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According to Ethnologue, the following languages have more than 50 million first-language speakers as of 2025. This section does not include entries that Ethnologue

population speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language. Guyana is part of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It is part of the mainland

Dee's journals also refer to this language as "Celestial Speech", "First Language of God-Christ", "Holy Language", or "Language of Angels". He also referred

Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Her first language was Koine Greek, and she is the only Ptolemaic ruler known to have learned

2% of the population speaks Portuguese, the official language, as a first language, and 33% speak it as a second language. Guinea-Bissau Creole, a Portuguese-based

national population speak Sepedi as their first language. Sepedi ranks as the fifth most spoken first language. According to Chapter 1, Section 6 of the

his two predecessors, was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George was born during the reign of his

centuries, Sanskrit became tradition-bound, stopped being learned as a first language, and ultimately stopped developing as a living language. The hymns of

official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8 million people and as a second language in South

The 1910 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496

ones (namely ă, â, î, ț, and ș), totalling 31. Romanian is spoken as a first language by 91.55% of the entire population, while Hungarian and Vlax Romani

approximately 150 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 88.9 million native speakers according to the 2023

used in a number of Haredi Jewish communities worldwide; it is the first language of the home, school, and in many social settings among many Haredi Jews

first half is said to have been written by Benedict in German, his first language, in the summer of 2005; the second half is derived from uncompleted

language in the past, today most Irish people speak English as their first language. Historically, the Irish nation was made up of kin groups or clans,

northern Europe with North Germanic languages being the most common first language in the Faroe Islands (Faroese), Iceland (Icelandic), Denmark (Danish)

then-population of 1.34 billion spoke some variety of Mandarin Chinese as their first language, accounting for 71% of the country's population. According to the 2019

Hungary (250,000). Some 1.6 million U.S. citizens speak German as their first language, the largest number of German speakers overseas." Moser 2011, pp. 171–172

policies have also affected neighboring communities. Today, Russian is the first language for many Jewish communities in a number of Post-Soviet states, such

policies have also affected neighboring communities. Today, Russian is the first language for many Jewish communities in a number of Post-Soviet states, such

the first language internationally, in Singapore's education system, it is used to refer to the second language, as English is the first language. Students

first language, while the second largest first language was Turkish at 9%. In the subsequent census of 1955, Kurdish constituted the first language for

carried out by National Statistics Institute, Spanish is considered as first language by 81.53%, while Catalan/Valencian by 10.50%, Galician by 3.77% and

Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Cornish, which became extinct as a first language in the late 18th century, is being revived and has a small group of

also encompassed other European and Indian ancestries. Anglo-Indians' first language is usually English. Prior to 1911, various designations like "Eurasian"

Phrygian word for 'bread'. From this, Psammetichus concluded that the first language was Phrygian. King James IV of Scotland is said to have tried a similar

Commission, alongside English and French. German is the most widely spoken first language in the European Union, with around 100 million native speakers. Recognised

and others as a first language or second language. In some small towns in the former Transvaal, Afrikaans is used as a first language by older Indians

Approximately 15,000 people (2022) are estimated to speak Solos as a first language out of an ethnic population of about 17,000 (2022). Solos uses an adapted

Moroccan Jews spoke Moroccan vernacular Arabic, or Darija, as their first language, even in Amazigh areas, which was facilitated by their literacy in Hebrew

contexts. As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well. Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription

of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Zanaki people of Musoma and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, son of the King Burito Nyerere

and other Gujarati peoples. They speak the Memoni language as their first language, which shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and

evidence shows the gradual shift from Hebrew to Aramaic: Hebrew is used as first language and in society; other similar Canaanite languages are known and understood

of Genoa (1768); by 1859, French had replaced Italian as Corsica's first language so much so that, by the time of the Liberation of France (1945), nearly

language in the country, with 0.5 to 3% of the population speaking it as first language, mainly in the country's south where its speakers are concentrated.

000. At the 2021 census, 78.4% of Londoners spoke English as their first language. The 5 biggest languages outside of English were Romanian, Spanish,

Tenzin Gyatso, speaks the Xining dialect as his first language: he has said that his first language was "a broken Xining language which was (a dialect

originating in Guangzhou. It is spoken by 93.7% of the population, 88.2% as a first language and 5.5% as a second language. Slightly over half the population (58

Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda, and Southern Ndebele (in order of first language speakers), as well as South African Sign Language which was recognised

education, business transactions and official purposes. English as a first language is used by only a small minority of the country's urban elite, and it

among foreign residents: almost 800,000 people speak Romanian as their first language (22% of foreign residents aged 6 and over). Other prevalent mother tongues

approximately 25 per cent of the region's population speaks French as a first language, compared with 3.2 per cent in the northwest. Virtually the entire region

of these plantation workers began acquiring Hawaiian Pidgin as their first language, leading to its creolization. This transition marked the emergence of

languages overall. 15% of the population in Greenland speak Danish as a first language. This language branch is separated from the West Germanic languages

groups. Approximately 10 per cent of Tanzanians speak Swahili as a first language, and up to 90 per cent speak it as a second language. Many educated

with Cheke Holo. There is a 30% to 60% literacy rate in Zabana as a first language and a 25% to 50% literacy rate in Zabana as a second language. Zabana

