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Most common non-English languages spoken in Scottish schools in 2017

Non-English main home languages ranked by number of speakers in Scottish schools in 2017
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The data shows the ten most spoken languages, other than English, in Scottish schools in 2017, by number of speakers. The most commonly spoken language was Polish with almost 15.7 thousand native speakers, followed by Urdu and Scottish.

Polish 15669
Urdu 6031
Scots 5998
Punjabi 3913
Arabic 3715
Chinese (Modern Standard/Mandarin) 1761
Romanian 1598
Cantonese 1200
Spanish 1169
Russian 1108
Lithuanian
French

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