How many languages are spoken in US?

Answer 1

The main languages of North America are English and French (and Spanish in the form of South American and Mexican immigrants).

In South America, the main languages are Spanish and Portuguese.

There are over 1000 languages spoken in the Americas, including European languages and Native American languages.
English
The Americas comprise several nations, extending almost from pole to pole. Common languages are French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Several Native American languages are still in use througout the continents, and there are hundreds or maybe thousands of various dialects of these languages. One language, Gulla, is a relatively newly formed language spoken on some islands off the southeast coast of North America, and is a creolized form of English.

Then there are many cultural groups in the Americas from many other parts of the world where native languages and cultures are preserved.

Answer 2

English is the most widely spoken, followed by Spanish and French.

Since, here in North America (especially Canada) we are very multicultural, we speak:

• Dansk
• Deutsch
• English
• Español
• Français
• Italiano
• Nederlands
• Norsk
• Polski
• Português
• Suomi
• Svenska
• Türkçe
• Ελληνικά
• Русский
• العربية
• 日本語
• 简体字
• 繁體字
• 한국어

English, Spanish, and French are the most widely spoken languages in North America. Unofficial languages include several indigenous and Creole languages.
North America is a vast area with people from many cultures. The most common languages spoken are English, Spanish and French but literally hundreds of languages can be heard across the continent as many residents have traveled from around the world and brought their own languages with them.
America does not have an official language. However, English is a very common language because its the business language of the world.
There are over 700 languages spoken in North America, not including immigrant languages.

here are 5 of them:

English

French

Spanish

Greenlandic

Navajo
There are exactly 5 languages which are spoken in North America.
Depend on what country they're from, the most widely spoken language of North America is English. In the Canadian province Quebec, the majority speak French. In Mexico, the majority speak Spanish. But English is the most popular language of North America.
mostly English.

Answer 3

There's no precise answer to your question. The number of languages spoken by a sizable number of people would probably number a hundred or so (this is just an estimate),

Answer:

The previous answer is incorrect. Firstly, Ethnologue, lists 750 indigenous, Native American languages.

Further more, there are 5 colonial languages: English French, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.

Finally, there are about 1500 immigrant languages spoken.

Answer 4

The de facto language of the United States is English, but the U.S. is rich with speakers of almost every language on the planet.

Although Spanish and English are the most widely spoken languages in the United States, there are many other languages still being spoken today:

• Navajo
• Dakota
• Centeral Alaskan Yup'ik
• Cherokee
• Western Apache
• Piman
• Choctaw
• keres
• Zuni
• Ojibway
• Hawaiian
• Samoan
• Chamorro
• Carolinian
• English
• French
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Dutch
• German
• Punjabi
• Hindi

most commonly English however, french and spanish speaking as well.

1. English - 229 million - of course the #1 language
2. Spanish - 35 million
3. Chinese - 2.6 million + (mainly Mandarin speakers, and speakers of Yue dialects such as Cantonese and Taishanese, and other Chinese dialects)
4. Tagalog - 1.5 million + (Most Filipinos may also know other Philippine languages, e.g. Ilokano, Pangasinan, Bikol languages, and Visayan languages.)
5. French - 1.3 million + 659,000 French Creole
6. Vietnamese - 1.3 million
7. German - 1.1 million (High German) + German dialects like Pennsylvania German, Hutterite German, Plautdietsch, Texas German
8. Korean - 1.0 million
9. Russian - 881,000
10. Arabic - 845,000

To see the top 25 languages spoken in the US, go to the wiki page: Languages of the United States
Mainly English and Spanish, but there's also french, chinese, japanese, and others.
* Number of languages spoken in the U.S.: 311. * Those languages indigenous to the U.S: 162

* Those that are immigrant languages: 149 * There are 14 million households in the United States where English is not the primary language
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spanish english
Hawaiian is an official language in Hawaii, about 11 percent speak Spanish and other languages include Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, numerous Native American languages and 82 percent speak English.
English and spanish
English is the only main language spoken in the U.S. However, the U.S. is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world. The largest immigrant language is Spanish.

There must be dozens of languages spoken in the USA, if you think of all the Native American languages, apart form English, Spanish etc.

