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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

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

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

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