Language profiles in Manchester
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Urdu
Language | Urdu |
Language name transliterated | urdū |
Language name original script | اردو |
Distribution | Pakistan; India, Bangladesh |
Estimated number of speakers worldwide | 60m (native), 100m (total) |
Language classification | Indo-European; Indo-Iranian; Central Indo-Aryan; Hindustani |
Related to which languages | Hindi, Panjabi, Gujarati, Potwari |
Distinctive features in sounds | Retroflex sounds (articulated by moving the tongue towards the back of the hard palate); aspirate sounds (require bursts of breath for pronunciation) |
Distinctive features in grammar | Words are inflected; the verb appears at the end of the sentence; location expressions (‘for’, ‘to’) follow the noun; ergative language |
Writing system | Arabic-Persian script |
Distinctive graphemes | پ ٹ چ ڈ ڑ ژ گ ے |
Status | Official language of Pakistan, regional language in India |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 268,680 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | 31,712 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011) | 13,095 |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 12% |
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) | 5% |
Proficiency in English, self-reported in City of Manchester (Census 2011)* | Can speak English very well (38%), Can speak English well (43%), Cannot speak English well (17%), Cannot speak English (3%) |
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011) | Longsight (1977), Cheetham (1880), Gorton South (1316), Levenshulme (1042), Crumpsall (961) |
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) | Rochdale (4,662), Oldham (4,338), Bolton (3,068) |
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015) | 6,950 |
Distribution in Manchester schools (2015)
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Abraham Moss High School (587), Levenshulme High School (313), Temple Primary School (302), Birchfields Primary (299), Stanley Grove Primary Academy (235) |
Total interpreter requests in Manchester’s GP practices (2014/2015) | 2,288 |
Library loans (2012/2013) | 45,065 |
Library acquisitions (2012/2013) | 4,707 |
M-4 interpreter requests (2012/2013) | 2,135 |
Other home language common among speakers | Panjabi, Potwari; Arabic as liturgical language |
Supplementary schools | Al-Madinah |
*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number