How many languages are spoken in US?

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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.
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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.

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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 Espa&ntilde;ol Fran&ccedil;ais Italiano Nederlands Norsk Polski Portugu&ecirc;s Suomi Svenska T&uuml;rk&ccedil;e &Epsilon;&lambda;&lambda;&eta;&nu;&iota;&kappa;&#940; &#1056;&#1091;&#1089;&#1089;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081; &#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1585;&#1576;&#1610;&#1577; &#26085;&#26412;&#35486; &#31616;&#20307;&#23383; &#32321;&#39636;&#23383; &#54620;&#44397;&#50612;  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 NavajoThere 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.

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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.

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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. English  - 229 million - of course the #1 language Spanish  - 35 million Chinese  - 2.6 million + (mainly Mandarin speakers, and speakers of Yue dialects such as Cantonese and Taishanese, and other Chinese dialects) Tagalog  - 1.5 million + (Most Filipinos may also know other Philippine languages, e.g. Ilokano, Pangasinan, Bikol languages, and Visayan languages.) French  - 1.3 million + 659,000 French Creole Vietnamese  - 1.3 million German  - 1.1 million (High German) + German dialects like Pennsylvania German, Hutterite German, Plautdietsch, Texas German Korean  - 1.0 million Russian  - 881,000 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 languageloads :]spanish englishHawaiian 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 spanishEnglish 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 countryEnglish.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.

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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: Abnaki, Eastern Achumawi Afro-Seminole Creole Ahtena Alabama  Aleut Alsea Angloromani Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Kiowa Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Western Arapaho Arikara Assiniboine Atakapa Atsugewi Barbare&Atilde;&plusmn;o Biloxi Blackfoot Caddo Cahuilla Carolina Algonquian Carolinian Catawba Cayuga Chamorro Chehalis, Lower Chehalis, Upper Cherokee Chetco Cheyenne Chickasaw Chimariko Chinook Chinook Wawa Chippewa Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Clallam Cocopa Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Wenatchi Comanche Coos Coquille Cowlitz Cree, Plains Crow Cruze&Atilde;&plusmn;o Cupe&Atilde;&plusmn;o Dakota Degexit'an Delaware  Delaware, Pidgin Esselen Evenki Eyak Galice Gros Ventre Gwich'in Halkomelem Han Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Hawai'i Creole English Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Hawaiian Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Holikachuk Hopi Hupa Inese&Atilde;&plusmn;o Inupiaq Inupiatun, North Alaskan Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Iowa-Oto Jemez Jingpho Kalapuya Kalispel-Pend D'oreille Kansa Karkin Karok Kashaya Kato Kawaiisu Keres, Eastern Keres, Western Kickapoo Kiowa Kitsai Klamath-Modoc Koasati Koyukon Kumiai Kuskokwim, Upper Kutenai Lakota Luise&Atilde;&plusmn;o Lumbee Lushootseed Mahican Maidu, Northeast Maidu, Northwest Maidu, Valley Makah Malecite-Passamaquoddy Mandan Mattole Menominee Meskwaki Miami Michif Micmac Mikasuki Miwok, Bay Miwok, Central Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Plains Miwok, Southern Sierra Mohave Mohawk Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Mokilese Molale Mono Muskogee Nanticoke Natchez Navajo Nawathinehena Nez Perce  Nisenan Nooksack Nottoway Obispe&Atilde;&plusmn;o Ofo Ohlone, Northern Ohlone, Southern Okanagan Omaha-Ponca Oneida Onondaga Osage Ottawa Paiute, Northern Pawnee Piro Piscataway Plains Indian Sign Language Pomo, Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Potawatomi Powhatan Purepecha Purisime&Atilde;&plusmn;o Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault Salinan Salish, Southern Puget Sound Salish, Straits Sea Island Creole English Seneca Serrano Shasta Shawnee Shoshoni Siuslaw Skagit Snohomish Spokane Takelma Tanacross Tanaina Tanana, Lower Tanana, Upper Tenino Tewa Tillamook Timbisha Tiwa, Northern Tiwa, Southern Tlingit Tohono O'odham Tolowa Tonkawa Tsimshian T&Atilde;&frac14;batulabal Tunica Tuscarora Tutelo Tututni Twana Umatilla Unami Ute-Southern Paiute Venture&Atilde;&plusmn;o Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Wappo Wasco-Wishram Washo Wichita Wintu Wiyot Wyandot Yakima Yaqui Yokuts Yuchi Yuki Yupik, Central Yupik, Central Siberian Yupik, Pacific Gulf Yurok Zuni

