Languages and/or different dialects.
2007-08-06 03:34:47 · 9 answers · asked by SD2006 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I cannot find the total for the whole city, but a June 2006 "State of the Borough" report from Queens County (released in March 2007) claims that almost 170 languages are spoken there. Since it is the city's "most diverse borough" I imagine the total for the city is similar.
See the following report, p.3 (= p. 7 of the pdf file)
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt3-2007queens.pdf
And here's something that might be more useful -- a table from the MLA Data Center, which lists 101 languages for Queens County (sorted by number of speakers) -
http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=36&county_id=81&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=all&a=&ea=&order=r
If you're wondering why it differs from the study report number note that some of the entries group languages together when each of them is very small, e.g., "African languages" for various small groups of African languages not big enough for the study to give each its own listing. But it does list as specific languages those with as few as 24 speakers!!
2007-08-06 06:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The better question is, How many languages are spoken in the world? (same as NYC)
2007-08-06 06:05:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sultan Cartman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in Queens the other day with a bunch of Swedes and Germans and we walked passed a some older ladies speaking Hungarian. 100's of languages are spoken in New York.
2007-08-06 04:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by paperchick2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Counter-question? How many nationalities are there in NYC? No one has counted that I know of.
2007-08-06 03:42:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than you can count on your fingers and toes!
the most prominent: arabic, spanish, english, french. there are others that i don't recognize but if you know what those languages sound like, you'll definitely be able to pick them out in a crowd.
2007-08-06 03:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Lucaswharm. That's the real NYC. Amazing !!!!!!
2007-08-06 08:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably every language EXCEPT english!
2007-08-06 03:43:38 · answer #7 · answered by Bam Bam Obama 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Seriously 1000s. It makes life here pretty interesting.
2007-08-06 03:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by broadybruce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot
2007-08-06 03:38:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