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  1. Second or additional languages. Throughout the UK, many citizens can speak a second or even a third language from secondary school education, primary school education or from private classes. A 2006 survey found that 23% of the UK population self-reported that they could hold a "basic conversation" in French, 9% in German and 8% in Spanish.

  2. Dec 5, 2022 · Many more people may speak additional languages than recorded in the census. The 2021 census revealed that the proportion of residents who speak English (or English or Welsh in Wales) as their ...

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  4. Nov 29, 2022 · English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language. In England and Wales, 91.1% of usual residents aged three years and over (52.6 million out of 57.7 million) had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language. This is a percentage decrease compared with 2011, when 92.3% (49.8 million) had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a ...

  5. Dec 5, 2023 · Published by D. Clark , Dec 5, 2023. In 2021, 52.6 million people had English as a main language in England and Wales, approximately 91.1 percent of the population. Although the number of English ...

  6. Aug 21, 2017 · Published: August 21, 2017 9:16am EDT. It’s not all about English. shutterstock. More than 300 different languages are now spoken in British schools. And in England, over 20% of primary school ...

  7. Jan 19, 2023 · Many people in the UK do speak languages other than English due to their heritage and upbringing. The potential of these heritage language speakers needs to be recognised. More than 1.5 million British children are growing up bilingual, yet most don’t enter for a GCSE or A Level in the language they speak at home.

  8. Household language. 1. All adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language. 2. At least one but not all adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language. 3.

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