how many different languages are spoken in north america?
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North American languages include those spoken in Canada and the United States while those of Mexico belong to Meso-America. When the Europeans arrived to North America there were perhaps 300 to 400 languages spoken by several million native people.
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In total, in North America, there are 23 officially recognized independent states. The largest of them is Canada, followed by also rather big the United States.
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Census Bureau Reports at Least 350 Languages Spoken in U.S. Homes. U.S. Census Bureau released a set of new tables today detailing hundreds of languages that U.S. residents speak at home. American Community Survey data on languages spoken at home were previously available for only 39 languages.
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Main languages Portuguese is the most spoken language of South America by a small margin. Spanish, with slightly fewer speakers than Portuguese, is the second most spoken language on the continent.
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Best estimates recorded 71 languages that are spoken in-country today—most of which belong to the Chibchan, Tucanoan, Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently about 850,000 speakers of native languages.
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Globetrotting en español: 6 Different Spanish Dialects From Around the World. Many people think that Spanish can be broken down into two categories: Spain Spanish and Latin American Spanish. But oh, have we got a surprise for you! There are actually a lot of different Spanish dialects out there.
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3. English as official language of the United States. “The official language of the United States is English.
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With 300 million native speakers, the United States of America is the largest English-speaking country, and most native speakers of English are US Americans.
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['The Most Spoken Languages In The U.S.', 'English – 254 million native speakers. ... ', 'Spanish – 43,200,000 native speakers. ... ', 'Chinese (including Cantonese, Mandarin and other varieties) – 2,900,000 native speakers. ... ', 'Tagalog – 1,610,000 native speakers. ... ', 'Vietnamese – 1,400,000 native speakers.']
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7,117 languages are spoken today. This is a fragile time: Roughly 40% of languages are now endangered, often with less than 1,000 speakers remaining. Meanwhile, just 23 languages account for more than half the world's population.
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The Navajo language, for instance, is the most spoken Native American language today, with nearly 170,000 speakers. The next most common is Yupik, at 19,750, which is spoken in Alaska.
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Although the United States does not have an official language, the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English), which is the de facto national language.
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Countries and continental sections[edit] Most of North America's area consists of three large nations and one large island territory. They are Canada, the United States of America (USA), Mexico and Greenland.
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English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, however there are a number of regional languages also spoken. There are 14 indigenous languages used across the British Isles: 5 Celtic, 3 Germanic, 3 Romance, and 3 sign languages.
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American Sign Language (ASL) 250,000-500,000 people in the United States claim ASL as their native language. It's also used in Canada, West Africa and Southeast Asia. ASL is based on French Sign Language, but was also influenced by Martha's Vineyard Sign Language and other local sign languages.
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While there is no precise count, some experts believe New York is home to as many as 800 languages — far more than the 176 spoken by students in the city's public schools or the 138 that residents of Queens, New York's most diverse borough, listed on their 2000 census forms.
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['English only – 239 million.', 'Spanish – 41 million.', 'Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) – 3.5 million.', 'Tagalog (including Filipino) – 1.7 million.', 'Vietnamese – 1.5 million.', 'Arabic – 1.2 million.', 'French – 1.2 million.', 'Korean – 1.1 million.']