The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts display the proportion of university students in England who could speak in additional languages over the course of 2000 and 2010.

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, the count of bilingual and multilingual speakers increased noticeably throughout the period. Spanish possessing students rose marginally over a decade span

whereas

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youths using French lowered in sum. Almost a third of the total youngsters were able to express their minds in Spanish language in the 2000s. The other groups, speaking in French and other languages, depicted the same figure at 15%. A fifth of all educatees possessed only their mother tongue as a communication tool.

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the next graph, Spanish gained popularity, obtaining by far the highest percentage of users at 35% in 2010. The second largest share, reaching a fifth of the total, was the range of diverse linguistic groups. Not only did the sum of French users lower, but it

also

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equalled the number of German and 2 language speakers, showing 10% each. Native English speakers,

on the other hand

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, dropped in steady increments and represented only a tenth of the whole quantity after a decade.