated with an INSEE survey "Study of family history" for 380 thousand people, including questions about language transmission.[16][17]
Gabon
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Georgia
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Germany
The census 2011 and the West-German census 1987 did not inquire about language.
Ghana
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Greece
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Guatemala
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Guinea
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Guyana
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Haiti
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Honduras
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Hungary
Starting from 1880 the Hungarian census system was based on native language (the language spoken at home in the early life of the person and at the time of the survey), vulgar language (the most frequently used language in the family), and other spoken languages.
Native language according to the last census in 2011[18]
Language | 1930 census | 1970 census | 1980 census | 1990 census | 2001 census | 2011 census |
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Hungarian | 8,000,335 | 10,152,366 | 10,579,898 | 10,222,529 | 9,546,374 | 8,409,049 |
Romani, beas | 7,841 | 34,692 | 27,915 | 48,072 | 48,438 | 54,339 |
German | 477,153 | 33,653 | 31,231 | 37,511 | 33,774 | 38,248 |
Romanian | 16,221 | 12,356 | 10,141 | 8,730 | 8,482 | 13,886 |
Croatian | 47,332 | 21,855 | 20,484 | 17,577 | 14,326 | 13,716 |
Slovakian | 104,786 | 21,086 | 16,054 | 12,745 | 11,817 | 9,888 |
Serbian | 7,031 | 11,177 | 3,426 | 2,953 | 3,388 | 3,708 |
Ukrainian | ... | ... | ... | 674 | 4,885 | 3,384 |
Polish | 5,161 | ... | ... | 3,788 | 2,580 | 3,049 |
Bulgarian | 2,816 | ... | ... | 1,370 | 1,299 | 2,899 |
Greek | 82 | ... | ... | 1,640 | 1,921 | 1,872 |
Slovenian | 5,464 | 3,791 | 3,142 | 2,627 | 3,180 | 1,723 |
Rusin | 996 | ... | ... | ... | 1,113 | 999 |
Armenian | 122 | ... | ... | 37 | 294 | 444 |
Russian | ... | ... | ... | 3,902 | 3,257 | 7,382 |
Chinese | 15 | ... | ... | 204 | 2,414 | 5,819 |
Arabian | ... | ... | ... | 1,456 | 1,438 | 2,929 |
Vietnamese | ... | ... | ... | 1,258 | 1,085 | 2,674 |
Other languages | ... | 15,083 | 17,172 | 8,944 | 36,270 | 21,657 |
Unknown | - | - | - | - | 541,106 | 1,443,840 |
Population | 8,685,109 | 10,300,996 | 10,709,463 | 10,374,823 | 10,198,315 | 9,937,628 |
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India
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Indonesia
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Iran
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Ireland
Questions relating to the ability to speak the Irish Language are included in the census. The figures obtained have been criticised as inflated by cognitive biases, such as response bias or wishful thinking. [citation needed] The 2006 census included an additional question on frequency of speaking Irish.
Israel
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Italy
Censuses in Italy do not inquire about language.
Ivory Coast
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Jamaica
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Laos
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Latvia
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Libya
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
Some figures from the 2011 census:
Main language spoken as of 1 Febrary 2011 (in %)
Main language | % |
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Luxembourgish | 55,8 |
Portuguese | 15,7 |
French | 12,1 |
German | 3,1 |
Italian | 2,9 |
Other languages | 8,4 |
Total | 100 |
Source: STATEC - RP2011, Langue principale parlée au 1er février 2011, en %
Languages spoken at work, at school and/or at home on 1 February 2011 (multiple answers possible)
Languages | Number op people | % |
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Luxembourgish | 323.557 | 70,5 |
French | 255.669 | 55,7 |
German | 140.590 | 30,6 |
English | 96.427 | 21,0 |
Portuguese | 91.872 | 20,0 |
Italian | 28.561 | 6,2 |
other languages | 55.298 | 12,1 |
Total | 458.900 | 100,0 |
Source : STATEC - RP2011: Langues parlées au travail, à l’école et/ou à la maison au 1er février 2011 (réponses multiples possibles)
Number of languages spoken at work, at school and/or at home, as of 1 February 2011
Number of languages | number of persons | percentage |
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1 | 182.609 | 39,79 |
2 | 119.103 | 25,95 |
3 | 79.651 | 17,36 |
4 | 58.642 | 12,78 |
5 | 16.212 | 3,53 |
6 | 2.203 | 0,48 |
7 | 480 | 0,10 |
Average 2,2 |
Source : STATEC - RP2011: Nombre de langues parlées au 1er février 2011
Macedonia
As of the last national census in 2002, of the republic's 2,022,547 people, 67% speak Macedonian as their mother tongue. The next most common mother tongue is Albanian with 25% of the population. Other minority languages include Turkish (3.6%), Romani (1.9%), and the Serbo-croatian languages (1.6%).[19]
Madagascar
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Malawi
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Malaysia
The national or official language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia comprise the Malays, Chinese and Indians, with many other ethnic groups represented in smaller numbers, each with its own languages. The largest native languages spoken in East Malaysia are the Iban, Dusunic and the Kadazan languages. English is widely understood in service industries and is a compulsory subject in primary and secondary school. It is also the main language spoken in most private colleges and universities. Beside that, English may take precedence over Malay in certain official contexts as provided for by the National Language Act, especially in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, where it may be the official working language.
