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Table 5.7: Main home language of pupils in publicly funded schools, 2006

Pupils whose main home language is neither English nor Gaelic

Number of languages

Main two languages (1)

Aberdeen City

1,183

73

Polish, Arabic

Aberdeenshire

438

42

Polish, Scots

Angus

129

25

Polish, Urdu

Argyll & Bute

118

25

(2)Polish, German

Clackmannanshire

82

16

French, Polish

Dumfries & Galloway

205

32

Polish, Cantonese

Dundee City

725

51

Punjabi, Urdu

East Ayrshire

153

26

Cantonese, Urdu

East Dunbartonshire

463

38

Punjabi, Cantonese

East Lothian

112

29

Polish, Punjabi

East Renfrewshire

1,079

30

Urdu, Punjabi

Edinburgh City

2,914

78

Punjabi, Urdu

Eilean Siar

38

18

(2)Cantonese,

Falkirk

365

32

Punjabi, Urdu

Fife

612

47

Punjabi, Urdu

Glasgow City

7,305

100

Punjabi, Urdu

Highland

437

47

Polish, Bengali/Bengala

Inverclyde

103

22

Cantonese, Punjabi

Midlothian

169

27

Scots, Urdu

Moray

214

29

Polish, Scots

North Ayrshire

191

19

Cantonese, Punjabi

North Lanarkshire

853

44

Punjabi, Urdu

Orkney Islands

19

9

-

Perth & Kinross

334

41

Scots, Polish

Renfrewshire

374

34

Punjabi, Urdu

Scottish Borders

180

30

Polish, Portuguese

Shetland Islands

39

16

-

South Ayrshire

151

27

Cantonese, Punjabi

South Lanarkshire

708

40

Punjabi, Cantonese

Stirling

181

37

Punjabi, Arabic

West Dunbartonshire

114

27

Punjabi, Urdu

West Lothian

336

40

Polish, Punjabi

All local authorities

20,324

135

Punjabi, Urdu

(1) Where one or both of the main two languages are spoken by fewer than 10 pupils this is represented by a -
(2) Gaelic is the most common main home language after English
National figures on page 18.

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