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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: English French Portuguese Spanish  There are also more than 400 Native American languages spoken in America. Here is a partial list of Native American languages: Abnaki, Eastern Achumawi Afro-Seminole Creole Ahtena Alabama Aleut Alsea Angloromani Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Kiowa Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Western Arapaho Arikara Assiniboine Atakapa Atsugewi Barbare&ntilde;o Biloxi Blackfoot Caddo Cahuilla Carolina Algonquian Carolinian Catawba Cayuga Chamorro Chehalis, Lower Chehalis, Upper Cherokee Chetco Cheyenne Chickasaw Chimariko Chinook Chinook Wawa Chippewa Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Clallam Cocopa Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Wenatchi Comanche Coos Coquille Cowlitz Cree, Plains Crow Cruze&ntilde;o Cupe&ntilde;o Dakota Degexit'an Delaware Delaware, Pidgin Esselen Evenki Eyak Galice Gros Ventre Gwich'in Halkomelem Han Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Hawai'i Creole English Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Hawaiian Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Holikachuk Hopi Hupa Inese&ntilde;o Inupiaq Inupiatun, North Alaskan Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska  Iowa-Oto Jemez Jingpho Kalapuya Kalispel-Pend D'oreille Kansa Karkin Karok Kashaya Kato Kawaiisu Keres, Eastern Keres, Western Kickapoo Kiowa Kitsai Klamath-Modoc Koasati Koyukon Kumiai Kuskokwim, Upper Kutenai Lakota Luise&ntilde;o Lumbee Lushootseed Mahican Maidu, Northeast Maidu, Northwest Maidu, Valley Makah Malecite-Passamaquoddy Mandan Mattole Menominee Meskwaki Miami Michif Micmac Mikasuki Miwok, Bay Miwok, Central Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Plains Miwok, Southern Sierra Mohave Mohawk Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Mokilese Molale Mono Muskogee Nanticoke Natchez Navajo Nawathinehena Nez Perce Nisenan Nooksack Nottoway Obispe&ntilde;o Ofo Ohlone, Northern Ohlone, Southern Okanagan Omaha-Ponca Oneida Onondaga Osage Ottawa Paiute, Northern Pawnee Piro Piscataway Plains Indian Sign Language Pomo, Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Potawatomi Powhatan Purepecha Purisime&ntilde;o Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault Salinan Salish, Southern Puget Sound Salish, Straits Sea Island Creole English Seneca Serrano Shasta Shawnee Shoshoni Siuslaw Skagit Snohomish Spanish Spokane Takelma Tanacross Tanaina Tanana, Lower Tanana, Upper Tenino Tewa Tillamook Timbisha Tiwa, Northern Tiwa, Southern Tlingit Tohono O'odham Tolowa Tonkawa Tsimshian T&uuml;batulabal Tunica Tuscarora Tutelo Tututni Twana Umatilla Unami Ute-Southern Paiute Venture&ntilde;o Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Wappo Wasco-Wishram Washo Wichita Wintu Wiyot Wyandot Yakima Yaqui Yokuts Yuchi Yuki Yupik, Central Yupik, Central Siberian Yupik, Pacific Gulf Yurok Zuni

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The most widely spoken languages in North America are: English  Spanish  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: Abnaki, Eastern Achumawi Afro-Seminole Creole Ahtena Alabama Aleut Alsea Angloromani Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Kiowa Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Western Arapaho Arikara Assiniboine Atakapa Atsugewi Barbare&ntilde;o Biloxi Blackfoot Caddo Cahuilla Carolina Algonquian Carolinian Catawba Cayuga Chamorro Chehalis, Lower Chehalis, Upper Cherokee Chetco Cheyenne Chickasaw Chimariko Chinook Chinook Wawa Chippewa Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Clallam Cocopa Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Wenatchi Comanche Coos Coquille Cowlitz Cree, Plains Crow Cruze&ntilde;o Cupe&ntilde;o Dakota Degexit'an Delaware Delaware, Pidgin Esselen Evenki Eyak Galice Gros Ventre Gwich'in Halkomelem Han Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Hawai'i Creole English Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Hawaiian Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Holikachuk Hopi Hupa Inese&ntilde;o Inupiaq Inupiatun, North Alaskan Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Iowa-Oto Jemez Jingpho Kalapuya Kalispel-Pend D'oreille Kansa Karkin Karok Kashaya Kato Kawaiisu Keres, Eastern Keres, Western Kickapoo Kiowa Kitsai Klamath-Modoc Koasati Koyukon Kumiai Kuskokwim, Upper Kutenai Lakota Luise&ntilde;o Lumbee Lushootseed Mahican Maidu, Northeast Maidu, Northwest Maidu, Valley Makah Malecite-Passamaquoddy Mandan Mattole Menominee Meskwaki Miami Michif Micmac Mikasuki Miwok, Bay Miwok, Central Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Plains Miwok, Southern Sierra Mohave Mohawk Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Mokilese Molale Mono Muskogee Nanticoke Natchez Navajo Nawathinehena Nez Perce Nisenan Nooksack Nottoway Obispe&ntilde;o Ofo Ohlone, Northern Ohlone, Southern Okanagan Omaha-Ponca Oneida Onondaga Osage Ottawa Paiute, Northern Pawnee Piro Piscataway Plains Indian Sign Language Pomo, Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Potawatomi Powhatan Purepecha Purisime&ntilde;o Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault Salinan Salish, Southern Puget Sound Salish, Straits Sea Island Creole English Seneca Serrano Shasta Shawnee Shoshoni Siuslaw Skagit Snohomish Spanish Spokane Takelma Tanacross Tanaina Tanana, Lower Tanana, Upper Tenino Tewa Tillamook Timbisha Tiwa, Northern Tiwa, Southern Tlingit Tohono O'odham Tolowa Tonkawa Tsimshian T&uuml;batulabal Tunica Tuscarora Tutelo Tututni Twana Umatilla Unami Ute-Southern Paiute Venture&ntilde;o Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Wappo Wasco-Wishram Washo Wichita Wintu Wiyot Wyandot Yakima Yaqui Yokuts Yuchi Yuki Yupik, Central Yupik, Central Siberian Yupik, Pacific Gulf Yurok Zuni

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There are about 108 languages spoken in the us

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English, with Spanish second, and French third.

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

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