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Written by: Sandy Dietrich and Erik Hernandez. The number of people in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled from 23.1 million (about 1 in 10) in 1980 to 67.8 million (almost 1 in 5) in 2019, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. At the same time, the number of people who spoke only English ...
The most spoken native languages in the United States in 2021 were: English (only language spoken in the household) – 245 million (78.5%) Spanish – 41.3 million (13.2%)
Based on this data, Mandarin and Cantonese were the most common non-English, non-Spanish languages spoken in the U.S., with more than . 3.4 million speakers across the country. Here is a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the U.S., outside of English:
Most spoken languages, CIA, 2022; Language Percentage of world population (2022) English: 18.8% Mandarin Chinese: 13.8% Hindi: 7.5% Spanish: 6.9% French: 3.4% Arabic: 3.4% Bengali: 3.4% Russian: 3.2% Portuguese: 3.2% Urdu: 2.9%
LanguageFamilyBranchFirst-language (l1) SpeakersEnglish (excl. creole languages )380 millionMandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, ...939 millionHindi (excl. Urdu )345 millionSpanish (excl. creole languages )485 million1) Top 10 Languages Ranking: •There are seven languages with at least one million speakers. •Spanish is the most common language other than English spoken in the U.S. (~40.7 million speakers), followed by Chinese (~3.4 million speakers). 2) Trends among Top 10 Languages Spoken at Home:
Jan 30, 2023 · 1. English - 245 million. Some spelling differences between American English and British English is shown on the whiteboard. English is one of the most spoken languages in the world, with 1.5 billion global speakers. Moreover, 245 million people speak only English at home in America.
1 including Mandarin, Cantonese 2 including Filipino 3 including Cajun 4 including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 5 including Amharic, Somali. Speaking English 'Very Well' #2. Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home. Scope: population of the United States. Less Than 'Very Well'