1900, 11.6% of the population of Alsace–Lorraine spoke French as their first language (11.0% in 1905, 10.9% in 1910). That small francophone areas were affected

northeast Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, Lau had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with many second-language speakers through Malaitan communities

are spoken. The Miskito language, spoken by the Miskito people as a first language and some other indigenous and Afro-descendants people as a second, third

Gernsbacher MA (6 August 2017). "Editorial Perspective: The use of person-first language in scholarly writing may accentuate stigma". Journal of Child Psychology

Lahu. There are only about 100 speakers left, all of whom are also first-language speakers of Lipo. Lamo speakers were located by Bradley in 1999. Lamu

some degree, though not all speak it fluently. Many now learn it as a first language, in particular the children of parents or grandparents who originally

Manado Malay is commonly used among the Sangirese, sometimes as a first language. Manado Malay is particularly influential in Tahuna and Manado. /ɣ/

nations. Approximately 94% of the population speak Tokelauan as their first language. Tokelau has the smallest economy of any nation. It is a leader in renewable

was officially designated the first language within the local education system in 1987. English is the first language learned by half the children by

Retrieved 7 March 2019. "Legislation Enshrines Mi'kmaw as Nova Scotia's First Language". Province of Nova Scotia (in English and Mi'kmaw). L'nu Affairs. 7

the 2021 Census, 47.0% of Montreal residents spoke French alone as a first language, while 13.0% spoke English alone. Some 2% spoke both English and French

30,566 (first language) 19,144 (second language) 0.21% 1960 21,703 (first language) 38,275 (second language) 0.22% 1965 26,007 (first language) 55,158

or dialects of French, and most Brusselers adopted French as their first language, the Flemings refused to do so and succeeded progressively in making

America. About 20% percent of the population speaks Spanish as their first language, while 27% speaks a mother language other than English. More than 200

high similarity of German to Luxembourgish but also because it is the first language taught to children in primary school (language of literacy acquisition)

that in the Icelandic basic curriculum, Icelandic Sign Language is the first language of deaf people, while spoken Icelandic is a second language. Therefore

majority of Muslims speak one of the Rajasthani languages as their first language. Sindhi is also common in the cities and along the border with Sindh

Historical censuses Historical demography This is by total speakers, not first-language or native speakers. Excludes Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

courtly language; this led to Persian reaching nearly the status of a first language for many inhabitants of Mughal India. Historian Muzaffar Alam argues

subject one takes. Typical “core” subjects for IGCSE candidates include a First Language, Second Language, Mathematics and one or more subjects in the Sciences

archipelago located east of the South Island. Moriori went extinct as a first language at the turn of the 20th century, but revitalisation attempts are ongoing

who mostly practise Sunni Islam and speak a dialect of Malay as their first language. The territory is administered by the Australian federal government's

no longer widely spoken. Language acquisition – Process in which a first language is being acquired Origin of language – Relationship between language

can produce, or "wild" onomatopoeia. As one begins to acquire one's first language, the proportion of "wild" onomatopoeia reduces in favor of sounds which

second-language speakers) following Amharic. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by an additional half-million people in parts of northern and eastern

being replaced by Spanish. Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish as their first language, with its ubiquity permeating and dominating most of the country. Despite

whose first language is English Afrikaans: Englishman. A derogatory term used to refer to white South Africans of British descent whose first language is

perhaps earlier in Algeria. Judeo-Berber is a contact language; the first language of speakers was Judeo-Arabic. Speakers immigrated to Israel in the 1950s

fluent in Koine Greek, the language he used to write his letters, his first language was probably Aramaic. In his letters, Paul drew heavily on his knowledge

Villages project.[citation needed] The Dalai Lama has said that his first language was "a broken Xining language which was (a dialect of) the Chinese language

parallel medium (formerly purely Afrikaans medium) strictly Afrikaans as a first language high school situated in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. The cultural

of the people in Kano city have come to use the Hausa language as a first language and some have accepted Hausa as an ethnic identification. Since independence

well as nested functions under lexical scope. ALGOL 60 was also the first language with a clear distinction between value and name-parameters and their

According to the 2024 census, 57.6% of the population used German as their first language (standard German in the written form and the South Tyrolean dialect

Portuguese or who speak Portuguese as a first language are unknown, a 2012 study mentions that Portuguese is the first language of 39% of the population. In 2014

English, Fijian and Fiji Hindi. The Fijian language is spoken as the first language by most indigenous Fijians who make up around 54% of the population

It is spoken by 87.5 per cent of the population, 80.1 per cent as a first language and 7.5 per cent as a second language. Only 2.3 per cent can speak Portuguese

to Palatine German. Pennsylvania Dutch is still very vigorous as a first language among Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites, principally in the Lancaster

Europe. Armenian is the official language in Armenia and is spoken as a first language by the majority of its population. Armenian is a pluricentric language

