Somali is a close second to English as the most-spoken first language in Moss Side schools.

ECONOMIST: Urban living

The data from the 2011 census showed the vast majority of Manchester's residents used English as their main language, but also reported significant numbers using either Urdu, Polish, Arabic, Farsi, Somali, Panjabi or Bengali as their first tongue.

BBC: Census data on languages in Manchester is 'way out'