[thechat] Most spoken languages in the world

[John Handelaar]

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> From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Jonathon Isaac
> Swiderski
> Sent: 04 July 2002 23:06
> To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thechat] Most spoken languages in the world
>
> The US rather pointedly doesn't have official languages, but
> Spanish is the
> second-most widely spoken language in the US, and in certain
> states where it is
> particularly prevalent (Texas, Arizona, California especially,
> Chicago and New
> York City, too, I think), government documents and forms are
> required to be made
> available in Spanish.

I could (if pushed) dig up the source, but IIRC and
if current trends continue English will be the #2
language in the US in less than 10 years.

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