US census shows more than 55 million speak more than 300 languages
According to the latest US Census, there are some 55,076,078 people in America speaking more than 300 languages. There is a widespread use of languages such as Spanish and Chinese with more than 2 million speakers each to the smallest language Yuchi, with only four registered speakers! The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American tribe who traditionally lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in the 16th century. This census from April 2010 shows how big the US language territory is outside English.
Let’s look at all the languages spoken in United States …
How many do you recognize?
| SPANISH and SPANISH CREOLE | 34,183,747 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 34,183,622 |
| Ladino | 125 |
| OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES | 10,347,377 |
| French | 1,358,816 |
| French | 1,304,758 |
| Patois | 28,475 |
| Cajun | 25,583 |
| French Creole | 621,135 |
| Italian | 807,010 |
| Portuguese | 678,334 |
| Portuguese | 676,963 |
| Papia Mentae | 1,371 |
| German | 1,120,670 |
| German | 1,119,963 |
| Luxembourgian | 707 |
| Yiddish | 162,511 |
| Other West-Germanic languages | 269,600 |
| Pennsylvania Dutch | 117,547 |
| Dutch | 132,191 |
| Afrikaans | 18,943 |
| Frisian | 919 |
| Scandinavian languages | 132,956 |
| Swedish | 56,713 |
| Danish | 29,728 |
| Norwegian | 41,197 |
| Icelandic | 5,170 |
| Faroese | 148 |
| Greek | 340,028 |
| Russian | 846,233 |
| Polish | 632,362 |
| Serbo-Croatian languages | 273,729 |
| Serbocroatian | 152,331 |
| Croatian | 57,565 |
| Serbian | 63,833 |
| Other Slavic languages | 318,051 |
| Bielorussian | 1,363 |
| Ukrainian | 142,711 |
| Czech | 55,382 |
| Lusatian | 189 |
| Slovak | 32,227 |
| Bulgarian | 57,016 |
| Macedonian | 22,134 |
| Slovene | 7,029 |
| Armenian | 220,922 |
| Persian | 359,176 |
| Hindi | 531,313 |
| Gujarati | 301,658 |
| Urdu | 335,213 |
| Other Indic languages | 619,954 |
| India n.e.c.2 | 81,125 |
| Bengali | 190,090 |
| Panjabi | 208,387 |
| Marathi | 54,223 |
| Bihari | 151 |
| Rajasthani | 464 |
| Oriya | 4,790 |
| Assamese | 1,215 |
| Kashmiri | 833 |
| Nepali | 34,139 |
| Sindhi | 6,907 |
| Pakistan N.E.C. 2 | 13,092 |
| Sinhalese | 22,278 |
| Romany | 2,260 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 417,706 |
| Jamaican Creole | 19,872 |
| Krio | 6,900 |
| Hawaiian Pidgin | 108 |
| Pidgin | 2,527 |
| Gullah | 352 |
| Saramacca | 112 |
| Catalonian | 1,917 |
| Romanian | 146,840 |
| Rhaeto-romanic | 39 |
| Welsh | 2,452 |
| Irish Gaelic | 22,279 |
| Scottish Gaelic | 1,445 |
| Albanian | 125,220 |
| Lithuanian | 42,306 |
| Lettish | 16,149 |
