<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Although Australia has no official languages, English has been entrenched as the de facto national language since European settlement . Australian English is a major variety of the language with a distinctive accent and lexicon, and differs slightly from other varieties of English in grammar and spelling . General Australian serves as the standard dialect . </P> <P> According to the 2016 census, English is the only language spoken in the home for close to 70% of the population . The next most common languages spoken at home are: Mandarin (2.5%), Arabic (1.4%), Cantonese (1.2%), Vietnamese (1.2%) and Italian (1.2%). </P> <P> A considerable proportion of first - and second - generation migrants are bilingual . </P>

Besides english what is the most commonly spoken language in australia