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

Non-English main home languages ranked by number of speakers in Welsh schools in 2017

The data shows the ten most spoken languages, other than English and Welsh, in Welsh schools in 2017, by number of speakers. The most commonly spoken language was Polish with 4,350 speakers, followed by Bengali with 2,968 and Arabic at 2,892.

Polish	4350
Bengali	2968
Arabic	2892
Urdu	1380
Panjabi	1264
Chinese	1243
Somali	1005
Tagalog/Filipino	974
Portuguese	796
Malayalam	734

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

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