Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7586

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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