Plain language definition
Not applicable
Detailed definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual on May 10, 2011.
Values (English)
Total - Detailed mother tongue
English
French
Algonquin
Atikamekw
Blackfoot
Cree, n.o.s.
Swampy Cree
Plains Cree
Woods Cree
Cree, n.i.e.
Malecite
Mi'kmaq
Innu/Montagnais
Naskapi
Ojibway
Oji-Cree
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
Michif
Carrier
Wetsuweten
Chilcotin
Dene
Tlicho (Dogrib)
Gwich'in
North Slavey (Hare)
South Slavey
Slavey, n.o.s.
Sarcee
Beaver
Sekani
Kaska (Nahani)
Tahltan
Northern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone
Tutchone, n.o.s.
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
Haida
Mohawk
Cayuga
Oneida
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
Kutenai
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
Halkomelem
Lillooet
Okanagan
Squamish
Straits
Salish languages, n.i.e.
Dakota
Stoney
Siouan languages, n.i.e.
Tlingit
Gitksan
Nisga'a
Tsimshian
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Haisla
Heiltsuk
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
Inuktitut
Inuinnaqtun
Inuvialuktun
Inuit languages, n.i.e.
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Catalan
Romance languages, n.i.e.
Dutch
Flemish
Frisian
German
Yiddish
Danish
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
Afrikaans
Germanic languages, n.i.e.
Gaelic languages
Welsh
Celtic languages, n.i.e.
Belarusian (Byelorussian)
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Macedonian
Polish
Russian
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Ukrainian
Slavic languages, n.i.e.
Latvian
Lithuanian
Greek
Armenian
Albanian
Georgian
Estonian
Finnish
Hungarian
Azerbaijani
Turkish
Turkic languages, n.i.e.
Mongolian
Berber languages (Kabyle)
Oromo
Somali
Amharic
Arabic
Hebrew
Maltese
Tigrigna
Semitic languages, n.i.e.
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi
Konkani
Marathi
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Sindhi
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Urdu
Nepali
Kurdish
Pashto
Persian (Farsi)
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.
Japanese
Korean
Cantonese
Chaochow (Teochow)
Fukien
Hakka
Mandarin
Shanghainese
Taiwanese
Chinese, n.o.s.
Tibetan languages
Burmese
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.
Lao
Thai
Khmer (Cambodian)
Vietnamese
Bisayan languages
Ilocano
Malay
Pampango
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
Bikol
Malagasy
Fijian
Pangasinan
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.
Akan (Twi)
Lingala
Rundi (Kirundi)
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Shona
Swahili
Ganda
Bantu languages, n.i.e.
Edo
Igbo
Wolof
Bamanankan
Ewe
Ga
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
African languages, n.i.e.
Creoles
American Sign Language
Quebec Sign Language
Sign languages, n.i.e.
Other languages