In the 2001 census, 168,307 fowk identified ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 154,157 Bulgarie (&000000000000009070000090.7%), 6,994 Turkis (&00000000000000040999994.1%), 6,033 Roma (Gypsy) (&00000000000000035000003.5%), an 1,123 ither (&00000000000000007000000.7%).