Depends on who you ask, really. Some linguists (I'd dare say most, but I'm not so sure on this) qualify variants of Chinese as separate languages belonging to the same family (like the Romance languages), while others qualify them as dialects of a same language (like what happens with Arabic).
The varieties of Chinese are not mutually intelligible with each other. I’m a native speaker of one variety and I couldn’t understand the other varieties at all unless I learnt them or have exposure with them. Although some varieties are closer to each other than they are to others, the similarities only get you so far and aren’t enough to get by.
Having lived in Virginia for most of my life I'm not surprised by that at all. Visit Arlington, Annandale, or Centreville (my hometown) and you'll see.
Providence was infamous for its mafia strength, but there was and still is a massive influx of people from Portuguese speaking countries into southeastern New England. Initially fisherman were picked up in the Azores and Madeiras. Natives of those islands have been reliable and prolific fishing hands and captains in Gloucester, New Bedford and Point Judith for the past 200 years. The area's the logical choice for other Lusophones coming to the U.S.
Surprised that French is third most popular in Maryland. I've never met a native French speaker here. I thought Greek or Italian since there are large large parts of the city where some nationalities exclusively live. Or ever German, polish, or Korean. But never French.... oh well u live and you learn :)
what do you mean? according to wikipedia (which sources their data from a page on the MLA website that isn't working, but still), Chinese is spoken by 2.61% of New Yorkers. Granted, that includes both Yue and Mandarin, but it's still a lot more than Italian, which is 4th behind Russian.
Can you add any info on the District of Columbia? It would be interesting to see. I am pretty confident that the 3rd most common language would be Amharic there (Ethiopian).
Somewhere I heard or read that this is true. I lived there in the mid-90s, and it was very, very common then. Now, I imagine most people who speak it have moved to NoVa or Md.
Are you sure this is up-to-date? This article tells a different story: https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-most-common-language-in-every-state-map-2019-6
I know this may not be as good a source as the American Community Survey, but it seems to make sense given demographic changes. As a Pennsylvanian, I can definitely attest that I know way more people who speak Chinese at home than Italian.
I guess i'm in the minority of not knowing that portuguese is a thing in the northeast. but jokes on them, I got dakota, navajo, hmong and creole right!
Japanese are a comparatively small minority population everywhere in the United States outside of Hawaii and some places on the West coast, and in those places they are still outnumbered by other immigrant groups.
As someone of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, I want to point out that Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of German, so should be accepted when you enter "German."
I had no idea that Somalian was its own language. I knew of the large Somali population in Minnesota, but i thought they spoke either Arabic or Swahili. Dang it.
Chinese for a few more...
more importantly, I disagree with the third language chosen for
New York. The third most spoken language in New York is Italian, not Chinese.
Like did I miss something?
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I know this may not be as good a source as the American Community Survey, but it seems to make sense given demographic changes. As a Pennsylvanian, I can definitely attest that I know way more people who speak Chinese at home than Italian.
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926. Burkina Faso
927. North Korea
928. Antarctica
929. Arkansas
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922. Svalbard
923. My living room
924. Fargo, North Dakota
925. The Moon
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