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The document presents data on high school students speaking various languages at home in a USA school district for 2008 and 2014. Spanish remained the most spoken language, with speakers nearly doubling from 15,110 to 28,816, while Korean speakers decreased. Other languages like Chinese, Arabic, and Russian saw significant increases, whereas some languages experienced minor fluctuations in speaker numbers.

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The document presents data on high school students speaking various languages at home in a USA school district for 2008 and 2014. Spanish remained the most spoken language, with speakers nearly doubling from 15,110 to 28,816, while Korean speakers decreased. Other languages like Chinese, Arabic, and Russian saw significant increases, whereas some languages experienced minor fluctuations in speaker numbers.

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The table provides information about the number of high school students who speak different

languages at home in one school district in the USA for the years 2008 and 2014.

Overall, Spanish was the most commonly spoken language at home in both years, with a
significant number of students compared to other languages. Additionally, while some
languages experienced an increase in the number of speakers, others declined over time.

In 2008, Spanish had the highest number of speakers (15,110 students), followed by Korean
(3,029) and Vietnamese (2,557). By 2014, Spanish speakers increased to 28,816, almost
doubling the initial figure. Vietnamese also saw an increase, rising to 2,735 students.
However, the number of Korean speakers slightly decreased to 1,467.

Similarly, Chinese speakers grew from 1,875 to 4,670, marking a significant rise. Arabic and
Russian speakers also increased, from 430 to 1,656 and from 414 to 1,302, respectively.
Meanwhile, Tagalog, Hindi, and Polish speakers showed minor fluctuations, with slight
increases or decreases. Nepalese, a less common language in 2008 with 95 speakers, saw
growth to 439 speakers in 2014.

In summary, the number of students speaking Spanish and several other languages
increased significantly over six years, while a few languages saw a decline in speakers.

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