What language do Americans speak?

The main languages in the United States are English, French, Spanish and Hawaiian.

1. English is the official language designated internationally (as the mother tongue) and the first language of the United States. Because Britain used to have many colonies all over the world, English is one of the common or official languages in many modern countries and regions.

2. French is one of the most widely used independent languages of Roman after Spanish. At present, 87 million people in the world speak English as their mother tongue, and another 285 million people use English (including those who speak English as a second language). French is the official language of many regions or organizations, such as the United Nations and the European Union.

3. Hawaiian belongs to the Malay-Polynesian language family in Austronesian language family, which is close to Maori, Fijian, Samoan and Tahiti.

About 437 million people speak Spanish as their mother tongue, making it the second largest language in the world, only next to Chinese. The number of people who use Spanish accounts for 4.84% of the world population. Among the seven continents, mainly Latin American countries. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

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Because there is no official language with federal status, some States in the United States take English as the official language, but English is the de facto official language. As far as the whole Federation is concerned, there is no unified official language.

Due to the campaign to promote English as an official language for many years, 365,438+0 of the 50 states in the United States have adopted legislation to make English an official language, and some other states have also proposed relevant bills, but they are facing considerable resistance. Three states recognize other languages as parallel to English: French in Louisiana, Hawaiian in Hawaii and Spanish in New Mexico.

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USA-Baidu Encyclopedia