The line graph compares the data regarding the number of Australians using four different languages as their primary language between 1986 and 2011.
It is clear from the information provided that the number of people speaking Chinese and Arabic increased dramatically over this 25-year period. On the other hand, we can see that the demand for other languages, specifically Italian and Greek, declined slightly during this time.
In 1986, the most popular language was Greek, which was spoken by over 200,000 people, while Arabic was spoken by just over a quarter of that amount. However, after a period of fluctuations, the two languages mentioned above reached nearly the same number of users, around 150,000.
Initially, the number of Chinese speakers was lower in comparison to Italian. However, there was significant growth in Chinese speakers, which surpassed other languages and reached 350,000 users. By 2006, the number of Australians using Italian decreased moderately by 50,000 people and then remained steady.
