United Kingdom

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Official Name
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Population Full

66,460,000 (2018 World Bank)

Principal Languages
English
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1962), CPPDCE (2007), FCPNM (1998), ICCPR (1976), UNCRPD (2009), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Hancock 1974b, Hancock 1984b, McCrum et al 1986, Stephens 1976, Trudgill 1984
Deaf Population
909,000–3,525,000 (1998)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for United Kingdom is 16. All are living languages. Of these, 12 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 4 are institutional, 4 are developing, 3 are vigorous, 2 are in trouble, and 3 are dying. Also listed are 70 unestablished languages.