| Pashto | 15,788 |
| Kurdish | 12,982 |
| Balochi | 268 |
| Tadzhik | 150 |
| ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES | 8,267,977 |
| Chinese | 2,455,583 |
| Chinese | 1,554,505 |
| Hakka | 1,086 |
| Kan, Hsiang | 291 |
| Cantonese | 437,301 |
| Mandarin | 381,121 |
| Fuchow | 2,671 |
| Formosan | 76,131 |
| Wu | 2,477 |
| Japanese | 457,033 |
| Korean | 1,048,173 |
| Mon-Khmer, Cambodian | 182,387 |
| Hmong | 185,401 |
| Thai | 139,845 |
| Laotian | 147,865 |
| Vietnamese | 1,204,454 |
| Other Asian languages | 644,363 |
| Kazakh | 1,006 |
| Kirghiz | 131 |
| Karachay | 698 |
| Uighur | 3,190 |
| Azerabaijani | 1,282 |
| Turkish | 107,405 |
| Turkmen | 221 |
| Mongolian | 8,430 |
| Tungus | 326 |
| Dravidian | 2,146 |
| Gondi | 76 |
| Telugu | 171,495 |
| Kannada | 35,902 |
| Malayalam | 112,378 |
| Tamil | 130,731 |
| Munda | 2,334 |
| Tibetan | 9,764 |
| Burmese | 35,281 |
| Karen | 3,924 |
| Kachin | 178 |
| Miao-yao, Mien | 17,421 |
| Paleo-siberian | 44 |
| Tagalog | 1,444,324 |
| Other Pacific Island languages | 358,549 |
| Indonesian | 60,657 |
| Achinese | 32 |
| Balinese | 272 |
| Cham | 891 |
| Javanese | 441 |
| Malagasy | 935 |
| Malay | 12,440 |
| Bisayan | 23,644 |
| Sebuano | 10,027 |
| Pangasinan | 2,144 |
| Ilocano | 76,896 |
| Bikol | 812 |
| Pampangan | 5,432 |
| Micronesian | 5,514 |
| Carolinian | 187 |
| Chamorro | 17,985 |
| Gilbertese | 173 |
| Kusaiean | 1,056 |
| Marshallese | 10,739 |
| Mokilese | 448 |
| Mortlockese | 40 |
| Palau | 4,153 |
| Ponapean | 2,347 |
| Trukese | 5,434 |
| Ulithean | 39 |
| Woleai-ulithi | 51 |
| Yapese | 795 |
| Melanesian | 973 |
| Polynesian | 723 |
| Samoan | 57,368 |
| Tongan | 26,322 |
| Niuean | 17 |
| Tokelauan | 290 |
| Fijian | 3,701 |
| Marquesan | 605 |
| Rarotongan | 124 |
| Maori | 659 |
| Nukuoro | 141 |
| Hawaiian | 24,042 |
| ALL OTHER LANGUAGES | 2,276,977 |
| Navajo | 170,822 |
| Other Native North American languages | 203,127 |
| Aleut | 1,236 |
| Pacific Gulf Yupik | 8 |
| Eskimo | 2,168 |
| Inupik | 5,580 |
| St. Lawrence Island Yupik | 993 |
| Yupik | 18,626 |
| Algonquian | 288 |
| Arapaho | 1,087 |
| Atsina | 45 |
| Blackfoot | 1,970 |
| Cheyenne | 2,399 |
| Cree | 951 |
| Delaware | 146 |
| Fox | 727 |
| Kickapoo | 1,141 |
| Menomini | 946 |
| French Cree | 75 |
| Miami | 168 |
| Micmac | 230 |
| Ojibwa | 6,986 |
| Ottawa | 312 |
| Passamaquoddy | 982 |
| Penobscot | 144 |
| Abnaki | 86 |
| Potawatomi | 824 |
| Shawnee | 321 |
| Yurok | 491 |
| Kutenai | 200 |
| Makah | 176 |
| Kwakiutl | 85 |
| Nootka | 10 |
| Clallam | 146 |
| Coeur D’alene | 174 |
| Columbia | 17 |
| Cowlitz | 110 |
| Salish | 1,233 |
| Okanogan | 284 |
| Puget Sound Salish | 207 |
| Quinault | 128 |
