Languages of the United Kingdom

Listed below are the principal indigenous languages and some of the most widely-spoken immigrant languages of the UK. How many can you name?

Languages listed by number of native speakers according to the 2011 census

Not including Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories

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Indigenous Languages
# of Speakers	Endonym	Language
59,824,194		English
1,541,693		Scots
1,123,500	Cymraeg	Welsh
125,000		British Sign Language
95,000	Gaeilge	Irish
90,000	Pogadi Chib	Angloromani
65,674	Gàidhlig	Scottish Gaelic
34,493		Ulster Scots
c. 30,000	Cant, Gammon	Shelta (Travellers' Cant)
557	Kernewek	Cornish

Immigrant Languages
# of Speakers	Endonym	Language
546,000	Polski	Polish
273,000	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پن٘جابی	Panjabi
221,000	বাংলা	Bengali (incl. Sylheti, Chatgaya)
213,000	ગુજરાતી	Gujarati
159,000	العربية	Arabic
147,000	Français	French
141,000	中文	Chinese
133,000	Português	Portuguese
120,000	Español	Spanish
101,000	தமிழ்	Tamil
99,000	Türkçe	Turkish
92,000	Italiano	Italian
86,000	Af Soomaali	Somali
85,000	Lietuvių	Lithuanian
269,000	اُردُو	Urdu
77,000	Deutsch	German
76,000	فارسی	Persian
70,000		Filipino (incl. Tagalog, Cebuano)
68,000	Română	Romanian