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hunter

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42. Tagalog is easily the third most common language in our California community.

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:36 PM

May 2014

A great many of them are war veterans who came here with their families after World War II ended, and many more came here before that as farmworkers, after Spain ceded the Islands to the U.S.A in 1898.

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Most Common Language Spoken By State (Other than English or Spanish) [View all] Fearless May 2014 OP

You know what this means don't you? Putin is going to invade Oregon next. nt okaawhatever May 2014 #1

First laugh of the day!! OKNancy May 2014 #2

DUZY! nt TBF May 2014 #21

Definitely sakabatou May 2014 #48

....... Louisiana1976 May 2014 #53

Hahahaha etherealtruth May 2014 #55

only one state has a native language as the second roguevalley May 2014 #64

That's awesome. joshcryer May 2014 #3

Very interesting. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #4

Me too, Nebraska as well. LuvNewcastle May 2014 #5

Actually, I figured it would be German or Czech. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #6

Anywhere there are big military bases, there will be a lot of Vietnamese, Koreans, and Filipinos Ex Lurker May 2014 #7

After Saigon fell DURHAM D May 2014 #18

The Cherokee Nation... AnneD May 2014 #19

The Cherokees are pretty spread out Art_from_Ark May 2014 #26

There are 11 at large groups.... AnneD May 2014 #28

I love languages, even though I'm not fluent in any of them. hunter May 2014 #39

We have commercials in Native languages here in Oklahoma. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #63

Very interesting Art_from_Ark May 2014 #62

meat packing dsc May 2014 #43

Me too, and Texas treestar May 2014 #24

That is surprising. According to the museum at Ellis Island, Italians were merrily May 2014 #8

This map is of current speakers of a language starroute May 2014 #33

French here in the Carolina's Lee-Lee May 2014 #9

Me too. Maybe some of them work for Michelin, but where do the rest of them come from? nt raccoon May 2014 #17

wouldn't a good number of Vietnamese also speak French? CTyankee May 2014 #25

Cool map! A Little Weird May 2014 #10

OMG, the Germans are secretly taking over! reformist2 May 2014 #11

Ah, Boston Portuguese.. Recursion May 2014 #12

Not spanish Benzene25 May 2014 #29

Caldo verde! LiberalEsto May 2014 #30

Interesting NewJeffCT May 2014 #13

Me too.... dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #16

Tagalog is easily the third most common language in our California community. hunter May 2014 #42

They left out the language in Dakota Capt. Obvious May 2014 #14

This is probably why they didn't use *Foreign* Language in the title line. lpbk2713 May 2014 #27

I'm surprised there are so many German speakers still. Though I know those roots go back centuries. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #15

A lot of the Anabaptist Communities speak German. greendog May 2014 #46

They call French "Freedom Language" in WV. Arugula Latte May 2014 #50

Oh shit! nomorenomore08 May 2014 #57

I grew up in Wisconsin - TBF May 2014 #20

Surprised French over Italian in Connecticut NewJeffCT May 2014 #22

I'm somewhat surprised about Tennessee..... socialist_n_TN May 2014 #23

I'm surprised by French in Maryland LiberalEsto May 2014 #31

No, not what is taught in school Fearless May 2014 #36

Lot's of Hatian's SteveG May 2014 #45

must be the Francophone countries ... kwassa May 2014 #59

I'm moderately surprised that 2naSalit May 2014 #32

I correctly guessed that ours would be Korean. dawg May 2014 #34

Cool map. I heard yesterday that Hmong was the MineralMan May 2014 #35

Hmong will probably overtake Dakota in South Dakota pretty soon. If not already. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #54

They teach Portuguese in the local schools (Rhode Island) nt hack89 May 2014 #37

In MA too Fearless May 2014 #38

Explains a lot about racial and social discrimination INMHO. nt kelliekat44 May 2014 #40

That's a whole lotta German. Iggo May 2014 #41

No Dutch left ?? Not even in Iowa ? eppur_se_muova May 2014 #44

Also, the ancestors on my father's side came over from Germany in the 1800s. Plenty of German names Elwood P Dowd May 2014 #51

Thanks, I didn't know that. Was this in Cullman county ? eppur_se_muova May 2014 #60

Is Spanish second everywhere? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #47

German? Seriously? Arugula Latte May 2014 #49

I'm good. Blue_In_AK May 2014 #52

Wow, it looks like MI is the only state that speaks Arabic most. There is a huge catbyte May 2014 #56

Tacoma has 'Little Saigon' on 38th Street, just east of I-5. Aristus May 2014 #58

The German is largely due to Amish people. DemocraticWing May 2014 #61