Language profiles in Manchester
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French
Language | French |
Language name transliterated | français |
Language name original script | |
Distribution | France, North and Central Africa, Madagascar, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Haiti |
Estimated number of speakers worldwide | 67m (native), 130m (total)
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Language classification | Indo-European; Romance |
Related to which languages | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian |
Distinctive features in sounds | Liaison (linking of consonant from the end of word to beginning vowel of another); nasality (use of nasal cavity for pronunciation); word-final stress; French rhotic [R] |
Distinctive features in grammar | Words are inflected |
Writing system | Roman script |
Distinctive graphemes | î, ï, é, è, ê, ë, à, â, ô, œ, ç |
Status | Official language in France, several African countries, Madagascar, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Haiti |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 147,099 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | 4,924 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011) | 2,351 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 3% |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 2% |
Proficiency in English, self-reported in City of Manchester (Census 2011)* | Can speak English very well (49%), Can speak English well (40%), Cannot speak English well (10%), Cannot speak English (1%) |
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011) | Ardwick (176), Hulme (145), Bradford (140), Cheetham (132), Harpurhey (130) |
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | Salford (841), Trafford (338), Bolton (274) |
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015) | 811 |
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015) | St. Peters RC High School (40), St. Willibrords R.C. Primary (29), St. Anne’s RC Primary (Ancoats) (21), St. Brigid’s R.C. Primary (19), Our Lady’s R.C. High School (19) |
Total interpreter requests in Manchester’s GP practices (2014/2015) | 202 |
Library loans (2012/2013) | 93 |
Library acquisitions (2012/2013) | 13 |
M-4 interpreter requests (2012/2013) | 218 |
Other home language common among speakers | African languages (Akan, Fulani, Mandinka) |
Supplementary schools | Ensemble French School |
*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number