Whitehorse (French pronunciation: [wajtɔʁs]) is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located

or Bi-Bi deaf education programs use sign language as the native, or first language, to teach Deaf children. In the United States, for example, Bi-Bi proponents

political, religious, and educational contexts, Western Pantar remains the first language of children of the region, and is acquired to some extent by immigrants

specified their first language as English in South Africa's 2011 Census was 1,603,575. The total white population with a first language specified was 4

person-first language (e.g. "a person with obesity"), the use of medicalized terminology, and the avoidance of stigma. Person-first language, which emerged

000 (2012 estimate) Finnish deaf who have Finnish Sign Language as a first language. As the Finnish system records users by their written language, not

percent of Winnipeggers speak English as their first language, and 2.8 percent have a first language of French (Canada's other official language). Other

41%) Muslims (1.17%) Other (0.53%) Languages of Bathinda district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (89.56%) Hindi (8.61%) Other (1.83%) According to the

Madagascar and the Comoros. Most people in Madagascar speak it as a first language, as do some people of Malagasy descent elsewhere. Malagasy is divided

The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario

(PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. Table 2.5 Population by first language spoken and province (number). ISBN 9780621413885. Archived (PDF) from

Google (Alphabet), Meta, and Microsoft. In December 2022, it became the first language other than C and assembly to be supported in the development of the

north-western coast of India, who speak Marathi as a mother-tongue (first language) and Urdu and follows certain customs slightly differing from the rest

2011 Census of India, 97.03% speaks Hindi as their first language and 2.6% Urdu as their first language. The local language of the district is Brajbhasha

Northern and western Wales retain many areas where Welsh is spoken as a first language by the majority of the population, and English learnt as a second language

Pakistan's decision to adopt Urdu (only 9.25% of Pakistanis speak Urdu as a first language according to 2023 Pakistani Census) as its national language in a country

and larger towns About 92% of the population spoke German as their first language. The only minority language with a significant number of speakers (5

Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam. Ordered by number of speakers as first language. The 2011 census recorded 31 individual languages as having more than

the South. Sojourner Truth, however, grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union

facto official language.[citation needed] English is also spoken as a first language by 95.4% of the Northern Ireland population. Under the Good Friday Agreement

language is presumed to have been a Genoese dialect (Ligurian) as his first language, though Columbus probably never wrote in it. His name in 15th-century

typically the first language of citizens from other regions (who often feel no need to learn Basque), and Spanish or French is also the first language of many

of Sliema are stereotypically known for their usage of English as a first language, although this is changing in the 21st century due to demographic shifts

daughter, Milaine. Her father is Franco-Manitoban; French was Larson's first language. She holds dual citizenship of Canada and the United States. She was

Cyprus, where it is taught in Armenian schools (Nareg), and is the first language of about 3,000 people of Armenian descent. Forms of the Karin dialect

worth about ₴37 million (about US$1.5 million) in 2018. Zelenskyy's first language is Russian, and he is fluent in Ukrainian and English also. Since becoming

language is the Susu, spoken by 21.2% of the population in 2018 as their first language. The remainder of the population has other native languages, including

increasing number of people in Ske-speaking villages now speak Bislama as a first language, and Ske is no longer being actively transmitted to children. A closely

language in New Caledonia. There are approximately 1,000 native or first language Jawe speakers, and they account for approximately 1 in 45 people in

second- or third-generation Hispanics, including Cuban Americans, whose first language was English. Some non-Hispanic white, black and other races who were

business. Most Indonesians, however, speak a regional language as their first language. These include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Buginese, Balinese

increasing number of people in Ske-speaking villages now speak Bislama as a first language, and Ske is no longer being actively transmitted to children. A closely

The Proto-Human language, also known as Proto-Sapiens, Proto-World, or the Urlanguage is the hypothetical direct genetic predecessor of all human languages

bilingual Zambians and Zimbabweans. In Zambia Tonga is taught in schools as first language in the whole of Southern Province, Lusaka and Central Provinces. The

languages are taught in schools in Delhi under the three-language formula: First language: Hindi, Urdu, English Second language: English Third language: Urdu

Norwegian, and Swedish—as its working languages. These three comprise the first language of around 80% of the region's population and are learned as a second

fragments comprising a first-language corpus and a second-language corpus, which is an element-for-element translation of the first-language corpus. Philologies

boards, the former operating French first language institution, whereas the latter operated English first language institutions. The other two school boards

as their first language. The dialect is in between Kangri and Dogri, the two neighbouring languages. Languages of Pathankot (First Language) (2011) Punjabi

raised to be bilingual in English and Spanish; the latter was their first language at home. When she was nine, their father was killed in a car accident

native language in Lahore, with 73.58% of Lahore counting it as their first language according to the 2023 Census. Lahore is the largest Punjabi-speaking

Language (1958), Social Psychology (1965), Psycholinguistics (1970), A First Language: The Early Stages (1973), and Social Psychology: The Second Edition

