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KS4_LANG

First Language - from school census

Old Name
Collected from 2014 - 15 to present
Sensitivity D
Data is given a sensitivity scale. Items are rated from A to E with A being highly sensitive and E being low.
Identifiability 4
Data is scored on identifiability scale from 1 to 5, the lower the number the higher the identifiability.
Datasets Key Stage 4
Concept First language
Values
ACL - Acholi
ADA - Adangme
AFA - Afar-Saho
AFK - Afrikaans
AKA - Akan/Twi-Fante
AKAF - Akan (Fante)
AKAT - Akan (Twi/Asante)
ALB - Albanian/Shqip
ALU - Alur
AMR - Amharic
ARA - Arabic
ARAA - Arabic (Any Other)
ARAG - Arabic (Algeria)
ARAI - Arabic (Iraq)
ARAM - Arabic (Morocco)
ARAS - Arabic (Sudan)
ARAY - Arabic (Yemen)
ARM - Armenian
ASM - Assamese
ASR - Assyrian/Aramaic
AYB - Anyi-Baule
AYM - Aymara
AZE - Azeri
BAI - Bamileke (Any)
BAL - Balochi
BEJ - Beja/Bedawi
BEL - Belarusian
BEM - Bemba
BHO - Bhojpuri
BIK - Bikol
BLT - Balti Tibetan
BMA - Burmese/Myanma
BNG - Bengali
BNGA - Bengali (Any Other)
BNGC - Bengali (Chittagong/Noakhali)
BNGS - Bengali (Sylheti)
BSL - British Sign Language
BSQ - Basque/Euskara
BUL - Bulgarian
CAM - Cambodian/Khmer
CAT - Catalan
CCE - Caribbean Creole English
CCF - Caribbean Creole French
CGA - Chaga
CGR - Chattisgarhi/Khatahi
CHE - Chechen
CHI - Chinese
CHIA - Chinese (Any Other)
CHIC - Chinese (Cantonese)
CHIH - Chinese (Hokkien/Fujianese)
CHIK - Chinese (Hakka)
CHIM - Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua)
CRN - Cornish
CTR - Chitrali/Khowar
CWA - Chichewa/Nyanja
CYM - Welsh/Cymraeg
CZE - Czech
DAN - Danish
DGA - Dagaare
DGB - Dagbane
DIN - Dinka/Jieng
DUT - Dutch/Flemish
DZO - Dzongkha/Bhutanese
EBI - Ebira
EDO - Edo/Bini
EFI - Efik-Ibibio
ENB - Believed to be English
ENG - English
ESA - Esan/Ishan
EST - Estonian
EWE - Ewe
EWO - Ewondo
FAN - Fang
FIJ - Fijian
FIN - Finnish
FON - Fon
FRN - French
FUL - Fula/Fulfulde-Pulaar
GAA - Ga
GAE - Gaelic/Irish
GAL - Gaelic (Scotland)
GEO - Georgian
GER - German
GGO - Gogo/Chigogo
GKY - Kikuyu/Gikuyu
GLG - Galician/Galego
GRE - Greek
GREA - Greek (Any Other)
GREC - Greek (Cyprus)
GRN - Guarani
GUJ - Gujarati
GUN - Gurenne/Frafra
GUR - Gurma
HAU - Hausa
HDK - Hindko
HEB - Hebrew
HER - Herero
HGR - Hungarian
HIN - Hindi
IBA - Iban
IDM - Idoma
IGA - Igala
IGB - Igbo
IJO - Ijo (Any)
ISK - Itsekiri
ISL - Icelandic
ITA - Italian
JAV - Javanese
JIN - Jinghpaw/Kachin
JPN - Japanese
KAM - Kikamba
KAN - Kannada
KAR - Karen (Any)
KAS - Kashmiri
KAU - Kanuri
KAZ - Kazakh
KCH - Katchi
KGZ - Kirghiz/Kyrgyz
KHA - Khasi
KHY - Kihaya/Luziba
KIN - Kinyarwanda
KIR - Kirundi
KIS - Kisi (West Africa)
KLN - Kalenjin
KMB - Kimbundu
KME - Kimeru
KNK - Konkani
KNY - Kinyakyusa-Ngonde
KON - Kikongo
KOR - Korean
KPE - Kpelle
KRI - Krio
KRU - Kru (Any)
KSI - Kisii/Ekegusii (Kenya)
KSU - Kisukuma
KUR - Kurdish
KURA - Kurdish (Any Other)
KURM - Kurdish (Kurmanji)
KURS - Kurdish (Sorani)
LBA - Luba
LBAC - Luba (Chiluba/Tshiluba)
LBAK - Luba (Kiluba)
LGA - Luganda
LGB - Lugbara
LGS - Lugisu/Lumasaba
LIN - Lingala
LIT - Lithuanian
LNG - Lango (Uganda)
LOZ - Lozi/Silozi
LSO - Lusoga
LTV - Latvian
LTZ - Luxemburgish
LUE - Luvale/Luena
LUN - Lunda
LUO - Luo (Kenya/Tanzania)
LUY - Luhya (Any)
MAG - Magahi
MAI - Maithili
MAK - Makua
