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Language profiles in Manchester<\/h2>\n

Select a language from the menu below to see its profile.<\/p>\n

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French<\/h1>\n

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Language<\/strong><\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language name transliterated<\/strong><\/td>\nfran\u00e7ais<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language name original script<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/strong><\/td>\nFrance, North and Central Africa, Madagascar, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Haiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estimated number of speakers worldwide<\/strong><\/td>\n67m (native), 130m (total)<\/p>\n

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Language classification<\/strong><\/td>\nIndo-European; Romance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Related to which languages<\/strong><\/td>\nSpanish, Portuguese, Italian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distinctive features in sounds<\/strong><\/td>\nLiaison (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]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distinctive features in grammar<\/strong><\/td>\nWords are inflected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Writing system<\/strong><\/td>\nRoman script<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distinctive graphemes<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00ee, \u00ef, \u00e9, \u00e8, \u00ea, \u00eb, \u00e0, \u00e2, \u00f4, \u0153, \u00e7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Status<\/strong><\/td>\nOfficial language in France, several African countries, Madagascar, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Haiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n147,099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in Greater Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n4,924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n2,351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proficiency in English, self-reported\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>in City of Manchester (Census 2011)*<\/strong><\/td>\nCan speak English very well (49%), Can speak English well (40%), Cannot speak English well (10%), Cannot speak English (1%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\nArdwick (176), Hulme (145), Bradford (140), Cheetham (132), Harpurhey (130)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\nSalford (841), Trafford (338), Bolton (274)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015)<\/strong><\/td>\n811<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015)<\/strong><\/td>\nSt. Peters RC High School (40), St. Willibrords R.C. Primary (29), St. Anne\u2019s RC Primary (Ancoats) (21), St. Brigid\u2019s R.C. Primary (19), Our Lady\u2019s R.C. High School (19)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total interpreter requests in Manchester\u2019s GP practices (2014\/2015)<\/strong><\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Library loans (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Library acquisitions (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-4 interpreter requests (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n218<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other home language common among speakers<\/strong><\/td>\nAfrican languages (Akan, Fulani, Mandinka)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supplementary schools<\/strong><\/td>\nEnsemble French School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number<\/p>\n

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