Sign Language is used. As a consequence, this language has become the first language of these children and their command of AdaSL is decreasing. This is

extends to any person of African descent who speaks Swahili as their first language, is Muslim, and lives in a town of the main urban centres of most of

honestiores, an upper class of citizens known as honorable men, Augustine's first language was likely Latin. At the age of 11, Augustine was sent to school at

languages. Itsekiri is spoken by nearly 1,000,000 people in Nigeria as a first language and by many others as an additional language notably in the Niger Delta

Basque and Spanish. When only one parent was a Basque speaker and their first language was Basque, 84% used Basque and Spanish and 16% only Spanish. In Navarre

or less than 0.1% of the total population, speak English as their first language, and around 30% of the Indian population can speak English to some extent

Konkani as the sole official language of Goa. Konkani is spoken as a first language by about 66.11% of the people in the state, but almost all Goans can

the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022. "Urdu is now first language in Indian state of Telangana". Greater Kashmir. 20 May 2015. Archived

census, 91.12% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.90% Hindi as their first language. The city is part of the Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency). Golden Temple

functioned as a symbol of identity among Muslims of South Asia. The first language of less than 1% of the population, it was regarded as a "neutral" and

are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India

classical language of India. As per the 2011 census, Tamil is spoken as the first language by 88.4% of the state's population, followed by Telugu (5.87%), Kannada

languages. Use of Tok Pisin is growing. It is sometimes learned as a first language, above all by multi-cultural families. Examples of other Melanesian

Kohima district, Nagaland. In 2011, there is an estimate of 153,000 first language (L1) Angami speakers. Under the UNESCO's Language Vitality and Endangerment

family of languages, has more first-language speakers than any other African language. It has around 50 million first-language speakers, and close to 30 million

Gadchiroli and the Telangana border.[citation needed] Marathi is the first language of a majority or plurality of the people in all districts of Maharashtra

district for year 2011 in descending order. Languages of Punjab, India (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (89.8%) Hindi (7.9%) Others (2.3%) Punjabi is the native

who was born in Louisiana. Merced has stated that Spanish was her first language, and she struggled with English when she first started grade school

administrative purposes. However, few South Sudanese speak it as a first language. The majority of languages spoken in South Sudan are classified within

Spanish. About 93 percent of the population speak Spanish as their first language. Many citizens who hold jobs at international levels, or at business

and other non-African languages (0.2%); 0.7% did not declare their first language. Islam was introduced to West Africa in the 11th century and remains

too political at the time. Whereas for [Enya and siblings] it was our first language, and we didn’t see anything wrong with it.' Enya took part in her first

Bengali, 5.00% Hindi, 2.66% Santali, 1.82% Urdu and 1.26% Nepali as their first language. Religion in West Bengal (2011) Hinduism (70.54%) Islam (27.01%) Christianity

for later assimilation of the latter. The teaching of literacy in the first language, which received support from the UN, significantly advanced in 1952

Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. Bagri is the First language in Sirsa district. Bagri is the First language in western Fatehabad district Hisar, Bhiwani

Dahl was named after Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first language was Norwegian, which he spoke at home with his parents and his sisters

is Han Chinese. Almost all Cantonese people speak Cantonese as their first language, while most migrants speak forms of Mandarin. In 2010, each language

"Know about these 4 Indian villages where Sanskrit is still their first language". Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019

(The Sand Child). All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

most of them have been Indianized so some may have Gujarati as their first language as well, few elders in the community still speak Pashto. Common tribes

language in the Czech lands. Czech formally remained the kingdom's first language, but both German and Latin were widely spoken among the ruling classes

Under the three-language formula, the languages taught in schools are: First language: Gujarati/Hindi/English Second language: Gujarati/English Third language:

significant impact on the region around New York. For example, the first language of U.S. president Martin Van Buren was Dutch. Most of the Dutch immigrants

society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians (mainly Catholic) or have a Christian cultural

"Maya". Among Maya speakers, Spanish is commonly spoken as a second or first language.[citation needed] There is a significant amount of confusion as to the

and finite subset of the allowable syntactic variants within their first language, they somehow acquire the highly organized and systematic ability to

the north central New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. It has 10,000 first-language speakers and an additional 16,000 people mostly over 30 years old speak

to her in Yiddish. But my brother ... [was] born in Boston, but his first language was Yiddish because my parents only spoke Yiddish when he was a little

Welsh lacks the letter Z and the voiced alveolar fricative /z/, some first-language Welsh speakers replace it with the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/

teachers and 89% of medical doctors had learned Hungarian as their first language. Urban and industrial centers' Magyarization proceeded at a particularly

pursue her dream of acting. Originally from Montreal, French is her first language. Christopher Stanley as Henry Francis (recurring seasons 3–4, main seasons

existing spoken language. When those with signed languages as their first language read writing associated with a spoken language, this functions as literacy

groups, with the Punjabi language having a national plurality as the first language of approximately 45 per cent of the total population. Languages with

religious purposes. The table below shows a break-up of Gilgit-Baltistan first-language speakers. The population of Gilgit-Baltistan is entirely Muslim and

generally literate in English, with a large proportion adopting it as their first language, especially among younger and certain adult generations. Malaysian English

alongside her 10 siblings. They were raised by parents who were both Dakota first-language speakers. Her grandfather was Íŋyaŋgmani Hokšída, Running Walker Boy

