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Numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest 50
Source: Woodlands Jounior School, Kent.
Languages in London Schools.
Over 250 languages are spoken in London, making the capital the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
In a survey of 850,000 children in London schools the question about first language spoken at home was asked.
The 40 most common languages spoken are
| Language | Approx total | Language | Approx total |
| English | 608,500 | Igbo (Nigeria) | 1,900 |
| Bengali & Silheti | 40,400 | French-based Creoles | 1,800 |
| Panjabi | 29,800 | Tagalog (Filipino | 1,600 |
| Gujerati | 28,600 | Kurdish | 1,400 |
| Hindi/Urdu | 26,000 | Polish | 1,500 |
| Turkish | 15,600 | Swahili | 1,000 |
| Arabic | 11,000 | Lingala (Congo) | 1,000 |
| English-based Creoles | 10,700 | Albanian | 900 |
| Yorubu (Nigeria) | 10,400 | Luganda (Uganda) | 800 |
| Somali | 8,300 | Ga (Ghana) | 800 |
| Cantonese | 6,900 | Tigrinya (Sudan) | 800 |
| Greek | 6,300 | German | 800 |
| Akan (Ashanti) | 6,000 | Japanese | 800 |
| Portuguese | 6,000 | Serbian/Croatian | 700 |
| French | 5,600 | Russian | 700 |
| Spanish | 5,500 | Hebrew | 650 |
| Tamil (Sri Lanka) | 3,700 | Korean | 550 |
| Farsi (Persian) | 3,300 | Pashto (Afghanistan) | 450 |
| Italian | 2,500 | Amharic (Ethiopia) | 450 |
| Vietnamese | 2,400 | Sinhala (Sri Lanka) | 450 |
Source: Woodlands Jounior School, Kent.
