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Welsh communities in major English cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. UK (2021 data): 0.90%; Wales (2021 data): 17.8%; [17] 538,300 people according to the 2021 census; an estimation of 862,700 people, or 28%, of Wales' population aged three and over were able to speak the language in March 2024. [17] British Sign Language
Percentage of the population whose main language is English in London in 2021 According to the 2011 Census , 6,083,420 or 77.9% of London's population aged 3 and over spoke English as a main language, with a further 1,406,912 (19.8%) speaking it as a second language or well to very well.
London is an ancient name, attested in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium. [36] Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources: Latin (usually Londinium), Old English (usually Lunden), and Welsh (usually Llundein), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages.
Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower-middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End, [1] [2] [3] or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells.
English: Map showing the distribution of languages of the United Kingdom, indicating areas where the majority of the population were reported to have the ability to speak a regional language at least "well" in the 2011 census.
London, home to the London Stock Exchange, the United Kingdom's main stock exchange and the largest in Europe, is England's financial centre, with 100 of Europe's 500 largest corporations being based there. [132] London is the largest financial centre in Europe and as of 2014 is the second largest in the world. [133]
In Jamaican-London speech, glottalization of /t/ applies also to /t/ from /θ/, for example both of them [bʌʊʔ ə dem]. Hypercorrections like [fʊθ] for foot are also heard from Jamaicans. [5] John C. Wells's dissertation, Jamaican pronunciation in London, was published by the Philological Society in 1973.
The London boroughs were incorporated using the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882. [5] In the London boroughs the legal entity is not the council, as elsewhere in the country, but the inhabitants incorporated as a legal entity by royal charter (a process abolished elsewhere in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972).