Zarma and Songhay, Tamasheq, Tassawaq and Tebu. Each is spoken as a first language primarily by the ethnic group with which it is associated. Hausa and

spoke Punjabi and 3.50% Urdu as their first language. According to the 1998 census, the predominant first language is Punjabi, spoken by 95.9% of the population

Anglo-Indians speak English as their mother tongue, but it is not the first language of most Indians. In addition to South Africa, a number of Commonwealth

Afrikaans for 1.5%, while 3.4% had another first language. Among whites, Afrikaans was the first language for 59.1% of the population, compared to 35

law in 2011 as a minority language with constitutional rights and the first language of the Icelandic deaf community. During the time of Danish rule, Danish

to be born in Sweden, the first to grow up speaking Swedish as his first language, and the first to be raised from birth in the Lutheran faith. He was

(2021): English as first language: 1.8% French as first language: 95.7% English and French as first language: 0% Other first language: 1.2% List of former

(2021): English as first language: 93.4% French as first language: 2.2% English and French as first language: 0.7% Other as first language: 3.1% Gananoque

Third languages by number of speakers in India (2011 census) Language First language speakers Second language speakers Third language speakers Total speakers

portability and the first use of context-free, BNF grammar. Simula, the first language to support object-oriented programming (including subtypes, dynamic

Guaraní, spoken by 60% of the population as a first language, with Spanish spoken as a first language by 40% of the population, and fluently spoken by

help make ends meet. Since Alex and Eddie did not speak English as a first language, they were considered "minority" students and experienced bullying by

subjects: Language, Literacy and Communication Afrikaans First Language English First Language English Second Language Mathematical Literacy, Mathematics

much of West Africa) is relatively widespread. Mandinka is spoken as a first language by 38% of the population, Pulaar by 21%, Wolof by 18%, Soninke by 9%

of 2001). In Chhattisgarh educated people are fluent in Hindi. Some first language speakers use Bhatri as second language. Halbi is often used as a trade

of the 2011 census, 95.14% spoke Kashmiri and 1.49% Hindi as their first language. The city is served by many highways, including National Highway 1A

Manding, Fulani and Yoruba, which are spoken as a second (or non-first) language by millions of people. Although many African languages are used on

taught in schools in Madhya Pradesh under the Three Language Formula: First language: Any Scheduled Language Second language: Hindi, Urdu or English Third

the country, the other ones being English and French. Bislama is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (citizens who live in Port Vila and

(ISO 639-3: OJB), or simply Ojibwemowin (Ojibwe). Today English is the first language of many members. The Ontario Saulteaux culture is descended from the

of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic language family, died out as a first language in the late 18th century. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been

128,622 residents, or 72.3% of the population, who spoke French as a first language. English was the second most common (7,853 or 4.4%), followed by Spanish

Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English. Indigenous Mexican-Americans

these Hispanophone populations eventually adopted English as their first language and became Americanized. Also called Hispanos, these descendants of

Spanish is the predominant language of Latin America. It is spoken as first language by about 60% of the population. Portuguese is spoken by about 30%, and

attending school; he is the only president of the United States whose first language was not English. Also during his childhood, Van Buren learned at his

language, part of the Maya language family, the latter typically as their first language. Mam (Maya mythology) Kayb'il B'alam Tecun Uman Takalik Abaj "Resultados

Punjabi, 6.41% Urdu, and 2.19% Mewati as their first language. The most widely spoken first language is Saraiki (70%), which is used by the major indigenous

use Cantonese, with about 300,000 British people claiming it as their first language. This is largely due to the presence of British Hong Kongers and the

culture means that, glossologically, speakers are identified by the first language of their father. The Siriano language is Tucanoan. Ethnologue Ibáñez

similar to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and other nearby creoles, is the first language of many urban ni-Vanuatu, that is, the residents of Port Vila and Luganville;

countries, especially in Turkey, are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people. They

Buren, the first president who was not of British descent, and whose first language was Dutch, the 26th president Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

of the population as a second language. The growth of Bislama as a first language has considerably encroached on the indigenous languages, whose use receded

of the population as a second language. The growth of Bislama as a first language has considerably encroached on the indigenous languages, whose use receded

Outside of Tatarstan, urban Tatars usually speak Russian as their first language (in cities such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Tashkent

English spoken as a first language accounted for 90.37% of all residents, and 9.62% spoke other languages as their first language. Spanish speakers made

one-third of Schleswig and half of South Schleswig spoke German as their first language. By the time of the Second Schleswig War in 1864, half of Schleswig

specified their first language as English in South Africa's 2011 Census was 1,603,575. The total white population with a first language specified was 4

