Are only British people in Britain?

Do you think the only people living in the UK are British? No, it’s different. For example, just as Brazilians and Chinese live in Japan, people from various countries live in Britain. In this blog, I will talk about where people come from, what languages are spoken, and how to conversation and communicate well.

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As of 2015, one in eight people(13.3%) living in the UK was a foreigner. So now it will be increasing. Here are the 5 best countries of origin for foreigners living in the UK in 2015.

1. Poland(831,000)

2. India(795,000)

3.Pakistan (503,000)

4.Republic of Ireland (382,000)

5.Germany (286,000)

As you can see from the graph, India was the most common country of origin in 2014, but Poland surpassed it in 2015. In addition, more than 50% of foreigners living in the United Kingdom have British nationality. Poland is the most common country of origin in Britain , and seems to be the most common country without British citizenship. See the graph below.

Thus, Poland is the most common foreign national in Britain in 2015. About 916,000 (16.5%) of foreign nationals own Polish nationality. Here are the top 5 countries that are not British citizens.

1.Poland (916,000)

2.India (362,000)

3.Republic of Ireland (332,000)

4.Romania (233,000)

5.Portugal (219,000)

As you can see from the country of origin ranking and nationality ranking introduced earlier, the majority (436,000, 54.8%) of the 795,000 Indians have British nationality. However, of the 916,000 Polish nationals, only 27,000 (2.9%) had British nationality. Why doesn’t Poland acquire British citizenship? The reason is that Poland is within the EU. No visa is required to travel within the EU. However, countries outside the EU, such as India, do not have such freedom of movement. That is why many people in India acquire British nationality.

Language

It is said that there are four types in the official language of England. Yes, it’s not just English. In addition to English, there are Welsh, Scots, and Irish. I will introduce each feature and where to listen.

Welsh

The Welsh alphabet consists of 28 letters. In history, there was a time when the official language of Wales was only English. At that time, speaking Welsh was prohibited at schools. However, it was certified as an official language in 1993, and now school education is being conducted as a second language. Welsh has pronunciations that neither English nor Japanese have, so it is so difficult to reproduce them. Welsh can be heard in Wales, England.

Scots

Scots is said to be a language closely related to English. There are many words that are similar to English. You can hear it all over Britain. It is also spoken in Ireland.

Irish

The Irish alphabet has only 19 letters. In Ireland, you will study Irish as a required subject at school. Irish is spoken in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

In this way, three languages other than English are spoken. However, there are also Queen English, Cockney, and Estury English in English. It seems that each has a different accent and a different wording. There are various official languages and the wording is different, but it seems that English is basically used everywhere. I think we can talk well by communicating with each other according to their speed.

I found that there are people from different countries and people from different languages in Britain. I was wondering which country most people come from in Japan, so I wanted to find out. Thank you!