| Haida | 118 |
| Athapascan | 1,627 |
| Ahtena | 18 |
| Ingalit | 127 |
| Koyukon | 58 |
| Kuchin | 1,217 |
| Tanaina | 11 |
| Chasta Costa | 84 |
| Hupa | 174 |
| Apache | 14,012 |
| Kiowa | 1,274 |
| Tlingit | 1,026 |
| Mountain Maidu | 319 |
| Northwest Maidu | 32 |
| Sierra Miwok | 216 |
| Nomlaki | 38 |
| Wintun | 24 |
| Foothill North Yokuts | 407 |
| Tachi | 45 |
| Santiam | 50 |
| Siuslaw | 6 |
| Klamath | 95 |
| Nez Perce | 942 |
| Sahaptian | 1,654 |
| Upper Chinook | 58 |
| Tsimshian | 68 |
| Achumawi | 68 |
| Atsugewi | 15 |
| Karok | 700 |
| Pomo | 648 |
| Washo | 227 |
| Cocomaricopa | 44 |
| Mohave | 330 |
| Yuma | 172 |
| Diegueno | 228 |
| Delta River Yuman | 483 |
| Havasupai | 90 |
| Walapai | 458 |
| Yavapai | 139 |
| Chumash | 39 |
| Tonkawa | 29 |
| Yuchi | 4 |
| Crow | 3,962 |
| Hidatsa | 806 |
| Mandan | 104 |
| Dakota | 18,804 |
| Chiwere | 60 |
| Winnebago | 1,340 |
| Kansa | 7 |
| Omaha | 457 |
| Osage | 260 |
| Ponca | 131 |
| Alabama | 165 |
| Choctaw | 10,368 |
| Mikasuki | 188 |
| Koasati | 59 |
| Muskogee | 5,072 |
| Chetemacha | 89 |
| Keres | 13,073 |
| Iroquois | 76 |
| Mohawk | 1,423 |
| Oneida | 527 |
| Onondaga | 239 |
| Cayuga | 6 |
| Seneca | 1,353 |
| Tuscarora | 179 |
| Cherokee | 12,320 |
| Arikara | 103 |
| Caddo | 51 |
| Pawnee | 122 |
| Wichita | 242 |
| Comanche | 963 |
| Mono | 349 |
| Paiute | 1,638 |
| Northern Paiute | 12 |
| Chemehuevi | 15 |
| Ute | 1,625 |
| Shoshoni | 2,512 |
| Hopi | 6,776 |
| Cahuilla | 139 |
| Cupeno | 11 |
| Luiseno | 327 |
| Serrano | 5 |
| Pima | 8,190 |
| Yaqui | 425 |
| Tiwa | 2,269 |
| Tewa | 5,123 |
| Towa | 2,192 |
| Zuni | 9,432 |
| Chinook Jargon | 644 |
| American Indian | 8,888 |
| Jicarilla | 455 |
| Chiricahua | 457 |
| Spokane | 20 |
| Hungarian | 94,125 |
| Arabic | 760,505 |
| Hebrew | 216,615 |
| African languages | 710,214 |
| Amharic | 146,337 |
| Berber | 1,475 |
| Chadic | 5,091 |
| Cushite | 90,434 |
| Sudanic | 8,966 |
| Nilotic | 4,964 |
| Nilo-hamitic | 525 |
| Nubian | 129 |
| Saharan | 19 |
| Khoisan | 19 |
| Swahili | 72,404 |
| Bantu | 42,098 |
| Mande | 27,657 |
| Fulani | 22,469 |
| Gur | 849 |
| Kru, Ibo, Yoruba | 267,174 |
| Efik | 5,497 |
| Mbum | 340 |
| African | 13,767 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 121,569 |
| Finnish | 25,806 |
| Estonian | 5,938 |
| Lapp | 23 |
| Other Uralic languages | 31 |
| Caucasian | 6,870 |
| Basque | 1,649 |
| Syriac | 61,272 |
| Aztecan | 1,327 |
| Sonoran | 63 |
| Misumalpan | 127 |
| Mayan languages | 6,832 |
| Tarascan | 470 |
| Mapuche | 214 |
| Oto – Manguen | 2,596 |
| Quechua | 935 |
| Aymara | 63 |
| Arawakian | 1,960 |
| Chibchan | 48 |
| Tupi-guarani | 456 |
| Unknown entries | 4,889 |
