ED550  Run: 03/22/00     Maine Department of Education               
 
              NATIVE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY CHILDREN IN MAINE SCHOOLS, 1998-99
 
   Language        Public School Enrollments    Non-Public School Enrollments
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   AFRIKANS                          1                            0
 
   AKRAN                             1                            0
 
   ALBANIAN                          6                            0
 
   AM SIGN LANGUAG                  89                            1
 
   AMHARIC                          12                            0
 
   ARABIC                           14                            1
 
   BOSNIAN                           1                            1
 
   BULGARIAN                         6                            1
 
   BURMESE                           4                            0
 
   CHINESE                         160                           23
 
   CONGO                             1                            0
 
   CREOLE                            2                            0
 
   CROATIAN                          0                            1
 
   CZECH                             3                            0
 
   DANISH                            7                            0
 
   DUTCH                             5                            0
 
   ESTONIAN                          0                            1
 
   FARSI                            29                            2
 
   FIJIAN                            1                            0
 
   FINNISH                           3                            0
 
   FRENCH                          425                           23
 
   GERMAN                           22                           21
 
   GREEK                            10                            4
 
   GUJARATI                          1                            0
 
   GUYANESE ENGLIS                   2                            0
 
   HAHIAUHOLE                        1                            0
 
   HAWAIIAN                          0                            1
 
   HINDU                            10                            0
 
   HUNGARIAN                         2                            2
 
   ICELANDIC                         1                            0
 
   ITALIAN                           6                            0
 
   JAPANESE                         22                           44
 
   KHMER                           334                            0
 
   KOREAN                           24                           46
 
   KURDISH                           1                            1
 
   LAO                               7                            0
 
   LATVIAN                           1                            0
 
   LEBANESE                          2                            0
 
   LITHUANIAN                        1                            1
 
   MANDINKA                          4                            0
 
   MARATHI                           1                            0
 
   MARTIALESE                        2                            0
 
   MIC MAC                           3                            0
 
   MONGOLIAN                         1                            0
 
   NEPALESE                          1                            0
 
   NON-SPECIFIED                   114                            0
 
   NORWEGIAN                         2                            0
 
   NUER                              4                            0
 
   PAKISTANI                         1                            2
 
   PASHTU                            3                            1
 
   PASSAMAQUODDY                   277                            2
 
   PHILIPINO                         4                            1
 
   POLISH                           26                            5
 
   PORTUGUESE                       16                            5
 
   ROMANIAN                          8                            0
 
   RUMANIAN                          1                            0
 
   RUSSIAN                         116                           12
 
   RWANDAN                           1                            0
 
   SAMOAN                            1                            0
 
   SERBIAN                           1                            0
 
   SERBO-CROATIAN                   65                            2
 
   SLOVAK                            1                            2
 
   SLOVENIC                          1                            0
 
   SOMALI                          151                            1
 
   SPANISH                         289                           20
 
   SWAHILI                           2                            0
 
   SWEDISH                           1                            2
 
   TAGALOG                          29                            0
 
   TAIWANESE                         2                            1
 
   TAMIL                             1                            0
 
   THAI                             12                            1
 
   TIBETAN                           0                            1
 
   TIGRINIAN                         9                            0
 
   TURKISH                           0                            2
 
   TWI (GHANA)                       1                            0
 
   UKRAINIAN                        16                            0
 
   URDU                              6                            0
 
   VIETNAMESE                      128                            3
 
   Totals                         2518                          237