Europe
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Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey) are British crown dependencies, and besides English, French is official, and Norman French is spoken as well.
Gibraltar is a dependent territory of the
UK, English and Spanish are the official languages, but Italian, Portuguese, what is more, Russian are spoken as well. English is spoken by the 35% of the population: 10,800 people.
Irish Republic: Irish Gaelic is the other official language besides English (spoken by 3,334,000 people).
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Isle of Man is a British crown dependency. Besides the native English, Manx Gaelic is spoken.
Malta has been independent from Britain since 1964. There are two official languages: English and Maltese, and Italian is spoken as well. English is the native language of 70,600 people, 20% of the poulation.
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Orkney is a part of the
UK.
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Shetland is a part of the
UK.
United Kingdom: Besides the native English language (spoken by 56,236,000 people, 98% of the population), Welsh is spoken by 26% of the population in Wales, and Scottish Gaelic by about 60,000 in Scotland.
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