25.62% Kannada, 23.39% Urdu, 3.46% Hindi and 3.42% Konkani as their first language. Khanapur's economy is agriculture-based and is noted for its cultivation

period in the ninth century that Christians adopted Arabic as their first language; the first translation of the gospels into Arabic took place in this

census, the most widely spoken language in the province is Sindhi, the first language of 33,462,299 60% of the population. It is followed by Urdu 12,409,745

the deaf community, some of whom are pre-lingually deaf people whose first language is a sign language. Some in the deaf community call cochlear implants

population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian

tongue: English as first language: 0.4% French as first language: 98.5% English and French as first language: 0.3% Other as first language: 0.7% Alma is serviced

content through cargo ports. Simula is generally accepted as being the first language with the primary features and framework of an object-oriented language

immigrants. By 2001 they comprised 25% of the population. English was the first language for 76% of the inhabitants. In 2009, Port Coquitlam was rated 85th for

secular school boards are the English first language Toronto District School Board, and the French first language Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The two Catholic

remainder live in the villages, sub-districts and districts.) Official first language results (1927-1965) The province of Konya is divided into thirty-one

blocks and the begin...end pairs for delimiting them. It was also the first language implementing nested function definitions with lexical scope. Moreover

two youth in Copenhagen. Speaker A speaks Berber as a first language and speaker B's first language is Kurdish. Nonetheless, their Danish includes elements

Latino populations, and aimed specifically at Spanish-dominant and first-language Spanish speakers— originally provided Spanish-dubbed versions of recent

census, 89.92% of the population spoke Punjabi and 9.15% Hindi as their first language. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected

5.86% Urdu 4.36% Marwari, 3.93% Dhundari and 2.54% Sindhi as their first language. According to the 2011 census, Hindus form the majority religious group

3% in the same period, so by the 1989 census there were only 1,079 first-language speakers left. That may have been an overcount, however, as the 2010

population of Canada is 70,540, of which 33,790 report Inuit as their first language. Greenland and Canada account for the bulk of Inuit speakers, although

11.29% Telugu, 4.95% Tamil, 2.83% Hindi and 1.54% Marathi as their first language. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hospet. "District Census Handbook

Romansh as a first language. Romansh lost ground to both German and Italian. In 1900, 31% of the population spoke Italian as a first language, and in 1910

Klingon Language Institute, raised his son Alec to speak Klingon as a first language, while the boy's mother communicated with him in English. Alec rarely

education at Ysgol Pentrecelyn and was raised speaking Welsh as his first language. He attended Ysgol Maes Garmon, a Welsh medium secondary school in Mold

Arabic, Hausa and Swahili languages. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 35 million Oromo people in Ethiopia and by an additional

colloquial dialects as their first language) or as a third language (if they spoke another language as their first language and a regional variety of colloquial

district spoke Hindi, 7.02% Urdu, 1.82% Awadhi and 1.49% Bhojpuri as their first language. Bahraich district comprises 6 tehsils or sub-divisions, each headed

first language to American thought patterns. Students still thought in their first language and used the rhetorical patterns of their first language to

North China Plain. Burmese is the national language of Myanmar, and the first language of some 33 million people. Burmese speakers first entered the northern

He was born and grew up in London. His mother is Israeli, and his first language was Hebrew. His father was a keen amateur violinist who studied at Oxford

Television Network, Mehran TV, and Dharti TV. In Pakistan, Sindhi is the first language of 30.26 million people, or 14.6% of the country's population as of

assembler via punched cards, paper tape, etc. Dartmouth BASIC was the first language to be created with an IDE (and was also the first to be designed for

first language to American thought patterns. Students still thought in their first language and used the rhetorical patterns of their first language to

Television Network, Mehran TV, and Dharti TV. In Pakistan, Sindhi is the first language of 30.26 million people, or 14.6% of the country's population as of

spoken language in 2021, with over 110,212 citing English as their first language. Those stating other languages is significantly lower due to the large

where the vast majority of the 26,000 inhabitants speak Swedish as a first language. In Finland as a whole, Swedish is one of the two "national" languages

dialects) and Gaelic. Of these three, English is the most common form as a first language. There are some other minority languages of the Scottish people, such

of the population, 507,172 persons (74.1%), spoke Finnish as their first language. The number of Swedish speakers was 36,945 persons (5.4%) of the population

English, with elements of the Tahitian language. It is spoken as a first language by the population and is taught alongside English at the island's only

of vernacular literatures, and the idea that only writing in one's first language could produce genuinely creative output, found in nationalism and Romanticism

in Spanglish, telling The Hill, "Latinos are in a place where their first language is Spanish but they speak English as well, and quite frankly that's

Proto-Algonquian in his 1994 paper. By this scenario, Blackfoot was the first language to branch off, which coincides well with its being the most divergent

the family's land holdings, making him extremely wealthy. Benazir's first language was English; as a child she spoke Urdu less frequently although she

International found that the language was being taught to children as their first language and used conversationally between multiple generations of speakers,

3.47% Urdu, 2.24% Sindhi, 2.02% Marathi and 1.90% Marwari as their first language. Ahmedabad lies in western India at 53 metres (174 ft) above sea level

commentator and novelist. Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. He served stateside

population) speak Hungarian, of whom 9,827,875 people (98.9%) speak it as a first language, while 68,458 people (0.7%) speak it as a second language. About 2.2

primary language of instruction. Around 17,000 Djiboutians speak it as a first language. Immigrant languages include Omani Arabic (38,900 speakers), Amharic

and rural areas of Ludhiana district. Languages of Ludhiana district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (79.65%) Hindi (18.19%) Others (2.16%) At the time of