The main language is English. The second most spoken is Spanish.
The most common language in the United States is English. It is spoken as the mother tongue by about 80% of the population, while another 15% or so speak it as their second language. Spanish is the second most spoken language. Speakers of Spanish are concentrated in the Southwest (Mexican and Central American Spanish) and major cities on the East Coast (mostly Caribbean Spanish). Collectively, the Chinese languages are the third most spoken, and French is the fourth. Of course, many other languages are spoken as well by immigrants from virtually every country in the world.
Mainly English, but many other languages are spoken in the US, which is made up of peoples from all over the world who retain their cultural diversity while contributing much to US culture itself.
English most commonly used.
The main language of the United States is English, under the American dialect. There are varying sub-dialects across the country.
None of the language isa n official language of US at federal level. But the most commonly used language is English.
While English is the predominate language of the United States, the country has never adopted an official language.

Although English is the traditional language (in linguistic terms English is the language de facto of the United States), the U.S. currently has no "official" language. English has been given official status by 30 of the fifty states, however, but this does not apply on the Federal level, only within those individual state's jurisdictions. Also, the definition of "official language" {and the policies or laws adhered to that; such as voting rights, official state documentation, authenticated signatures etc.} varies state to state by how they define that term (or not) within their amendment(s) to their individual state constitutions.

This list is of the states that have English as their official language as of 2010: California, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Hawaii.

(Note: The remaining 20 states do not [as of 2010] have an official language)
Many languages are spoken in the USA, because many different people from all over the world live there. The main language is English, but about 10% of the people also speak Spanish. Other people speak many other languages, including French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic, Polish, Yiddish, and native American languages, among others.
English and the aliens speak the language from their country
English.
English is the offical language.
American English. the language is English. "American English" specifies just the accent that Americans have.
In the US American English is the most common language.

The Americas comprise several nations, extending almost from pole to pole. Common languages are French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Several Native American languages are still in use througout the continents, and there are hundreds or maybe thousands of various dialects of these languages. One language, Gulla, is a relatively newly formed language spoken on some islands off the southeast coast of North America, and is a creolized form of English.

Then there are many cultural groups in the Americas from many other parts of the world where native languages and cultures are preserved.
Answer: The vast majority of Americans speak English.
English is the majority language, though not official, and is spoken by 88% of the population.

The other the main ones are :-

Spanish 11%

Chinese 0.7%

French 0.7%

German 0.7%

Due to immigration and second language speakers, many more languages spoken.

Answer 5

There is no official language in the US, but English is the national language, and Spanish is the second most common language.
American Sign language is the language of deaf people, and it is also the most studied sign language in the world.
As of 2018, English is the official language in 31 out of 50 states. The five other most spoken languages are as follows: Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Tagalog.

The United States is a melting pot; more than 2000 immigrant languages are spoken.

Here is a partial list of 228 Native American languages spoken in the United States:

1. Abnaki, Eastern
2. Achumawi
3. Afro-Seminole Creole
4. Ahtena
5. Alabama
6. Aleut
7. Alsea
8. Angloromani
9. Apache, Jicarilla
10. Apache, Kiowa
11. Apache, Lipan
12. Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
13. Apache, Western
14. Arapaho
15. Arikara
16. Assiniboine
17. Atakapa
18. Atsugewi
19. Barbareño
20. Biloxi
21. Blackfoot
22. Caddo
23. Cahuilla
24. Carolina Algonquian
25. Carolinian
26. Catawba
27. Cayuga
28. Chamorro
29. Chehalis, Lower
30. Chehalis, Upper
31. Cherokee
32. Chetco
33. Cheyenne
34. Chickasaw
35. Chimariko
36. Chinook
37. Chinook Wawa
38. Chippewa
39. Chitimacha
40. Choctaw
41. Chumash
42. Clallam
43. Cocopa
44. Coeur d'Alene
45. Columbia-Wenatchi
46. Comanche
47. Coos
48. Coquille
49. Cowlitz
50. Cree, Plains
51. Crow
52. Cruzeño
53. Cupeño
54. Dakota
55. Degexit'an
56. Delaware
57. Delaware, Pidgin
58. Esselen
59. Evenki
60. Eyak
61. Galice
62. Gros Ventre
63. Gwich'in
64. Halkomelem
65. Han
66. Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
67. Hawai'i Creole English
68. Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
69. Hawaiian
70. Hidatsa
71. Ho-Chunk
72. Holikachuk
73. Hopi
74. Hupa
75. Ineseño
76. Inupiaq
77. Inupiatun, North Alaskan
78. Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
79. Iowa-Oto
80. Jemez
81. Jingpho
82. Kalapuya
83. Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
84. Kansa
85. Karkin
86. Karok
87. Kashaya
88. Kato
89. Kawaiisu
90. Keres, Eastern
91. Keres, Western
92. Kickapoo
93. Kiowa
94. Kitsai
95. Klamath-Modoc
96. Koasati
97. Koyukon
98. Kumiai
99. Kuskokwim, Upper
100. Kutenai
101. Lakota
102. Luiseño
103. Lumbee
104. Lushootseed
105. Mahican
106. Maidu, Northeast
107. Maidu, Northwest
108. Maidu, Valley
109. Makah
110. Malecite-Passamaquoddy
111. Mandan
112. Mattole
113. Menominee
114. Meskwaki
115. Miami
116. Michif
117. Micmac
118. Mikasuki
119. Miwok, Bay
120. Miwok, Central Sierra
121. Miwok, Coast
122. Miwok, Lake
123. Miwok, Northern Sierra
124. Miwok, Plains
125. Miwok, Southern Sierra
126. Mohave
127. Mohawk
128. Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
129. Mokilese
130. Molale
131. Mono
132. Muskogee
133. Nanticoke
134. Natchez
135. Navajo
136. Nawathinehena
137. Nez Perce
138. Nisenan
139. Nooksack
140. Nottoway
141. Obispeño
142. Ofo
143. Ohlone, Northern
144. Ohlone, Southern
145. Okanagan
146. Omaha-Ponca
147. Oneida
148. Onondaga
149. Osage
150. Ottawa
151. Paiute, Northern
152. Pawnee
153. Piro
154. Piscataway
155. Plains Indian Sign Language
156. Pomo, Central
157. Pomo, Eastern
158. Pomo, Northeastern
159. Pomo, Northern
160. Pomo, Southeastern
161. Pomo, Southern
162. Potawatomi
163. Powhatan
164. Purepecha
165. Purisimeño
166. Quapaw
167. Quechan
168. Quileute
169. Quinault
170. Salinan
171. Salish, Southern Puget Sound
172. Salish, Straits
173. Sea Island Creole English
174. Seneca
175. Serrano
176. Shasta
177. Shawnee
178. Shoshoni
179. Siuslaw
180. Skagit
181. Snohomish
182. Spokane
     
