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Punjabi now Australia's fastest growing language, prompting calls for it to be taught in schools

Punjabi is now more popular in Australia than it is in India, where it's only the eleventh-most spoken language. (Supplied)

Punjabi is now Australia's fastest growing language, according to the latest census — but it is still not offered in Queensland schools. 

Census data shows Punjabi is the fifth most spoken language at home other than English, making it the most popular Indian-subcontinental language ahead of Hindi and Nepali — despite Punjabis, who hail from the north of India, making up less than 3 per cent of the total Indian population.

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