Saskatchewan, with writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. His first language is French, but he writes in English. Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain

000 speakers as of 2002[update], with 50,000 who speak it as their first language. About 250,000 speakers use it as their second language. Masbatenyo

correct." Nabokov concludes the afterword with a reference to his beloved first language, which he abandoned as a writer once he moved to the United States in

Irish language, or more specifically Munster Irish, is spoken as a first language in Gaeltachtaí (Irish speaking areas) in a number of areas in the province

(2021): English as first language: 93.5% French as first language: 1.1% English and French as first language: 0.4% Other as first language: 4.3% Downtown

Catalan (over 7 million speakers in Europe, 3.4 million with Catalan as first language), Galician (understood by the 93% of the 2.8 million Galician population)

the 1965 census, 3.2% of the population reported Circassian as their first language. 23% of all Circassians in Turkey were in Kayseri. Apart from taxi and

LOL! Sorry to disappoint, but I'm Central American and my families first language was not English. We can pretend though if it makes people feel like

speech or writing is in no way comparable to that found in Yiddish, the first language for some time among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. On the other hand, the

(3%), Bhojpuri (2%), Gurung (2%), Magar (2%) and Sherpa (1%) as their first language. English is also spoken by many. Ethnic groups in Kathmandu Newar (24

(2021): English as first language: 59.3% French as first language: 32.9% English and French as first language: 4.3% Other as first language: 2.6% The main

(2021): English as first language: 93.5% French as first language: 2.4% English and French as first language: 0.6% Other as first language: 3.3% List of former

was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. Inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution, he immigrated to

pulaar, in Ajami: ݒُلَارْ‎) is a Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by the Fula and Toucouleur peoples in the Senegal River valley area

spoke Hindi, 9.03% Urdu, 4.81% Bhojpuri, and 0.92% Bengali as their first language. Varanasi division which consists of four districts, and is headed by

living in the Faroes) spoke Faroese as their first language and 1546 spoke Danish as their first language. Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01

the population spoke Punjabi, 21.55% Bagri and 9.12% Hindi as their first language. Navdeep Asija, sustainable transport specialist Gurnam Bhullar, singer

Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. French is Gainsbourg's first language, but she is also fluent in English. Gainsbourg was raised in Paris alongside

language policy, the younger generation mostly speaks Japanese as their first language. In addition to the northern portion of Okinawa Island, Kunigami is

Welsh (compulsory in Welsh schools): Welsh Language (first language) Welsh Literature (first language) Welsh Second Language GCSEs are awarded on a graded

Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. French is Gainsbourg's first language, but she is also fluent in English. Gainsbourg was raised in Paris alongside

same except in the treatment of five modern letters. ISO 9:1995 is the first language-independent, univocal system of one character for one character equivalents

(2021): English as first language: 34.0 % French as first language: 57.7 % English and French as first language: 3.8 % Other as first language: 3.8 % Responsibilities

declining, especially among children.: 6  Many are learning Hausa as a first language instead, which is used extensively in official and educational settings

people in central Iran, up until the 1880s. Nowadays, it is used as a first language by an estimated 8,000 to 15,000 Zoroastrians in and around the cities

2021) : French as first language: 83.9% Other as first language: 8.7% English as first language: 4.2% English and French as first language: 1.5% Major parks

after ascertaining the wishes of the people). The most widely spoken first language is Tamil, which is native to 88.2% of the population. There are also

Population in 2001: 8,317 Language: French as first language: 86.9% English as first language: 8% Other as first language: 2.8% The city has five elementary schools

South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. Many Zulu people also

Retrieved November 8, 2015. Hamelman, Steve (2016). "'Music Is My First Language': An Interview with Doug Yule". Rock Music Studies. 3 (2): 192–214.

census, 74.72% of the population spoke Punjabi and 22.42% Hindi as their first language. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected

active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, spoke Koine Greek as a first language and by her reign (51–30 BC) or some time before it the Macedonian language

Ukrainian-American community in Irvington, with Ukrainian being her first language. Farmiga did not learn English until she started kindergarten at the

Brussels claimed to be bilingual, even if they do not have Dutch as their first language. They are governed by the Brussels Region for economics affairs and

in the Shires of Laverton and Ngaanyatjarraku. Ngaanyatjarra is the first language of most residents (65%, see below) with the other language significantly

example, its awkward style suggests that Greek was not the author’s first language. Other details, such as the imprecise citation of Jewish scripture (1

is the everyday language of communication in Sint Maarten, and the first language of native Sint Maarteners. A local variety of Virgin Islands Creole

16 million inhabitants. Recent research has shown it may be spoken as a first language by approximately 789,000 people in France, Italy, Spain and Monaco.

of neighbouring Ramban and Kishtwar districts. Sarazi is spoken as a first language by 46,000 people (as of 2001), primarily Hindus, but it is also used

