| Languages of the United States |
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| Official languages |
None at the federal level |
| Main languages |
English 80%, Spanish 12.4%, other Indo-European languages 3.7%, Asian and Indo-Pacific languages 3%, other languages 0.9% (2009 survey by the Census Bureau) |
| Indigenous languages |
Navajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Western Apache, Keres, Hopi, Zuni, Ojibwe, O'odham
Others
Achumawi, Adai, Afro-Seminole Creole, Alabama, Aleut, Arapaho, Assiniboine, Atakapa, Atsugewi, Barbareño, Biloxi, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cahuilla, Carolina Algonquian, Cayuga, Cayuse, Central Kalapuya, Central Pomo, Chemakum, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chico, Chimariko, Chinook Jargon, Chippewa, Chitimacha, Chiwere, Choctaw, Coast Tsimshian, Coahuilteco, Coeur d'Alene, Colorado River, Columbia-Moses, Cocopah, Comanche, Cowlitz, Creek, Crow, Delaware, Eastern Abnaki, Eastern Pomo, Esselen, Etchemin, Eyeri, Fox, Gros Ventre, Gullah, Halkomelem, Havasupai, Havasupai-Hualapai, Hawaiian Pidgin, Hidatsa, Hupa, Ipai, Jicarilla, Karuk, Kashaya, Kathlamet, Kato, Kawaiisu, Kiowa, Klallam, Klamath-Modoc, Klickitat, Koasati, Konkow language, Kumeyaay, Kutenai, Lipan, Louisiana Creole French, Lower Tanana, Luiseño, Lummi, Lushootseed, Mahican, Maidu, Makah, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Mandan, Maricopa, Massachusett, Mattole, Mednyj Aleut, Menominee, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Miami-Illinois, Mikasuki, Mi'kmaq, Mobilian Jargon, Mohawk, Mohawk Dutch, Mohegan-Pequot, Mojave, Mono, Munsee, Mutsun, Nanticoke language, Nawathinehena, Negerhollands, Nez Perce, Nisenan, Nlaka'pamux, Nooksack, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Kalapuya, Northern Paiute, Northern Pomo, Okanagan, Omaha-Ponca, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Pawnee, Paipai, Pennsylvania German, Picuris, Piscataway, Plains Apache, Plains Cree, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Qawiaraq, Quechan, Quileute, Quiripi, Saanich, Sahaptin, Salinan, Salish, Seneca, Shasta, Shawnee, Shoshone language, Solano, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Pomo, Southern Sierra Miwok, Southern Tiwa, Takelma, Taos, Tataviam, Tewa, Texas German, Tillamook, Timbisha, Tipai, Tolowa, Tongva, Tonkawa, Tsetsaut, Tübatulabal, Tuscarora, Twana, Unami, Ventureño, Virgin Islands Creole, Wailaki, Wappo, Wasco-Wishram, Washo, Whulshootseed, Wichita, Winnebago, Wintu, Wiyot, Wyandot, Yahi, Yana, Yaqui, Yavapai, Yoncalla, Yuchi, Yuki, Yurok
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| Regional languages |
Ahtna, Alutiiq, Carolinian, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Siberian Yupik, Chamorro, Deg Xinag, Dena’ina, English, Eyak, French, Gwich’in, Haida, Hän, Hawaiian, Holikachuk, Inupiaq, Koyukon, Samoan, Spanish, Tanacross, Tanana, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Upper Kuskokwim, Upper Tanana
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| Main immigrant languages
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English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindustani, Arabic, Korean, German
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| Sign languages |
American Sign Language (BASL),
Hawai'i Sign Language,
Keresan Sign Language,
Navajo Family Sign,
Plains Indian Sign Language,
Puerto Rican Sign Language,
Samoan Sign Language
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| Common keyboard layouts
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QWERTYUIOP
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Language Spoken at Home
(U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2011) |
| List |
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English only – 231,947,071
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Spanish – 37,579,787
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Chinese – 2,882,497
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Tagalog – 1,594,413
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Vietnamese – 1,419,539
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French – 1,301,443
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Korean – 1,141,277
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German – 1,083,637
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Arabic – 951,699
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Russian – 905,843
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Indic languages other than Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati – 815,345
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French Creole – 753,990
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Italian – 723,632
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Portuguese – 673,566
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Hindi – 648,983
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Polish – 607,531
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Japanese – 436,110
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Persian – 407,586
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Urdu – 373,851
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Gujarati – 358,422
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Greek – 304,928
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Serbo-Croatian – 269,624
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Armenian – 246,915
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Hebrew – 216,343
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Mon–Khmer, Cambodian – 212,505
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Hmong – 211,227
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Navajo – 169,369
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Thai – 163,251
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Yiddish – 160,968
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Laotian – 140,866
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Scandinavian languages – 135,025
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ASL – ~100,000
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Hungarian – 93,102
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Tamazight – 90,102
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Achumawi, Adai, Afro-Seminole Creole, Alabama, Aleut, Arapaho, Assiniboine, Atakapa, Atsugewi, Barbareño, Biloxi, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cahuilla, Carolina Algonquian, Cayuga, Cayuse, Central Kalapuya, Central Pomo, Chemakum, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chico, Chimariko, Chinook Jargon, Chippewa, Chitimacha, Chiwere, Choctaw, Coast Tsimshian, Coahuilteco, Coeur d'Alene, Colorado River, Columbia-Moses, Cocopah, Comanche, Cowlitz, Creek, Crow, Delaware, Eastern Abnaki, Eastern Pomo, Esselen, Etchemin, Eyeri, Fox, Gros Ventre, Gullah, Halkomelem, Havasupai, Havasupai-Hualapai, Hawaiian Pidgin, Hidatsa, Hupa, Ipai, Jicarilla, Karuk, Kashaya, Kathlamet, Kato, Kawaiisu, Kiowa, Klallam, Klamath-Modoc, Klickitat, Koasati, Konkow language, Kumeyaay, Kutenai, Lipan, Louisiana Creole French, Lower Tanana, Luiseño, Lummi, Lushootseed, Mahican, Maidu, Makah, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Mandan, Maricopa, Massachusett, Mattole, Mednyj Aleut, Menominee, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Miami-Illinois, Mikasuki, Mi'kmaq, Mobilian Jargon, Mohawk, Mohawk Dutch, Mohegan-Pequot, Mojave, Mono, Munsee, Mutsun, Nanticoke language, Nawathinehena, Negerhollands, Nez Perce, Nisenan, Nlaka'pamux, Nooksack, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Kalapuya, Northern Paiute, Northern Pomo, Okanagan, Omaha-Ponca, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Pawnee, Paipai, Pennsylvania German, Picuris, Piscataway, Plains Apache, Plains Cree, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Qawiaraq, Quechan, Quileute, Quiripi, Saanich, Sahaptin, Salinan, Salish, Seneca, Shasta, Shawnee, Shoshone language, Solano, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Pomo, Southern Sierra Miwok, Southern Tiwa, Takelma, Taos, Tataviam, Tewa, Texas German, Tillamook, Timbisha, Tipai, Tolowa, Tongva, Tonkawa, Tsetsaut, Tübatulabal, Tuscarora, Twana, Unami, Ventureño, Virgin Islands Creole, Wailaki, Wappo, Wasco-Wishram, Washo, Whulshootseed, Wichita, Winnebago, Wintu, Wiyot, Wyandot, Yahi, Yana, Yaqui, Yavapai, Yoncalla, Yuchi, Yuki, Yurok
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