The United States does not have an official language. The primary language of government and business is English, but it has no official status in law and other languages are required to be used when needed to ensure the understanding of people involved in legal and government proceedings.
Generally "second language" refers to a second language someone can speak, ie: My first language is English, my second language is Spanish. Also, it can be used to let people know that one particular language is NOT your first, or best known. ie: English as a second language. Meaning your most fluent language is German, or Spanish or French, but you are learning English. Might help to get a more thorough answer if you used a sentence as an example, let us know how "Second Language" is used.
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States but before it became part of the US it was part of Spain that why the primary language of the island is Spanish although the second official language is English because is a US Territory and the main language in the US is English.. been Puerto Rico the only US Territory that has official language... because the US don't have an official language. English is consider universal language but not official....
There is no official language in the US. English is the language used for legal transactions.
No. No language was ever an official language of the US, not even English.
The official language of the US Virgin Islands is English.
The official language of the United States is English. However, Spanish is a common language that is spoken throughout the US.
British English is the country's main language and is official. Fijian and Hindi is the second language of the country.
Turkish is spoken by many, but English is the second language.
No. The US has not adopted any language as its official language, even English. However it is the official language of Puerto Rico (as well as English), a territory of the US. New Mexico is also very close to having Spanish as an official language.
english The US does not have an official language. English is the de facto language, official languages of 30 states, and spoken by about 95% of the population.
Where is English spoken as second? English is an official language in the world.
The United States does not have an official language. English has been the language most spoken during our history.