Minority languages in the US 1 Groups of

Minority languages in the US 1

Groups of speakers in US: “Language spoken at home”, 2009, top 30: Total population 5 years old and over Speak only English Spanish or Spanish Creole Chinese Tagalog French (incl. Patois, Cajun) Vietnamese German Korean Russian Arabic Italian Portuguese or P. Creole French Creole Polish Hindi 285, 797, 349 228, 699, 523 35, 468, 501 2, 600, 150 1, 513, 734 1, 305, 503 1, 251, 468 1, 109, 216 1, 039, 021 881, 723 845, 396 753, 992 731, 282 659, 053 593, 598 560, 983 Japanese 445, 471 Persian 396, 769 Urdu 355, 964 Gujarathi 341, 404 Greek 325, 747 Serbo-Croatian 269, 333 Armenian 242, 836 Hebrew 221, 593 Mon-Khmer, Cambodian 202, 033 Hmong 193, 179 Navajo 169, 009 Thai 152, 679 Yiddish 148, 155 Laotian 146, 297 Hungarian 90, 612 Total speakers, not English 54, 922, 709 Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey, B 16001, "Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over, " accessed January 2011. For more information: http: //www. census. gov/acs/www/ http: //factfinder. census. gov/ Internet release date: 09302011 2

“Language spoken at home”, 2009: Types of minority languages Total population 5 years old and over Speak only English Spanish or Spanish Creole Chinese Tagalog French (incl. Patois, Cajun) Vietnamese German Korean Russian Arabic Italian Portuguese or P. Creole French Creole Polish Hindi 285, 797, 349 228, 699, 523 35, 468, 501 2, 600, 150 1, 513, 734 1, 305, 503 1, 251, 468 1, 109, 216 1, 039, 021 881, 723 845, 396 753, 992 731, 282 659, 053 593, 598 560, 983 Creoles Japanese Persian Urdu Gujarathi Greek Serbo-Croatian Armenian Hebrew Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Hmong Navajo Thai Yiddish Laotian Hungarian Total speakers other than English 445, 471 396, 769 355, 964 341, 404 325, 747 269, 333 242, 836 221, 593 202, 033 193, 179 169, 009 152, 679 148, 155 146, 297 90, 612 54, 922, 709 Native American language Rest: immigrant languages 3

“Language spoken at home”, 2009: European languages (blue): Total population 5 years old and over Speak only English Spanish or Spanish Creole Chinese Tagalog French (incl. Patois, Cajun) Vietnamese German Korean Russian Arabic Italian Portuguese or P. Creole French Creole Polish Hindi 285, 797, 349 228, 699, 523 35, 468, 501 2, 600, 150 1, 513, 734 1, 305, 503 1, 251, 468 1, 109, 216 1, 039, 021 881, 723 845, 396 753, 992 731, 282 659, 053 593, 598 560, 983 Japanese Persian Urdu Gujarathi Greek Serbo-Croatian Armenian Hebrew Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Hmong Navajo Thai Yiddish Laotian Hungarian Total speakers other than English 445, 471 396, 769 355, 964 341, 404 325, 747 269, 333 242, 836 221, 593 202, 033 193, 179 169, 009 152, 679 148, 155 146, 297 90, 612 54, 922, 709 4