Are ther people who were born & raised in America, but do not speak English?

Answer 1

Sure. I took a deposition of a lady who was born in the U.S. and went to school throught high school but only spoke Spanish.
In Los Angeles you can live your entire life and not have to learn English.

Answer 2

This answer depends on what you meant by America.
*If you meant America (The United States of America) - I guess it is hard, cause when you are in a country where people speak English, you listen and "live" the language even if you don't want to learn it.
*If you meant America (The American Continent like South America or North America) - It's possible because there are other countries, like Argentina, Colombia, Mexico where people speak Spanish and Brazil where people speak Portuguese (that's me, I'm Brazilian) and don't necessarily speak English.

Answer 3

People who are mute or deaf and mute don't speak english. They may sign it or "speak" ASL, which, contrary to popular belief, is a different language from english. (There are differences between Signed english and ASL) Also, some people who are raised in communities exclusive to one culture may be raised and grow up in schools that only use a language other than english. (Highly unlikely scenario, the Deaf/Mute one is more plausible)

Answer 4

Of course there are. Older Native Americans still speak in their original language regardless of how hard the white man tried to force English on them.

Good for them! Keeping their traditions alive to pass on to the next generation! If only the early European settlers hadn't begun systematic genocide, think of how richer and more diverse our society would be.

Answer 5

Nobody born and raised in America can speak English.
They all speak a bastardized version of it.

Answer 6

My best friend did not learn any English until she started school because she lived in a Greek neighborhood.

Answer 7

yes I have lived in new york all my life and its a very unversal place with people of all cultures a couple of my friends were raised here there hispanic and they learned english as a second language because they were raised in a very cultural home,asian,polish and west indian german arabic,,jamaican,african,irish,italian,and all keep there culture alive here and well nourished and its very common to take english as a second language nyc is filled with programs

Answer 8

The are people who cannot speak at all.

Answer 9

How do you expect someone to be able to read your question and answer it too who can't speak in English!!!

Answer 10

Of course. If their parents are foreign, they may teach them their native language instead of English