MAN - Manding/Malinke
MANA - Manding/Malinke (Any Other)
MANB - Bambara
MANJ - Dyula/Jula
MAO - Maori
MAR - Marathi
MAS - Maasai
MDV - Maldivian/Dhivehi
MEN - Mende
MKD - Macedonian
MLG - Malagasy
MLM - Malayalam
MLT - Maltese
MLY - Malay/Indonesian
MLYA - Malay (Any Other)
MLYI - Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia
MNA - Magindanao-Maranao
MNG - Mongolian (Khalkha)
MNX - Manx Gaelic
MOR - Moore/Mossi
MSC - Mauritian/Seychelles Creole
MUN - Munda (Any)
MYA - Maya (Any)
NAH - Nahuatl/Mexicano
NAM - Nama/Damara
NBN - Nubian (Any)
NDB - Ndebele
NDBS - Ndebele (South Africa)
NDBZ - Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
NEP - Nepali
NOR - Norwegian
NOT - Information not obtained
NUE - Nuer/Naadh
NUP - Nupe
NWA - Newari
NZM - Nzema
OAM - Ambo/Oshiwambo
OAMK - Ambo (Kwanyama)
OAMN - Ambo (Ndonga)
OGN - Ogoni (Any)
ORI - Oriya
ORM - Oromo
OTB* - Believed to be Other than English
OTH* - Other than English
OTL - Other Language
PAG - Pangasinan
PAM - Pampangan
PAT - Pashto/Pakhto
PHA - Pahari/Himachali (India)
PHR - Pahari (Pakistan)
PNJ - Panjabi
PNJA - Panjabi (Any Other)
PNJG - Panjabi (Gurmukhi)
PNJM - Panjabi (Mirpuri)
PNJP - Panjabi (Pothwari)
POL - Polish
POR - Portuguese
PORA - Portuguese (Any Other)
PORB - Portuguese (Brazil)
PRS - Persian/Farsi
PRSA - Farsi/Persian (Any Other)
PRSD - Dari Persian
PRST - Tajiki Persian
QUE - Quechua
RAJ - Rajasthani/Marwari
REF - Refused
RME - Romany/English Romanes
RMI - Romani (International)
RMN - Romanian
RMNM - Romanian (Moldova)
RMNR - Romanian (Romania)
RMS - Romansch
RNY - Runyakitara
RNYN - Runyankore-Ruchiga
RNYO - Runyoro-Rutooro
RUS - Russian
SAM - Samoan
SCB - Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian
SCBB - Bosnian
SCBC - Croatian
SCBS - Serbian
SCO - Scots
SHL - Shilluk/Cholo
SHO - Shona
SID - Sidamo
SIO - Sign Language (Other)
SLO - Slovak
SLV - Slovenian
SND - Sindhi
SNG - Sango
SNH - Sinhala
SOM - Somali
SPA - Spanish
SRD - Sardinian
SRK - Siraiki
SSO - Sotho/Sesotho
SSOO - Sotho/Sesotho (Southern)
SSOT - Sotho/Sesotho (Northern)
SSW - Swazi/Siswati
STS - Tswana/Setswana
SUN - Sundanese
SWA - Swahili/Kiswahili
SWAA - Swahili (Any Other)
SWAC - Comorian Swahili
SWAK - Swahili (Kingwana)
SWAM - Swahili (Brava/Mwiini)
SWAT - Swahili (Bajuni/Tikuu)
SWE - Swedish
TAM - Tamil
TEL - Telugu
TEM - Temne
TES - Teso/Ateso
TGE - Tigre
TGL - Tagalog/Filipino
TGLF - Filipino
TGLG - Tagalog
TGR - Tigrinya
THA - Thai
TIB - Tibetan
TIV - Tiv
TMZ - Berber/Tamazight
TMZA - Berber/Tamazight (Any Other)
TMZK - Berber/Tamazight (Kabyle)
TMZT - Berber (Tamashek)
TNG - Tonga/Chitonga (Zambia)
TON - Tongan (Oceania)
TPI - Tok Pisin
TRI - Traveller Irish/Shelta
TSO - Tsonga
TUK - Turkmen
TUL - Tulu
TUM - Tumbuka
TUR - Turkish
UKR - Ukrainian
UMB - Umbundu
URD - Urdu
URH - Urhobo-Isoko
UYG - Uyghur
UZB - Uzbek
VEN - Venda
VIE - Vietnamese
VSY - Visayan/Bisaya
VSYA - Visayan/Bisaya (Any Other)
VSYH - Hiligaynon
VSYS - Cebuano/Sugbuanon
VSYW - Waray/Binisaya
WAP - Wa-Paraok (South-East Asia)
WCP - West-African Creole Portuguese
WOL - Wolof
WPE - West-African Pidgin English
XHO - Xhosa
YAO - Yao/Chiyao (East Africa)
YDI - Yiddish
YOR - Yoruba
ZND - Zande
ZUL - Zulu
ZZZ - Classification Pending
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