Languages of the United Kingdom

Columns: Language | Type | Spoken in | No . of speakers in the UK
English | Germanic ( West Germanic ) | Throughout the United Kingdom | 59,824,194 ; 98% ( 2011 census ) | Scots ( Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland ) | Germanic ( West Germanic ) | Scotland ( Scottish Lowlands , Caithness , Northern Isles ) Northern Ireland ( counties Down , Antrim , Londonderry ) , Berwick-on-Tweed | 2.6% ( 2011 census ) Scotland : 1,541,693 ; 30% Northern Ireland : 34,439 ; 2% ( although 8.1% with some ability ) | Welsh | Celtic ( Brythonic ) | Wales ( especially west and north ) and parts of England near the Welsh-English border ; Welsh communities in major English cities such as London , Birmingham , Manchester and Liverpool | 1,123,500 ; 1.7% ( 2019 Wales figures , with England , Scotland and Northen Ireland esitmated figures from 2011 census ) Wales : 874,600 ; 29% ( 2019 ) All skills ( speaking , reading , or writing ) : 1,012,500 England : 110,000 ( estimated speakers in 2001 ) 8,200 first language speakers ( 2011 census ) Scotland and Northern Ireland : 1,000 ( estimated speakers in 2001 ) | British Sign Language | BANZSL | Throughout the United Kingdom | 125,000 ( 2010 data ) | Irish | Celtic ( Goidelic ) | Northern Ireland , with communities in Glasgow , Liverpool , Manchester , London etc | 95,000 ( 2004 data ) | Angloromani | Mixed | Spoken by English Romanichal Traveller communities in England , Scotland and Wales | 90,000 ( 1990 data ) | Scottish Gaelic | Celtic ( Goidelic ) | Scotland ( Scottish Highlands and Hebrides with substantial minorities in various Scottish cities ; a small community in London ) | 65,674 total , ( Scotland 's 2001 Census ) though those who have fluency in all three skills is 32,400 | Cornish | Celtic ( Brythonic ) | Cornwall ( small minorities of speakers in Plymouth , London , and South Wales ) | 557 ( 2011 data ) | Shelta | Mixed | Spoken by Irish Traveller communities throughout the United Kingdom | Est . 30,000 in UK . Fewer than 86,000 worldwide | Irish Sign Language | Francosign | Northern Ireland | Unknown | Northern Ireland Sign Language | BANZSL | Northern Ireland | Unknown

Example questions:
How many United Kingdom children approximately use this language of the family whose name was coined by Trevor Johnston and Adam Schembri ? | What is the origin of this United Kingdom language spoken in the archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland ? | Where is this United Kingdom language , originated in the country of 3,063,456 citizens as of 2011 , spoken outside the United Kingdom ? | When did this United Kingdom language develop as a distinct language spoken in the northern third of the island of Great Britain ?

Answers:
20,000 | Old Irish | Y Wladfa | the Middle English period