Guadalupe Valdez, refers to individuals who acquire two languages as a "first" language. Most American circumstantial bilinguals acquire their ethnic or immigrant

Poland. It is estimated that some 460,000 of them spoke Polish as the first language. According to the 1931 Polish Census: 69% of the population was Polish

learn standard German during the period of German rule. It was never a first language. It is currently spoken as a second language by people generally over

63% of the inhabitants of Moldova (proper) have Moldovan/Romanian as first language, of which 1,486,570 (53%) declared it Moldovan and 652,394 (23.3%) declared

21, 1989, in Miramar, Florida, the son of Haitian parents. Derulo's first language was Haitian Creole. His mother went to law school. He started singing

and rural areas of Amritsar district. Languages of Amritsar district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (94.29%) Hindi (4.8%) Others (0.91%) At the time of

a lingua franca by people with different languages and rarely as a first language. In 1991 there were an estimated 3.5 million second-language speakers

language. As of 2010, “Speakers who grew up with Lower Tanana as their first language can be found only in the 250-person village of Minto.” It is one of

Large parts of County Donegal are Gaeltacht areas where Irish is the first language and some people in west Belfast also speak Irish, especially in the

ethnic groups made up 1.37% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 88.13% and 10.85% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.02% spoke all other

ethnic groups made up 1.55% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 81.38% and Amharic was spoken by 17.76%; the remaining 0.86% spoke

1,100 Siberian Yupik people in Alaska speak the language. It is the first language of the home for most St. Lawrence Island children. In Siberia, about

endangered, with three remaining elders who learned to speak it as a first language, one of whom is deaf. As part of an effort to regain official recognition

Census, the majority of the population in Alsace speak French as their first language, 39.0% (or 500,000 people) of the population speak Alsatian, 16.2% (or

of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language. There are also some Bengali speakers in Bilaspur tehsil. The Punjabis

tremendous legacy of turmoil, from Scots nobles learning only English as a first language as far back as the 13th century, the implementation of the Statutes

Haryanvi, 3.78% Punjabi, 3.59% Bengali and 1.95% Bhojpuri as their first language. Gurgaon has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of

Hindi (or a related language), 5.76% Urdu and 0.79% Punjabi as their first language. Anei (village) Babhiyapur Chak Khaspur Garh Lakshmi Villa Sarh Bithoor

preferred language of 45% of pupils and the proportion of children whose first language is known, or believed to be, other than English, is significantly higher

(2021): English as first language: 88.4% French as first language: 5.5% English and French as first language: 1.3% Other as first language: 3.8% Merrickville

(2021): English as first language: 34.0 % French as first language: 57.0 % English and French as first language: 4.1 % Other as first language: 4.2 % Clarence-Rockland

Buren family of President Martin Van Buren, who even spoke Dutch as his first language, also originated in New Netherland. The Bush family descendants from

census, 92.13% of the population spoke Punjabi and 6.79% Hindi as their first language. Bagri is spoken in the south of the district along the Rajasthan and

speakers. As of 1994[update], only 37 elderly people spoke Mono as their first language. It is classified as critically endangered by UNESCO. It is spoken in

half of the 19th century, most Irish emigrants spoke Irish as their first language. That had social and cultural consequences for the cultivation of the

Uzbekistan identify as "Uzbek" even though they speak Tajiki as their first language, often because they are registered as Uzbeks by the central government

ethnic groups made up 1.03% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 93.99% and 5.47% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.54% spoke all other

Paris stated in 1986 that in Senegal, 60,000 people spoke French as a first language and 700,000 spoke French as a second language. The total population

1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language. According to Golla

population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (104,465 or 81.2%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (5,062 or 3.9%) and French is the

Hindi (or a variant of Hindi), 2.69% Urdu and 1.86% Awadhi as their first language. People in the district speak Awadhi, a language in the Hindi continuum

process invoked varies: a general tendency towards semantic transparency, first-language learning driven by universal process, or a general process of discourse

(1990), which won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry; and First Language: Poems (1993), winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize. His prose includes The

the population spoke Hindi, 19.68% Bhojpuri, and 3.24% Urdu as their first language. Bhojpuri is natively spoken in Varanasi. The district is made up of

NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Association. pp. 231–252. Clark, Eve (2009). First Language Acquisition. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. pp. 44–46.

public education, though spoken natively by a minority of people as a first language. Spanish is taught in primary and secondary schools as well. Bilingualism

period in the ninth century that Christians adopted Arabic as their first language; the first translation of the gospels into Arabic took place in this

ethnic groups made up 0.63% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 97.06%, 1.36% spoke Mao, and 1.15% Amharic; the remaining 0.43% spoke

Gurung and 1.00% Sunuwar as their first language. In 2011, 33.9% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language. Phidim Municipality Nepali: फिदिम

97.42% of the population spoke Tamil and 1.07% Saurashtra as their first language. Thanjavur district lies in the Kaveri delta, the most fertile region

French, especially because French is my mother tongue and it’s the first language I ever spoke". ""A million voices calling out in the rain" — Tusse's