Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Language Map of the US

I recently came across this map showing details of where languages other than English are common in the US.   Results I found somewhat surprising are the Russian in Alaska,  Chinese in eastern Washington and western NY,  Hindi in Iowa, Hmong in Minnesota,  Arabic in Michigan, and widely scattered areas of German.

1 comment:

Thomas Hanke said...

Hi from Germany (just had our own polar temperatures, but just a few days and only -15 C),

I was looking for details on the iOS font import, but got to look around a little.

The story behind the Hmong speakers is related to the Indochina wars. I can't remember the details, but it’s kinda (in)famous. Well, it helps Americans to study the language … first read about it in a grammar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people#The_Americas has some details.