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The following is a list of communities in the
The following is a list of communities in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
where the English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...
is not the majority language spoken at home according to data from the 2000 Census.
The list contains 151 communities in 12 states, involving the indigenous languages Yupik, Inupiaq, Navajo, Apache, Hopi, Havasupai-Hualapai, Pima, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Choctaw, Crow, and Keres, as well as Indo-European languages Russian, Spanish, French, and Yiddish. Spanish is spoken in the most communities where English is not the majority language spoken at home, Navajo is the most spoken indigenous language out of listed communities. Arizona is the most diverse state regarding this field, with 6 other languages being the most spoken. There are 6 states with only 1 language listed, 4 of these relating to the Spanish language, 1 relating to the Choctaw language, and 1 relating to the Crow language.
Alaska
Arizona
California
Florida
Maine
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Texas
Utah
See also
* List of U.S. counties where English is not the majority language spoken at home *Language education in the United States
Language education in the United States has historically involved teaching American English to immigrants; and Spanish, French, Latin, Italian or German to native English speakers. Bilingual education was sponsored in some districts, often conte ...
* Language Spoken at Home
Language Spoken at Home is a data set published by the United States Census Bureau on languages in the United States. It is based on a three-part language question asked about all household members who are five years old or older. The first part a ...
* List of multilingual presidents of the United States
Of the 45 persons who have served as presidents of the United States, at least half have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than English. Of these, only one, Martin Van Buren, learned English as his second language; his ...
* Muhlenberg legend
The Muhlenberg legend is an urban legend in the United States and Germany. According to the legend, the single vote of Frederick Muhlenberg, the first ever Speaker of the US House of Representatives, prevented German from becoming an official la ...
References
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