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Despite certain areas of the island being monolingually Frisian, English or Dutch, Dogrish is taught nationwide and understood by almost all inhabitants. In monolingually Frisian, English or Dutch areas of the island, bilingualism between the local language and one of the two standard varieties of Dogrish is the norm. The only exception to this is the urban area of St George's Haven in the northernmost corner of the island, where all signage, education and government communication is done only in English. | Despite certain areas of the island being monolingually Frisian, English or Dutch, Dogrish is taught nationwide and understood by almost all inhabitants. In monolingually Frisian, English or Dutch areas of the island, bilingualism between the local language and one of the two standard varieties of Dogrish is the norm. The only exception to this is the urban area of St George's Haven in the northernmost corner of the island, where all signage, education and government communication is done only in English. | ||
====Number of speakers==== | |||
In-universe, over 5.2 million Dogric citizens out of just short of 6 million, or about 87%, speak Dogrish as a first language, with the remainder speaking it as a second language. The total number of speakers, formally equivalent to the total population of the Island Provinces of Dogger, is 5,997,215 as per the 2023 census. | |||
The most commonly used variety of standardised Dogrish is Formal Dogrish, used by approximately 50% of the population. Second is Valley Dogrish at 34%, followed by Friso-Dogrish at a distant third position with 14%. Just short of 3% of the population uses Anglo-Dogrish, and less than 1%, or 42,301 citizens, uses Dutch Dogrish. | |||
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|+ Number of speakers per language and variety of Dogrish (2023 census) | |||
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! colspan="10" | Dogrish !! rowspan="3" | Dogric Frisian !! rowspan="3" | English !! rowspan="3" | Dogric Dutch | |||
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! colspan="2" | Formal Dogrish !! colspan="2" | Valley Dogrish !! colspan="2" | Friso-Dogrish !! colspan="2" | Anglo-Dogrish !! colspan="2" | Dutch Dogrish | |||
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! First language !! Second language !! First language !! Second language !! First language !! Second language !! First language !! Second language !! First language !! Second language | |||
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| 2,989,992 || 16,222 || 2,000,304 || 14,791 || 182,221 || 633,009 || 42,484 || 75,891 || 18,211 || 24,090 || rowspan="2" | 660,235 || rowspan="2" | 78,738 || rowspan="2" | 25,030 | |||
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| colspan="10" | Total '''first language''' speakers: 5,233,212 | |||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||