The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during th: The English language is the official and most spoken language of the United Kingdom.[344][345] The United Kingdom proactively promotes the language globally to build connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.[346][347] It is estimated that 95 per cent of the UK's population are monolingual English speakers.[348] 5.5 per cent of the population are estimated to speak languages brought to the UK as a result of relatively recent immigration.[348] South Asian languages are the largest grouping which includes Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Sylheti, Hindi, Pahari-Pothwari, Tamil, and Gujarati.[349] According to the 2011 census, Polish has become the second-largest language spoken in England and has 546,000 speakers.[350] In 2019, some three-quarters of a million people spoke little or no English.[351]