Languages
Did you know that students in the Hilliard City School District speak more than just English? In fact, there are students who come from many different countries to live in Northwest Franklin County.
By 2007, families have come from 46 different countries to live in the area and 39 different languages are spoken! Do you know why there are more countries represented than native languages?
Native Languages
| NATIVE LANGUAGES (39 Represented) |
NUMBER OF STUDENTS | NATIVE LANGUAGES | NUMBER OF STUDENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | 6 | Laotian | 7 |
| Arabic | 85 | Malawi | 1 |
| Barawa | 2 | Malayalan | 1 |
| Bengali | 3 | Mandarin | 10 |
| Cambodian | 7 | Polish | 1 |
| Cantonese | 6 | Punjabi | 5 |
| Chuch | 1 | Romanian | 1 |
| Chinese | 28 | Russian | 16 |
| Creole | 5 | Somali | 172 |
| Czech | 5 | Spanish | 303 |
| Farsi | 3 | Swahili | 11 |
| French | 3 | Tagalog | 1 |
| German | 1 | Tamil | 1 |
| Gujarati | 30 | Telugu | 5 |
| Hindi | 7 | Turkish | 1 |
| Japanese | 51 | Twi | 2 |
| Krio | 1 | Ukrainian | 8 |
| Khmer | 1 | Urdu | 12 |
| Korean | 10 | Vietnamese | 7 |
June 2007 Native Countries
| COUNTRIES (46 Represented) |
NUMBER OF STUDENTS | COUNTRIES | NUMBER OF STUDENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 5 | Malawi | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 | Mexico | 140 |
| Belarus | 2 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | Pakistan | 5 |
| China | 6 | Palestine | 5 |
| Colombia | 4 | Peru | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Phillipines | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Ecuador | 6 | Sierra Leone | 7 |
| Egypt | 9 | Somalia | 100 |
| Germany | 1 | South Korea | 5 |
| Ghana | 2 | Sudan | 2 |
| Guatemala | 1 | Sweden | 1 |
| Honduras | 9 | Syria | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Taiwan | 2 |
| India | 29 | Turkey | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | Uganda | 2 |
| Israel | 2 | Ukraine | 5 |
| Japan | 46 | United States | 304 |
| Jordan | 7 | Uruguay | 3 |
| Kenya | 28 | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Lebanon | 2 | Venezuela | 4 |
| Liberia | 1 | Vietnam | 1 |