The line graph provides information about the number of Australians who used Chinese, Arabic, Italian and Greek as their first language in six separate years from 1986 to 2011.
Overall, the number of Australians whose native language was Italian and Greek witnessed a downward trend, the opposite was true for the figures for Chinese and Arabic throughout the period. Additionally, the Chinese language reached the peak in Australia.
The number of Australian citizens whose first language was Chinese accounted for 100,000 , while Arabic included 50,000 people in 1986. However, in the final year(2001), the Chinese language increased considerably to 350,000, in contrast Arabic rose noticeably to 150,000.
The figure for Greek occupied the highest position in 1986, at approximately 230,000. By 2011, Greek had decreased consistently to roughly 180,000. Similarly, Italian was included 150,000 in 1986. In 2011 it dropped to 100,000.