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Some of the languages in this section originated here. The others have become part of our language landscape over time. No one knows how many languages are spoken in the British Isles, but we've included some of the most widely spoken.

 
Afrikaans
Arabic
Bengali
British Sign Language
Caribbean Creoles
Chinese
Cornish
Croatian
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Guernesiais
Gujarati
Irish
Italian
Japanese
 Jerriais
Manx
Panjabi
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romani
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Somali
Tamil
Telugu
Turkish
Ulster-Scots
Urdu/Hindi
Vietnamese
Welsh
Yoruba

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