Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA01A454 CA01A455">16. What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?<br /><div class="i1">If this person no longer understands the first language learned, indicate the second language learned.<br />[] English<br />[] French<br />[] Other, specify ____</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CA01A453 CA01A454 CA01A455 CA01A456 CA01A457 CA01A458 CA01A460 CA01A461 CA01A462 CA01A463 CA01A464 CA01A465 CA01A466 CA01A467 CA01A468 CA01A469 CA01A470 CA01A471 CA01A472 CA01A473 CA01A474"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Questions 13 to 16 -- Language</span></div><br /><div class="i3">For persons who use Aboriginal or Indian languages: report the specific Aboriginal language (such as Cree or Ojibway) or the specific Indian language (such as Punjabi or Hindi); do not report "Indian".<br />For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have a speech disability: report knowledge of English, French, or other languages, including sign language; report the language used most often at home to communicate, including sign language.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A454 CA01A455"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 16 -- First language learned at home</span></div><br /><div class="i3">For a person who learned two languages at the same time in early childhood, report the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. Report two languages only if they were used equally often and are still understood by this person.<br />For a child who has not yet learned to speak: report the language spoken most often to this child at home. Report two languages only if both languages are spoken equally often so that the child learns both languages at the same time.</div><br /></svar>
