Table 10.  Language Use by District, Bougainville: 2000                       
  Total North Bougainville Central Bougainville South Bougainville
ENGLISH
   Total 114,922 48,072 25,953 40,897
English 58,325 28,705 13,791 15,829
No English 56,597 19,367 12,162 25,068
    Males 58,579 24,520 13,418 20,641
English 31,169 15,146 7,477 8,546
No English 27,410 9,374 5,941 12,095
    Females 56,343 23,552 12,535 20,256
English 27,156 13,559 6,314 7,283
No English 29,187 9,993 6,221 12,973
PIDGIN
   Total 115,202 48,166 25,964 41,072
Pidgin 79,681 36,579 17,832 25,270
No pidgin 35,521 11,587 8,132 15,802
    Males 58,706 24,568 13,421 20,717
Pidgin 41,847 19,059 9,555 13,233
No pidgin 16,859 5,509 3,866 7,484
   Females 56,496 23,598 12,543 20,355
Pidgin 37,834 17,520 8,277 12,037
No pidgin 18,662 6,078 4,266 8,318
MOTU
    Total 111,804 46,298 25,425 40,081
Motu 721 401 111 209
No motu 111,083 45,897 25,314 39,872
    Males 56,923 23,574 13,112 20,237
Motu 429 231 69 129
No motu 56,494 23,343 13,043 20,108
    Females 54,881 22,724 12,313 19,844
Motu 292 170 42 80
No motu 54,589 22,554 12,271 19,764
OTHER LANGUAGE
    Total 175,160 73,091 41,485 60,584
Other language 81,205 35,110 17,948 28,147
No other language 33,993 13,041 8,000 12,952
NR 7,489 2,627 3,003 1,859
NA 52,473 22,313 12,534 17,626
    Males 90,014 37,415 21,613 30,986
Other language 42,286 18,185 9,590 14,511
No other language 16,418 6,377 3,823 6,218
NR 3,929 1,386 1,584 959
NA 27,381 11,467 6,616 9,298
   Females 85,146 35,676 19,872 29,598
Other language 38,919 16,925 8,358 13,636
No other language 17,575 6,664 4,177 6,734
NR 3,560 1,241 1,419 900
NA 25,092 10,846 5,918 8,328
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census