Malaysia contains speakers of 137 living languages,[20] 41 of which are found in Peninsula Malaysia.[21] The government provides schooling at the primary level in each of the three major languages, Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), and Tamil. Within these three there are a number of dialectal differences.[22]
Mali
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Malta
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Moldova
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Monaco
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Mongolia
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Montenegro
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Morocco
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Nepal
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Niger
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Nigeria
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North Korea
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Norway
In the Norwegian census of 1970, in limited areas in Northern Norway, people were identified by ethnicity and language. Such information has not been included in any census since then.[23]
Oman
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Pakistan
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Palau
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Palestine
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Panama
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Papua New Guinea
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Poland
In the 2002 census and 2011 census was the possibility to state more than one home languages, while in 2011 census was also possibility to state native languages; the table below includes the number in all languages’ rows.
Language | 2002 census (home language)[24] |
2011 census (home language)[25] |
2011 census (native language)[26] |
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Polish | 37,405,335 | 37,815,606 | 37,656,090 |
English | 89,874 | 103,541 | 5,624 |
Belarussian | 40,650 | 26,448 | 17,480 |
French | 15,282 | 10,677 | 3,488 |
Kashubian | 52,665 | 108,140 | 13,799 |
German | 204,573 | 96,461 | 58,170 |
Romani | 15,788 | 14,468 | 8,612 |
Russian | 15,299 | 19,805 | 17,048 |
Silesian | 56,643 | 529,377 | 140,012 |
Ukrainian | 22,698 | 24,539 | 28,172 |
Italian | 12,001 | 10,295 | 2,207 |
Unknown | 772,223 | 519,698 | 521,842 |
Population | 38,230,080 | 38,511,824 | 38,511,824 |
Portugal
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Puerto Rico
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Qatar
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Romania
According to the last census in 2011 [27]
Language | People |
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Total | 20,121,641 |
Romanian | 17,176,544 |
Hungarian | 1,259,914 |
Romani | 245,677 |
Ukrainian | 48,910 |
German | 26,557 |
Turkish | 25,302 |
Russian | 18,946 |
Tatar | 17,677 |
Serbian | 16,805 |
Slovak | 12,802 |
Bulgarian | 6,518 |
Croatian | 5,167 |
Italian | 2,949 |
Greek | 2,561 |
Czech | 2,174 |
Polish | 2,079 |
Chinese | 2,039 |
Macedonian | 769 |
Armenian | 739 |
Hebrew | 643 |
Other | 16,841 |
Information not available | 1,230,028 |
Russia/Soviet Union
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Singapore
Singapore has four official languages.[29] The four languages that are recognised by the Singapore Government are: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.[30] They were chosen to correspond with the major ethnic groups present in Singapore at the time as well as for the following reasons: Mandarin had gained status since the introduction of Chinese-medium schools; Malay was deemed the "most obvious choice" for the Malay community; and Tamil for the largest Indian ethnic group in Singapore, in addition to being "the language with the longest history of education in Malaysia and Singapore".[31] In 2009, more than 20 languages were identified as being spoken in Singapore, reflecting a rich linguistic diversity in the city.[32][33] Singapore's historical roots as a trading settlement gave rise to an influx of foreign traders,[34] and their languages were slowly embedded in Singapore's modern day linguistic repertoire.
