English is the predominant language spoken by Asian Indian immigrants. However Hindi is the 16th most popular language in America. Two other South Asian languages, Urdu and Gujarati, made the list of Top 20 languages spoken in America. Nearly 200,000 people born in the United States speak South Asian languages.
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SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME IN THE U.S.
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| Language |
Speakers |
Language |
Speakers |
| HINDI |
317055 |
MARATHI |
35010 |
| URDU |
262900 |
KANNADA |
24390 |
| GUJARATI |
235990 |
NEPALI |
10710 |
| PUNJABI |
141740 |
SINDHI |
7815 |
| BENGALI |
128820 |
ORIYA |
2365 |
| TELUGU |
86165 |
KASHMIRI |
945 |
| TAMIL |
83965 |
RAJASTHANI |
335 |
| MALYALAM |
79855 |
BIHARI |
125 |
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| LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME IN THE U.S. |
| Language |
Speakers |
Language |
Speakers |
English
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215,423,557 |
Arabic
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614,582 |
| Spanish |
28,101,052 |
Portuguese |
564,630 |
| Chinese |
2,022,143 |
Japanese |
477,997 |
| French |
1,643,838 |
Greek |
365,436 |
| German |
1,383,442 |
Hindi |
317,057 |
| Tagalog |
1,224,241 |
Persian |
312,085 |
| Vietnamese |
1,009,627 |
Urdu |
262,900 |
| Italian |
1,008,370 |
Gujarati |
235,988 |
| Korean |
894,063 |
Serbo-Croatian |
233,865 |
| Russian |
706,242 |
Armenian |
202,708 |
| Polish |
667,414 |
Hebrew |
195,37 |
Source: U.S. Census 2000. Data for all people 5 years and older in USA
