Language profiles in Manchester
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Pashto
Language | Pashto |
Language name transliterated | pashto |
Language name original script | |
Distribution | Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Estimated number of speakers worldwide | 60m |
Language classification | Indo-European; Indo-Iranian; Iranian |
Related to which languages | Persian |
Distinctive features in sounds | Voiceless unaspirated (no burst of breath) stops,; word-initial consonant clusters; |
Distinctive features in grammar | Words are inflected; verb appears at the end of the sentence; ergative language |
Writing system | Perso-Arabic script |
Distinctive graphemes | پ ټ چ څ ډ ړ ږ ښ ڼ ې |
Status | Official language Afghanistan, regional language Pakistan |
Written language | Widespread in Afghanistan, marginal in Pakistan |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 40,277 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | 2,684 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011) | 1,147 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 7% |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 3% |
Proficiency in English, self-reported in City of Manchester (Census 2011)* | Can speak English very well (35%), Can speak English well (43%), Cannot speak English well (19%), Cannot speak English (3%) |
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011) | Longsight (222), Gorton South (183), Cheetham (135), Ardwick (90), Levenshulme (81) |
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | Oldham (627), Bury (295), Bolton (282) |
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015) | 424 |
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015) | Cheetham CofE Community Academy (49), Chapel Street Primary School (27), Burnage Media Arts College (25), Levenshulme High School (23), Gorton Mount Primary Academy (22) |
Total interpreter requests in Manchester’s GP practices (2014/2015) | 167 |
Library loans (2012/2013) | 13 |
Library acquisitions (2012/2013) | n/a |
M-4 interpreter requests (2012/2013) | 414 |
Other home language common among speakers | Dari, Urdu |
Supplementary schools |
*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number