183. Takelma
184. Tanacross
185. Tanaina
186. Tanana, Lower
187. Tanana, Upper
188. Tenino
189. Tewa
190. Tillamook
191. Timbisha
192. Tiwa, Northern
193. Tiwa, Southern
194. Tlingit
195. Tohono O'odham
196. Tolowa
197. Tonkawa
198. Tsimshian
199. Tübatulabal
200. Tunica
201. Tuscarora
202. Tutelo
203. Tututni
204. Twana
205. Umatilla
206. Unami
207. Ute-Southern Paiute
208. Ventureño
209. Wailaki
210. Walla Walla
211. Wampanoag
212. Wappo
213. Wasco-Wishram
214. Washo
215. Wichita
216. Wintu
217. Wiyot
218. Wyandot
219. Yakima
220. Yaqui
221. Yokuts
222. Yuchi
223. Yuki
224. Yupik, Central
225. Yupik, Central Siberian
226. Yupik, Pacific Gulf
227. Yurok
228. Zuni

Answer 6

If you are talking about the United States, the most widely spoken language is English. There are also minorities in the U.S. that speak almost every language on the planet.

If you are talking about the Americas (both North and South America), there are more than 500 different native languages, and thousands of immigrant languages. The most common non-native languages in the Americas Are:

1. English
   
2. French
   
3. Portuguese
   
4. Spanish
   

There are also more than 400 Native American languages spoken in America. Here is a partial list of Native American languages:

