If English is the first,Spanish the second,what is the third?
2006-10-01 10:09:29 · 8 answers · asked by clickeroftarter 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In 2003, about 214.8 million, or 81.6%, of the population aged five years and older spoke only English at home. Although not all Americans speak English, it is the most common language for daily interaction among both native and non-native speakers. Knowledge of English is required of immigrants seeking naturalization. Some Americans advocate making English the official language, which it is in twenty-seven individual states. Three states also grant official status to other languages alongside English: French in Louisiana, Hawaiian in Hawaii, and Spanish in New Mexico. Besides English, languages spoken at home by at least one million Americans aged five years and up are Spanish or Spanish Creole, spoken by 29.7 million; Chinese, 2.2 million; French (including Patois and Cajun), 1.4 million; Tagalog, 1.3 million; Vietnamese, 1.1 million; and German, 1.1 million.
The third most taught language in the USA is German.
2006-10-01 10:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by glosandro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the group of Hindustani languages (consisting of Urdu and Hindi dialects) is third in the US.
2006-10-01 10:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by tanner p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares in a 1000 years there will be no more black or white itll just be one race of tan people like me
2014-02-08 15:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Chinese. Only .8 percent of the population though.
2006-10-01 10:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by TropicalCloud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Southern!! lol.. having hard times sometimes to understand them.. They sound like they are having their own language, no?
2006-10-01 10:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by KoKo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese, according to Wikipedia.
2006-10-01 10:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am pretty sure it is french.
2006-10-01 14:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chinese
2006-10-01 11:52:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