Language of Sydney

Sydney languages mainly refer to the languages, which are spoken in the City of Sydney. Though there are many of Sydney languages, which are spoken by the immigrant population of the city, the aboriginal population of the city spoke the Darug language.

The most common language spoken in the City of Sydney by the native population is English. About 65% of the population of South Sydney speaks English.


The other commonly spoken languages in Sydney include Greek, spoken by 51,025 people and Arabic, spoken by 38,533 people. The other lesser popular languages are Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Some people in the Southern Sydney Region also speak Greek, Portuguese and Macedonian. The fastest growing community languages in Sydney are Cantonese, Mandarin and Indonesia, while there has been a significant decline in Italian and Tagalog languages.

Darug is another popular language, which was spoken by the Aboriginal group of people who mainly inhabited the regions in and around the Sydney city. The Darug language has been divided mainly into two dialects, based on the coastal and inland location. However, now it has become an extinct language after other prominent European languages established their foothold in the city.