Fastest Growing Overseas Languages -Australia: 2001 and 2006 Census 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Census Language 2006 2001 % % 2001 Census Census Change 2006 Census Acholi 524 61 759.0 Yoruba 577 335 72.2 1 16 Shona 2,793 404 591.3 Kannada 3,252 1,922 69.2 2 17 Mauritian Creole 726 201 261.2 Auslan 5,536 3,292 68.2 3 18 Akan 1,356 444 205.4 Tigrinya 1,662 996 66.9 4 19 Zulu 287 120 139.2 Konkani 874 529 65.2 5 20 Malayalam 7,093 2,968 139.0 Pashto 2,571 1,598 60.9 6 21 Telugu 8,280 3,484 137.7 Mandarin 220,603 139,286 58.4 7 22 Swahili 3,051 1,404 117.3 Punjabi 23,163 14,896 55.5 8 23 Gujarati 11,876 5,497 116.0 Urdu 19,289 12,483 54.5 9 24 Afrikaans 16,806 8,001 110.0 Bisaya 1,206 795 51.7 10 25 Amharic 2,853 1,470 94.1 Wu 1,528 1,022 49.5 11 26 Nepali 4,659 2,494 86.8 Hindi 70,008 47,817 46.4 12 27 Oromo 998 545 83.1 Belorussian 444 313 41.9 13 28
Fastest Growing Overseas Languages -Australia: 2001 and 2006 Census 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Language 2006 Census 2001 Census % Change 2006 Census 2001 Census % 1 Acholi 524 61 759.0 16 Yoruba 577 335 72.2 2 Shona 2,793 404 591.3 17 Kannada 3,252 1,922 69.2 3 Mauritian Creole 726 201 261.2 18 Auslan 5,536 3,292 68.2 4 Akan 1,356 444 205.4 19 Tigrinya 1,662 996 66.9 5 Zulu 287 120 139.2 20 Konkani 874 529 65.2 6 Malayalam 7,093 2,968 139.0 21 Pashto 2,571 1,598 60.9 7 Telugu 8,280 3,484 137.7 22 Mandarin 220,603 139,286 58.4 8 Swahili 3,051 1,404 117.3 23 Punjabi 23,163 14,896 55.5 9 Gujarati 11,876 5,497 116.0 24 Urdu 19,289 12,483 54.5 10 Afrikaans 16,806 8,001 110.0 25 Bisaya 1,206 795 51.7 11 Amharic 2,853 1,470 94.1 26 Wu 1,528 1,022 49.5 12 Nepali 4,659 2,494 86.8 27 Hindi 70,008 47,817 46.4 13 Oromo 998 545 83.1 28 Belorussian 444 313 41.9
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