1. Abnaki, Eastern
2. Achumawi
3. Afro-Seminole Creole
4. Ahtena
5. Alabama
6. Aleut
7. Alsea
8. Angloromani
9. Apache, Jicarilla
10. Apache, Kiowa
11. Apache, Lipan
12. Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
13. Apache, Western
14. Arapaho
15. Arikara
16. Assiniboine
17. Atakapa
18. Atsugewi
19. Barbareño
20. Biloxi
21. Blackfoot
22. Caddo
23. Cahuilla
24. Carolina Algonquian
25. Carolinian
26. Catawba
27. Cayuga
28. Chamorro
29. Chehalis, Lower
30. Chehalis, Upper
31. Cherokee
32. Chetco
33. Cheyenne
34. Chickasaw
35. Chimariko
36. Chinook
37. Chinook Wawa
38. Chippewa
39. Chitimacha
40. Choctaw
41. Chumash
42. Clallam
43. Cocopa
44. Coeur d'Alene
45. Columbia-Wenatchi
46. Comanche
47. Coos
48. Coquille
49. Cowlitz
50. Cree, Plains
51. Crow
52. Cruzeño
53. Cupeño
54. Dakota
55. Degexit'an
56. Delaware
57. Delaware, Pidgin
58. Esselen
59. Evenki
60. Eyak
61. Galice
62. Gros Ventre
63. Gwich'in
64. Halkomelem
65. Han
66. Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
67. Hawai'i Creole English
68. Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
69. Hawaiian
70. Hidatsa
71. Ho-Chunk
72. Holikachuk
73. Hopi
74. Hupa
75. Ineseño
76. Inupiaq
77. Inupiatun, North Alaskan
78. Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
79. Iowa-Oto
80. Jemez
81. Jingpho
82. Kalapuya
83. Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
84. Kansa
85. Karkin
86. Karok
87. Kashaya
88. Kato
89. Kawaiisu
90. Keres, Eastern
91. Keres, Western
92. Kickapoo
93. Kiowa
94. Kitsai
95. Klamath-Modoc
96. Koasati
97. Koyukon
98. Kumiai
99. Kuskokwim, Upper
100. Kutenai
101. Lakota
102. Luiseño
103. Lumbee
104. Lushootseed
105. Mahican
106. Maidu, Northeast
107. Maidu, Northwest
108. Maidu, Valley
109. Makah
110. Malecite-Passamaquoddy
111. Mandan
112. Mattole
113. Menominee
114. Meskwaki
115. Miami
116. Michif
117. Micmac
118. Mikasuki
119. Miwok, Bay
120. Miwok, Central Sierra
121. Miwok, Coast
122. Miwok, Lake
123. Miwok, Northern Sierra
124. Miwok, Plains
125. Miwok, Southern Sierra
126. Mohave
127. Mohawk
128. Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
129. Mokilese
130. Molale
131. Mono
132. Muskogee
133. Nanticoke
134. Natchez
135. Navajo
136. Nawathinehena
137. Nez Perce
138. Nisenan
139. Nooksack
140. Nottoway
141. Obispeño
142. Ofo
143. Ohlone, Northern
144. Ohlone, Southern
145. Okanagan
146. Omaha-Ponca
147. Oneida
148. Onondaga
149. Osage
150. Ottawa
151. Paiute, Northern
152. Pawnee
153. Piro
154. Piscataway
155. Plains Indian Sign Language
156. Pomo, Central
157. Pomo, Eastern
158. Pomo, Northeastern
159. Pomo, Northern
160. Pomo, Southeastern
161. Pomo, Southern
162. Potawatomi
163. Powhatan
164. Purepecha
165. Purisimeño
166. Quapaw
167. Quechan
168. Quileute
169. Quinault
170. Salinan
171. Salish, Southern Puget Sound
172. Salish, Straits
173. Sea Island Creole English
174. Seneca
175. Serrano
176. Shasta
177. Shawnee
178. Shoshoni
179. Siuslaw
180. Skagit
181. Snohomish
182. Spanish
183. Spokane
184. Takelma
185. Tanacross
186. Tanaina
187. Tanana, Lower
188. Tanana, Upper
189. Tenino
190. Tewa
191. Tillamook
192. Timbisha
193. Tiwa, Northern
194. Tiwa, Southern
195. Tlingit
196. Tohono O'odham
197. Tolowa
198. Tonkawa
199. Tsimshian
200. Tübatulabal
201. Tunica
202. Tuscarora
203. Tutelo
204. Tututni
205. Twana
206. Umatilla
207. Unami
208. Ute-Southern Paiute
209. Ventureño
210. Wailaki
211. Walla Walla
212. Wampanoag
213. Wappo
214. Wasco-Wishram
215. Washo
216. Wichita
217. Wintu
218. Wiyot
219. Wyandot
220. Yakima
221. Yaqui
222. Yokuts
223. Yuchi
224. Yuki
225. Yupik, Central
226. Yupik, Central Siberian
227. Yupik, Pacific Gulf
228. Yurok
229. Zuni

Answer 7

The most widely spoken languages in North America are:

1. English
   
2. Spanish
   
3. French
   

There are likely more than 2000 immigrant languages spoken in North America.

