Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Linguistic and information technology knowledge. Absolute values Use and knowledge of the language that s/he knows the best, by language, sex and mastery of the language of the person using it. Units: persons Total Beginner's level Intermediate level Advanced level No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 14,661,383 3,188,703 6,773,847 4,580,525 118,308 Spanish 3,036,401 284,454 922,384 1,813,158 . Catalan 1,587,445 245,980 597,116 735,682 . Basque 212,565 31,342 123,693 57,531 . Valenciano 265,554 44,293 116,259 102,719 . Galician 174,104 . 71,175 88,072 . English 6,382,893 1,786,934 3,445,834 1,088,996 61,129 French 2,313,397 671,987 1,188,397 427,590 . German 192,893 39,708 98,197 54,988 . Italian 234,394 36,167 112,123 86,103 . Portuguese 130,834 . 61,207 50,005 . Others 130,902 . 37,462 75,680 . MALES Total 7,469,823 1,564,161 3,502,154 2,342,227 61,281 Spanish 1,624,146 178,523 510,594 922,815 . Catalan 798,741 113,590 304,626 373,993 . Basque 96,240 . 60,956 . . Valenciano 126,879 . 60,098 48,210 . Galician 75,170 . 36,324 33,849 . English 3,237,662 829,292 1,801,853 572,226 . French 1,136,294 333,016 558,175 241,178 . German 113,597 . 51,813 . . Italian 131,982 . 67,838 41,767 . Portuguese 76,032 . 37,745 . . Others 53,080 . . . . FEMALES Total 7,191,560 1,624,542 3,271,693 2,238,298 57,027 Spanish 1,412,255 105,931 411,789 890,343 . Catalan 788,703 132,390 292,490 361,689 . Basque 116,325 . 62,737 38,598 . Valenciano 138,675 . 56,161 54,509 . Galician 98,935 . 34,851 54,223 . English 3,145,231 957,642 1,643,981 516,770 . French 1,177,103 338,971 630,223 186,411 . German 79,296 . 46,384 . . Italian 102,411 . 44,285 44,337 . Portuguese 54,802 . . . . Others 77,822 . . 43,751 . Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The person has selected the language that s/he claims to know the best, with the exception of mother tongues. Data referring to the 12 months prior to the date of the survey. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute