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Mar 24, 2015 · Due in part to bilingualism, in 2013 Spanish was the most spoken non-English language in the U.S., used by 35.8 million Hispanics in the U.S. plus an additional 2.6 million non-Hispanics. Overall, three-in-four Hispanics (73%) ages 5 and older speak Spanish in their homes, when including those who are bilingual.
Brooklyn's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 600,000 individuals.. Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam, New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity.
As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. [11] [13] [14] English remains the most widely spoken language, although there are areas in the outer boroughs in which up to 25% of people speak English as an alternate language, and/or have limited or no English language fluency.
and Anglo-Americans), and its emergence in print in the late eighteenth century, often in the form of “Dutchified German.” Chapter 3 covers the first half of the nineteenth century, which Louden suggests “was a crucial period for the formation of a unique folk culture centered on the Pennsylvania Dutch language” (119).
Jul 6, 2012 · Next week: The languages spoken by the Cowlitz Tribe. Roy I. Rochon Wilson was an elected leader of the Cowlitz Tribe for three decades and is the author of more than 30 books, including several ...
Spanglish reflects our experience as bilingual, bicultural people. We combine English, America’s official language, with Spanish, Mexico’s official language. Chicanos are a product of the influences and cultures of America and Mexico, and we have created a language that mirrors this reality. When I arrived in the clean, safe town of Davis I ...
Exercises 4, 5, and 14 help students understand that AAE is rule-governed (i.e., grammatical), just as other language varieties are, and stress that AAE is not simply slang or “lazy” English ...
