What we speak in Illinois
From the MLA Language Map:
| 9,326,786 | English |
| 2,220,719 | All languages other than English combined |
| 1,253,676 | Spanish or Spanish Creole |
| 185,749 | Polish |
| 65,251 | Chinese |
| 63,366 | German |
| 62,367 | Tagalog |
| 51,975 | Italian |
| 43,712 | Korean |
| 40,812 | French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
| 40,581 | Greek |
| 38,053 | Russian |
| 35,397 | Arabic |
| 32,420 | Urdu |
| 29,631 | Serbo-Croatian |
| 28,725 | Gujarathi |
| 18,734 | Hindi |
| 16,487 | Vietnamese |
| 15,481 | Japanese |
| 15,379 | African languages |
| 6,466 | Scandinavian languages |
| 6,288 | Thai |
| 6,076 | Persian |
| 5,705 | Hebrew |
| 4,835 | Laotian |
| 4,270 | Hungarian |
| 4,194 | Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
| 4,035 | French Creole |
| 3,509 | Yiddish |
| 3,236 | Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
| 2,326 | Armenian |
| 1,245 | Other Native North American languages |
| 413 | Miao, Hmong |
| 125 | Navajo |
Much fun clicking and seeing, for example, where in Illinois those 2,326 Armenian speakers are, as in this map to the left. (Note: the map doesn’t seem to work in Safari, but Firefox is fine.)
32,420 Urdu..wow
i never know tht much ppl speak urdu.
i feel proud :P
Viva Italia! Thanks for the breakdown Fuzzy. Fascinating.