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Ashford is a town in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour at the southern or scarp edge of the North Downs, about 61 miles (98 km) by road southeast of central London [2] and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Folkestone by road. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 83,213. [1]
Although the majority of Urdu-speakers reside in Pakistan (including 30 million native speakers, [5] and up to 94 million second-language speakers), [10] where Urdu is the national and official language, most speakers who use Urdu as their native tongue live in northern India, where it is one of 22 official languages. [112] The Urdu-speaking ...
Ashford is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. [2] The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 4,191 at the 2020 census. [3] It was founded in 1714. Eastford was a part of Ashford until 1847, when the former split off to organize its own town. [4]
Principal language families of the world (and in some cases geographic groups of families). For greater detail, see Distribution of languages in the world. This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect.
The largest Urdu-speaking communities in the UK are predominantly found in Northern England. [31] Urdu is the most spoken language, after English, in cities like Manchester, [32] where in certain areas like Rusholme, Longsight and Cheetham Hill, signs and posters in Urdu are a common sight, and often used to promote businesses and products.
The Borough of Ashford is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England.It is named after its largest town, Ashford, where the council is based.The borough also includes the town of Tenterden and an extensive surrounding rural area including numerous villages; with an area of 580 square kilometres (220 sq mi), it is the largest district in Kent.
Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, is understood and spoken by many British Pakistanis at a native level, and is the fourth-most commonly spoken language in the UK. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] Some secondary schools and colleges teach Urdu for GCSEs and A Levels . [ 80 ]
The second difficulty is multilingualism, complicating the definition of "native language". Finally, in many countries, insufficient census data add to the difficulties. Demolinguistics is a branch of Sociology of language observing linguistic trends as affected by population distribution and redistribution and by the status of societies.