What is the most spoken language in Australia other than English?

Collectively, Cantonese and Mandarin are the most commonly spoken languages other than English in Australia (over 600,000 speakers), followed by Italian, Arabic and Greek.

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What is the 2nd most spoken language in Australia?

Mandarin is the second most spoken language in Australia, according to the latest 2021 consensus. At least 2.5% of Australians, or 596,703 people, use Mandarin as their primary language at home, making it the most frequently language spoken in the country after English.

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What are the top 5 languages spoken at home other than English?

The 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World
  1. Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers. ...
  2. Spanish — 485 Million Native Speakers. ...
  3. English — 373 Million Native Speakers. ...
  4. Arabic — 362 Million Native Speakers. ...
  5. Hindi — 344 Million Native Speakers. ...
  6. Bengali — 234 Million Native Speakers. ...
  7. Portuguese — 232 Million Native Speakers.

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What are the top 3 languages spoken in Australia?

  • English only – 72.0% (18,303,661)
  • Mandarin – 2.7% (685,268)
  • Arabic – 1.4% (367,154)
  • Vietnamese – 1.3% (320,760)
  • Cantonese – 1.2% (295,292)

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How do Australians say hello?

The most common verbal greeting is a simple “Hey”, “Hello”, or “Hi”. Some people may use Australian slang and say “G'day” or “G'day mate”. However, this is less common in cities. Many Australians greet by saying “Hey, how are you?”.

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Which language is spoken in Australia?

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How many Australians don't speak English?

In Australia, 22.3% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021. Australia's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English.

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What is the most broadly spoken language in Australia?

Collectively, Cantonese and Mandarin are the most commonly spoken languages other than English in Australia (over 600,000 speakers), followed by Italian, Arabic and Greek.

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Is there a native Australian language?

In Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including 800 dialects. Each language is specific to a particular place and people. In some areas like Arnhem Land, many different languages are spoken over a small area. In other areas, like the huge Western Desert, dialects of one language are spoken.

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What is the most common language taught in Australia?

Summary. English: Top languages taught in schools in Australia: Japanese (日本語) French (Langue Française)

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Which language hardest to learn?

Across multiple sources, Mandarin Chinese is the number one language listed as the most challenging to learn. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center puts Mandarin in Category IV, which is the list of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers.

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Which is the No 2 spoken language in the world?

2. Mandarin (1,118 million speakers) Looking at total speakers, Mandarin is the second most widely spoken language in the world.

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What are the top 10 easiest languages to speak?

10 Easiest Languages for English Speakers to Learn
  • Spanish. ...
  • Dutch. ...
  • Norwegian. ...
  • Portuguese. ...
  • Swedish. ...
  • Italian. ...
  • Romanian. ...
  • Hindi. Hindi is an official language of India, where at the last count more than 500 million people (over 50% of the population) spoke Hindi as either their first or second language.

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What is Australian 1st language?

The majority of Australians speak English as a first or other language, however a significant number of people also speak languages other than English.

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What are the top 3 religions in Australia?

  • Christianity (43.9%)
  • No religion (38.9%)
  • Islam (3.2%)
  • Hinduism (2.7%)
  • Buddhism (2.4%)
  • Sikhism (0.8%)

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What do Aboriginals call Australia?

There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.

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What is hello in Aboriginal?

Some of the most well known Aboriginal words for hello are: Kaya, which means hello in the Noongar language. Palya is a Pintupi language word used as a greeting much in the same way that two friends would say hello in English while Yaama is a Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW.

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What is the rarest Aboriginal language?

Paakantyi. This Australian Aboriginal language is still spoken in regions alongside the Darling River, but only by a few people.

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What language family dominates Australia?

The Indo-European family of languages, for example, represents nearly half of the world's population. The language family dominates nearly all of Europe, significant areas of Asia, including Russia and India, North and South America, Caribbean islands, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of South Africa.

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What is the most common race in Australia?

In the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated individual ancestries as a proportion of the total population were: English (33%) Australian (29.9%) Irish (9.5%)

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Are Australians more Irish or English?

At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated individual ancestries as a proportion of the total population were: English (33%) Australian (29.9%) Irish (9.5%)

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Is Australian English closer to American or British?

Australian English is most similar to British English in spelling and sentence construction, although its accent and vocabulary are very distinct from the UK.

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Do some Aboriginal people not speak English?

This is about 10 per cent of Australia's First Nations people. Indigenous Australians who do not speak English as a first language may require an interpreter in order to have equal access to government services. Some matters, such as healthcare, may be highly sensitive and complex.

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How do Australians say mom?

Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”.

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