what are the most spoken languages in north america?
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Introduced languages. The most widely spoken language in North America is English, followed in prevalence by Spanish and French.
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Main languages Portuguese is the most spoken language of South America by a small margin. Spanish, with slightly fewer speakers than Portuguese, is the second most spoken language on the continent. Other official and majority languages in specific countries are: Dutch in Suriname.
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['English - 5,195,196.', 'Spanish and Spanish Creole - 521,751.', 'Chinese Languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, etc;) - 81,650.', 'Vietnamese - 60,094.', 'Russian - 56,537.', 'Tagalog - 54,878.', 'Korean - 48,065.', 'African Languages - 40,932.']
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Indigenous Languages of South America. South America is one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the world with 37 language families, 448 languages of which over 70 are unclassified.
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The United States of America is the world's largest English-speaking country. Approximately 225 million Americans speak English as a first language, while 43 million speak it as a second language.
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['Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers. ... ', 'Spanish — 460 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'English — 379 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Hindi — 341 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Arabic — 315 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Bengali — 228 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Portuguese — 220 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Russian — 153 Million Native Speakers.']
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According to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 51 percent of the population in New York speaks only English, especially in their homes. The remaining 49 percent speak other languages. Spanish and Spanish Creole is the second most spoken language in New York.
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Most languages spoken in the Caribbean are either European languages (namely English, Spanish, French, and Dutch) or European language-based creoles. Spanish-speakers are the most numerous in the Caribbean.
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['English only – 239 million.', 'Spanish – 41 million.', 'Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) – 3.5 million.', 'Tagalog (including Filipino) – 1.7 million.', 'Vietnamese – 1.5 million.', 'Arabic – 1.2 million.', 'French – 1.2 million.', 'Korean – 1.1 million.']
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["English: 20,193,335 native speakers (58.1% of Canada's total population) ... ", "French: 7,452,075 native speakers (21.4% of Canada's total population) ... ", "Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese): 1,204,865 native speakers (3.5% of Canada's total population)"]
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Best estimates recorded 71 languages that are spoken in-country today—most of which belong to the Chibchan, Tucanoan, Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently about 850,000 speakers of native languages.
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['English. While only about 360 million people are native English speakers, 1.5 billion people worldwide can speak English. ... ', 'Mandarin Chinese. Over 1.1 billion people speak Mandarin, but Chinese is not a single language. ... ', 'Hindustani. ... ', 'Spanish.']
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['Chinese – 17.2% native speakers. ( 2015)', 'Spanish – 10.3% native speakers (2015)', 'Tagalog – 2.68% native speakers (2015)']
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['English — 1,035,545.', 'Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) — 25,785.', 'German — 24,795.', 'French — 16,805.', 'Punjabi (Panjabi) — 14,005.', 'Mandarin — 8,080.', 'Cree (not otherwise specified) — 7,415.', 'Spanish — 5,695.']
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['Mandarin Chinese. And the winner is…', 'Spanish. Used in about 30 countries. ... ', 'English. Certainly is the leading global language, but its native speakers number is “only” 360 million worldwide. ... ', 'Hindi. ... ', 'Arabic. ... ', 'Portuguese. ... ', 'Bengali. ... ', 'Russian. ... ']
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What are the world's most spoken languages? Well, roughly 6,500 languages are spoken in the world today. Each and every one of them make the world a diverse and beautiful place. Sadly, some of these languages are less widely spoken than others.
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English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, however there are a number of regional languages also spoken. There are 14 indigenous languages used across the British Isles: 5 Celtic, 3 Germanic, 3 Romance, and 3 sign languages.