Internal Reference Number: FOI_7586
Date Request Received: 04/12/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 05/12/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: top 10 requested languages in the last 12months
Request Category: Health
Question Number 1: Please can you provide me with a list of the top 10 requested languages/dialects in the last 12 months. | |
Answer To Question 1: We don't have the monthly breakdown for November 2022 to March 2023 so have provided the top 10 language requests for 22/23 and for 23/24 (up until October 2023). 2022/23: Ranking Language % of usage 1 Portuguese (Portugal European) 28.38% 2 Russian 12.61% 3 Spanish 11.71% 4 Pashto 6.76% 5 Bengali (Dhaka) 4.95% Chinese (Cantonese) 4.95% 6 Bengali (Sylheti) 4.50% 7 Chinese (Mandarin) 2.25% French 2.25% Latvian 2.25% Turkish 2.25% 8 Romanian 1.80% Thai 1.80% 9 Ukrainian 1.35% 10 Bulgarian 0.90% Dutch 0.90% Italian 0.90% Kurdish (Sorani) 0.90% Nepali 0.90% Polish 0.90% 2023/24 Ranking Grand Total 100.00% 1 UKRAINIAN 19.70% 2 POLISH 15.15% 3 ROMANIAN 12.88% 4 MANDARIN 9.09% 5 KHMER 7.20% 6 NEPALI 5.68% 7 RUSSIAN 3.41% SORANI 3.41% SPANISH 3.41% 8 BENGALI 3.03% 9 THAI 2.27% TURKISH 2.27% 10 ARABIC 1.89% LITHUANIAN 1.89% | |
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