wht is the national language of america?

Question

how many languages does an average american speak?

Answer 1

national language of America is....green ie money.

Kiddin' kiddin'.

Officially there is no mandated language for the good ol' US of A. It is understood it is English, just because it is spoken so frequently and often, but honestly there is no law on the book about it.

English is the big money language, just about all international trade is handled in English but that's not a rule or nada.
And the biggest contender attempting to take English off the number one spot in America is Spanish.

There has been numberous attempts to try and standardize a national language here, but each time it comes to a vote the ballot gets delayed.

The average American speaks one language, English as that is what is taught in public schools. a bilingual family may practice two seperate languages and students are now being requested to have 2 years of study in a single foreign language for entrance to universities and colleges......just about any higher learning institution.

Answer 2

Although the United States currently has no official language, English has long been the de facto national language. English is spoken by about 82% of the population as a native language and nearly everyone in the United States uses it as a daily language. On May 18, 2006 the Senate voted on an amendment to an immigration reform bill that would declare English the national language of the United States.
The immigration reform bill itself (S. 2611), was passed in the Senate on May 25, 2006, and now has to go back to the House of Representatives in conference to make sure amendments are agreed upon.

Some of the main reasons why someone would learn another language are background (family) or need (if you had to travel). So far the languages that I can speak fluently are besides English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese (cantonese) because of the two reasons I just gave.

Answer 3

The United States does not have an official language. There is a group pushing to make English the official language but nothing has been approved yet.

82% of the population speaks only English at home.

Answer 4

English

Answer 5

North Americans speak English and French in Canada, English in Yankee land, Spanish in Mexico.
Central Americans and Caribbeans speak Spanish and French in Haiti.
South Americans speak Spanish, native languages, Portuguese in Brazil, English in British possessions.

Answer 6

English is the e national language. they all mostly speak only one language. English or Spanish. one or the other not both. English is more popular than Spanish.

Answer 7

English

Answer 8

The national language of America is English, although it is now considered a second language to Spanish.

Answer 9

Usually only one, English. In my case, I speak English, Cherokee, French, Spanish, some Chinese, Italian, and a bit of Japanese.

As for an official language, one hasn't been designated yet, but the de facto national language is English.

Answer 10

Well, if your talking about north america(usa), most of them only speak 1 and a little bit of another language....

But if you are talking about the eniter continent (north, central, and south america), im guessing the average is 3 languages per person, including native languages... and a lot of people from central and south america speak english and spanish now....