were the following: Language Number of native speakers Percentage of singular responses English 2,875,770 71.5% Chinese languages 342,920 8.5% Punjabi 158,750 4.0% German 86,690 2.2% French 54,745 1.4% Tagalog (Filipino) 50,425 1.3% Korean 46,500 1.2% Spanish 34,075 0.9% Persian (Farsi) 28,150 0.7% Italian 27,020 0.7% Dutch (Nederlands) 26,355 0.7% Vietnamese 24,560