(end of year)	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005		upper limit (M)
												(no. of people living in each lang. Zone)
Spanish	0	1	2	13	21	35	50	66	70	80	24%	332
Japanese	2	7	9	20	39	48	61	70	85	105	84%	125
German	1	4	6	14	22	37	43	53	62	71	72%	98
French	0	2	3	10	17	18	23	28	40	49	68%	72
Chinese	0	1	2	10	31	48	78	103	160	220	25%	885
Scandinavian	2	2	3	8	9	11	14	15	16	17	88%	19.3
Italian	0	1	2	10	12	20	24	24	35	42	74%	57
Dutch	0	1	2	6	7	11	13	12	14	15	73%	20
Korean	0	0	1	5	17	25	28	30	35	40	53%	75
Portuguese	0	0	1	4	11	14	19	26	32	38	22%	170
Other Non-English:		11	15	6.4	29	41	64	89	129	142
English	40	72	91	148	192	231	234	288	280	300	59%	508
TOTAL:	50	117	151	245	391	529	627	729	941	1100	19%	5792
Total Non-English:	10	45	71	109	211	307	418	517	680	820	13%	6400

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