There are over 400 indigenous languages as well. Here is a partial list of 229 languages:

1. Abnaki, Eastern
2. Achumawi
3. Afro-Seminole Creole
4. Ahtena
5. Alabama
6. Aleut
7. Alsea
8. Angloromani
9. Apache, Jicarilla
10. Apache, Kiowa
11. Apache, Lipan
12. Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
13. Apache, Western
14. Arapaho
15. Arikara
16. Assiniboine
17. Atakapa
18. Atsugewi
19. Barbareño
20. Biloxi
21. Blackfoot
22. Caddo
23. Cahuilla
24. Carolina Algonquian
25. Carolinian
26. Catawba
27. Cayuga
28. Chamorro
29. Chehalis, Lower
30. Chehalis, Upper
31. Cherokee
32. Chetco
33. Cheyenne
34. Chickasaw
35. Chimariko
36. Chinook
37. Chinook Wawa
38. Chippewa
39. Chitimacha
40. Choctaw
41. Chumash
42. Clallam
43. Cocopa
44. Coeur d'Alene
45. Columbia-Wenatchi
46. Comanche
47. Coos
48. Coquille
49. Cowlitz
50. Cree, Plains
51. Crow
52. Cruzeño
53. Cupeño
54. Dakota
55. Degexit'an
56. Delaware
57. Delaware, Pidgin
58. Esselen
59. Evenki
60. Eyak
61. Galice
62. Gros Ventre
63. Gwich'in
64. Halkomelem
65. Han
66. Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
67. Hawai'i Creole English
68. Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
69. Hawaiian
70. Hidatsa
71. Ho-Chunk
72. Holikachuk
73. Hopi
74. Hupa
75. Ineseño
76. Inupiaq
77. Inupiatun, North Alaskan
78. Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
79. Iowa-Oto
80. Jemez
81. Jingpho
82. Kalapuya
83. Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
84. Kansa
85. Karkin
86. Karok
87. Kashaya
88. Kato
89. Kawaiisu
90. Keres, Eastern
91. Keres, Western
92. Kickapoo
93. Kiowa
94. Kitsai
95. Klamath-Modoc
96. Koasati
97. Koyukon
98. Kumiai
99. Kuskokwim, Upper
100. Kutenai
101. Lakota
102. Luiseño
103. Lumbee
104. Lushootseed
105. Mahican
106. Maidu, Northeast
107. Maidu, Northwest
108. Maidu, Valley
109. Makah
110. Malecite-Passamaquoddy
111. Mandan
112. Mattole
113. Menominee
114. Meskwaki
115. Miami
116. Michif
117. Micmac
118. Mikasuki
119. Miwok, Bay
120. Miwok, Central Sierra
121. Miwok, Coast
122. Miwok, Lake
123. Miwok, Northern Sierra
124. Miwok, Plains
125. Miwok, Southern Sierra
126. Mohave
127. Mohawk
128. Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
129. Mokilese
130. Molale
131. Mono
132. Muskogee
133. Nanticoke
134. Natchez
135. Navajo
136. Nawathinehena
137. Nez Perce
138. Nisenan
139. Nooksack
140. Nottoway
141. Obispeño
142. Ofo
143. Ohlone, Northern
144. Ohlone, Southern
145. Okanagan
146. Omaha-Ponca
147. Oneida
148. Onondaga
149. Osage
150. Ottawa
151. Paiute, Northern
152. Pawnee
153. Piro
154. Piscataway
155. Plains Indian Sign Language
156. Pomo, Central
157. Pomo, Eastern
158. Pomo, Northeastern
159. Pomo, Northern
160. Pomo, Southeastern
161. Pomo, Southern
162. Potawatomi
163. Powhatan
164. Purepecha
165. Purisimeño
166. Quapaw
167. Quechan
168. Quileute
169. Quinault
170. Salinan
171. Salish, Southern Puget Sound
172. Salish, Straits
173. Sea Island Creole English
174. Seneca
175. Serrano
176. Shasta
177. Shawnee
178. Shoshoni
179. Siuslaw
180. Skagit
181. Snohomish
182. Spanish
183. Spokane
184. Takelma
185. Tanacross
186. Tanaina
187. Tanana, Lower
188. Tanana, Upper
189. Tenino
190. Tewa
191. Tillamook
192. Timbisha
193. Tiwa, Northern
194. Tiwa, Southern
195. Tlingit
196. Tohono O'odham
197. Tolowa
198. Tonkawa
199. Tsimshian
200. Tübatulabal
201. Tunica
202. Tuscarora
203. Tutelo
204. Tututni
205. Twana
206. Umatilla
207. Unami
208. Ute-Southern Paiute
209. Ventureño
210. Wailaki
211. Walla Walla
212. Wampanoag
213. Wappo
214. Wasco-Wishram
215. Washo
216. Wichita
217. Wintu
218. Wiyot
219. Wyandot
220. Yakima
221. Yaqui
222. Yokuts
223. Yuchi
224. Yuki
225. Yupik, Central
226. Yupik, Central Siberian
227. Yupik, Pacific Gulf
228. Yurok
229. Zuni

Answer 8

There are about 108 languages spoken in the us

Answer 9

English, with Spanish second, and French third.

Answer 10

The most spoken languages in North America are English, Spanish, and French.