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The United States has always been a multilingual society. Not surprisingly, English (82.10% of the population) is the most widely spoken language, with Spanish (10.71%) a significant second. According to the 2000 census, the other popularly spoken languages in the United States are French (0.61%), Mandarin (0.57%), German (0.52%), Tagalog (0.46%), Vietnamese (0.38 %), Italian (0.38%), Korean (0.34%), Russian (0.26%), Polish (0.25%), Arabic (0.23%), Portuguese (0.21%), Japanese (0.18%), French Creole (0.17%), Greek (0.13%), Hindi (0.12%), Persian/Farsi (0.11%), Urdu (0.10%), and Cantonese (0.9%). But did you know that in spite of both the vast diversity of languages spoken in the United States as well as the dominance of English in most governmental proceedings, the United States has never declared an official language? Some other countries with no official language (though some have national languages, or de facto languages) are Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Sweden. Tags: newsletter, official language, population, United States, widely spoken languages
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