Slovakia
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Somalia
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South Africa
Thirteen options are provided in response to the question "Which two languages does (name) speak most often in this household?", namely the eleven official languages, sign language and "Other".[35]
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Swaziland
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Switzerland
From 1850 until 2000, Switzerland had a census every 10 years. Beginning in 2010, they switched to a yearly system which used a combination of municipal citizen records and a limited number of surveys.[36] Data on the main language spoken by citizens and non-citizen residents has been collected since at least 1970. Of the four official languages, German is the most commonly spoken, with 64.94% of the total population speaking it in 1970 and 63.67% in 2000. French was spoken by 18.09% in 1970 and 20.38% in 2000, while Italian was 11.86% in 1970 and 6.46% in 2000. The fourth national language, Romansh was spoken by just 0.8% in 1970 and 0.48% in 2000. In the 2000 census, English (1.01%), Spanish (1.06%), Portuguese (1.23%), Serbian and Croatian (1.42%) and Albanian (1.30%) were all spoken by significantly more residents than Romansh.[37]
Selected languages from the 1970 to 2000 census are given in the following table:[37]
Census | German | French | Italian | Romansh | English | Dutch | Spanish | Slavic (Except Czech and Slovak) |
Czech and Slovak |
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1970 | 4,071,289 | 1,134,010 | 743,760 | 50,339 | 32,509 | 11,935 | 123,708 | 30,429 | 13,028 |
1980 | 4,140,901 | 1,172,502 | 622,226 | 51,128 | 38,494 | 13,228 | 118,169 | 65,779 | 14,570 |
1990 | 4,374,694 | 1,321,695 | 524,116 | 39,632 | 60,786 | 11,895 | 116,818 | 119,541 | 8,552 |
2000 | 4,640,359 | 1,485,056 | 470,961 | 35,095 | 73,425 | 11,840 | 77,506 | 120,853 | 7,462 |
Syria
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Transnistria
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Tunisia
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Turkey
Mother Tongue | Percentage |
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Turkish | 84.54 |
Kurmanji | 11.97 |
Arabic | 1.38 |
Zazaki | 1.01 |
Other Turkic languages | 0.28 |
Balkan languages | 0.23 |
Laz | 0.12 |
Circassian | 0.11 |
Armenian | 0.07 |
Caucasian languages | 0.07 |
Greek | 0.06 |
Nordic Languages | 0.04 |
West European languages | 0.03 |
Jewish languages | 0.01 |
Other | 0.09 |
Turkmenistan
People in Turkmenistan (when it was still a part of the Russian Empire) were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census.[citation needed] In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence,[citation needed] Turkmenistan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its only post-Soviet census in 1995.[39]
Uganda
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Ukraine
People in Ukraine (when it was still a part of the Russian Empire) were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census.[40] In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence,[41] Ukraine also enumerated people by ethnicity and native language in its only post-Soviet census in 2001.[42]
Language | Number of speakers | Percent of population |
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Ukrainian | 32,577,468 | 67.53% |
Russian | 14,273,670 | 29.59% |
Crimean Tatar | 231,382 | 0.48% |
Moldovan | 185,032 | 0.38% |
Hungarian | 161,618 | 0.34% |
Romanian | 142,671 | 0.30% |
Bulgarian | 134,396 | 0.28% |
Belarusian | 56,249 | 0.12% |
Armenian | 51,847 | 0.11% |
Gagauz | 23,765 | 0.05% |
Romani | 22,603 | 0.05% |
Other language | 178,764 | 0.38% |
Did not answer | 201,437 | 0.42% |
United Kingdom
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United States
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Uruguay
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Uzbekistan
People in Uzbekistan (when it was still a part of the Russian Empire) were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census.[citation needed] The Soviet Union (to which Uzbekistan also belonged) enumerated people by ethnicity for its entire existence.[citation needed] Uzbekistan has not conducted any censuses at all since 1989.[44]
Vatican City
Vatican City enumerated people by ethnicity in 1948.[citation needed]
Venezuela
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Vietnam
People in Vietnam were enumerated by ethnicity in 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2014.[45]
Yemen
Yemen enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1994.[citation needed] The British Colony of Aden (which is within Yemen's current borders) enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1946 and 1955.[citation needed]
Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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See also
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