County

Brooklyn

African-American English

Black English
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Clifton, Edenwald, Hempstead (NY)...

Akan

Akan
Flatbush, Shore Acres, TriBeCa, University Heights

Algerian Arabic

دزيرية
Astoria, Bath Beach

Algerian Judeo-Arabic

العربية اليهودية الجزائرية
Midwood

Amdo Tibetan

ཨ་མདོ་སྐད་
DUMBO, Jackson Heights

American Sign Language

American Sign Language
Jackson Heights, Midwood, Pelham Bay, Tompkinsville, Upper East Side...

Ashanti

Ashanti
Clifton, Flatbush, University Heights

Avar

Авар
Brighton Beach

Azeri

Azərbaycanca
Homecrest, Kensington, Newark (NJ)

Balochi

بلوچی
Kensington

Baoulé

Baoulé
Central Harlem, East New York, Jamaica

Barbadian Creole

Bajan
Cambria Heights, East Flatbush

Basque

Euskara
Chinatown, Greenpoint, Newark (NJ)

Belarusian

Беларуская
Boerum Hill, Jamaica Hills, Sheepshead Bay, South River (NJ)

Belizean Creole

Kriol
Crown Heights

Bengali

বাংলা
East Harlem, East Village, Jackson Heights, Jamaica, Kensington...

Bété

Bété
East New York

Biblical Hebrew

לשון הקודש‬
Homecrest, Lakewood (NJ), Washington Heights

Bontoc

Bontoc
Brighton Beach

Bukhori

בוכארי
Forest Hills, Kensington, Midtown

Bulgarian Turkish

Bulgarca Türkçe
Bensonhurst

Burmese

မြန်မာဘာသာ
Elmhurst, Manalapan Township (NJ), Midtown, Prospect Heights

Buryat

Буряад Xэлэн
Brighton Beach

Calabrese (Gioiosano)

Calabrese
Bensonhurst

Cantonese

廣東話
Bensonhurst, Chinatown, Flushing, Glen Rock (NJ), New Springville...

Castilian Spanish

Castellano
Brooklyn Heights, Washington Heights, West Village

Central American Spanish

Español Centroamericano
Brentwood (NY), Brewster (NY), Bushwick, Far Rockaway, Hunts Point...

Chakhar Mongolian

Цахар
Sunset Park

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

ܣܘܼܪܲܝܬ
Bay Ridge

Chechen

Нохчийн
Brighton Beach, Paterson (NJ)

Chinantec

Tsa Jujmi
Borough Park, Elm Park

Chiricahua Apache

Ndee Biyáti'
Crown Heights

Chittagonian

চাটগাঁইয়া
Kensington

Church Slavonic

црькъвьнословѣньскъ
East New York, Upper East Side

Chuvash

Чӑвашла
Brighton Beach

Cilentano

Cilendano
Gravesend, Whitestone, Williamsburg

Classical Arabic

الفصحى
East Harlem, Hunts Point, Jamaica Hills, Sunset Park

Classical Tibetan

ཆོས་སྐད་
DUMBO, Elmhurst

Coptic

ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
Dyker Heights, Jersey City (NJ), Ridgewood

Crimean Tatar

Qırımtatarca
Borough Park

Danish

Dansk
Financial District, Sunset Park

Darfurian Arabic

العربية دارفوري
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Dawei Burmese

တောင်ရိုးလူမျိုး
Elmhurst, Prospect Heights

Dominican Creole (English)

Dominican Creole (English)
Flatbush

Dominican Creole (French)

Kwéyòl
Flatbush

Dominican Spanish

Español Dominicano
Corona, Cypress Hills, Perth Amboy (NJ), Union City (NJ), University Heights...

Dungan

Хуэйзў
Sheepshead Bay

Dutch

Nederlands
Financial District, Kingston (NY), Park Slope, South Ozone Park

Dyula

(ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲ (ߒߞߏ
Central Harlem, Concourse, East New York

Dzardzongke

वारागुङ
Flatbush, Jersey City (NJ), Richmond Hill

Eastern Armenian

Արևելահայերեն
Sheepshead Bay

Ecclesiastical Latin

Latina Ecclesiastica
Gowanus, Midtown

Ecuadorian Spanish

Español Ecuatoriano
Bushwick, Corona, Newark (NJ), Ossining (NY), Parkchester...

Edo

Ẹ̀dó
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Jamaica, Soundview

Egyptian Arabic

مصرى
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Great Kills, Jersey City (NJ), Ridgewood...

Egyptian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة المصرية اليهودية
Gravesend

Emiliano

Emiliàn
Chinatown, Gravesend

Esan

Ishan
East New York

Falam Chin

Laiṭong
Glendale, Gravesend

Finnish

Suomi
Central Harlem, Sunset Park, West Village

French

Français
Central Harlem, Chelsea, Cobble Hill, Concourse, East Flatbush...

French Guianese Creole

Kriyòl
East Flatbush

Fujianese

福建话
Bensonhurst, Flushing, Lower East Side, Sunset Park

Fulani

Pulaar
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Morrisania

Fur

Bèle Fòòr
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Galician

Galego
Astoria, Brooklyn Heights, Newark (NJ), West Village

Garifuna

Garifuna
Charlotte Gardens, East Harlem, Far Rockaway, Ocean Hill-Brownsville

Gen-Gbe

Gen-Gbe
Crown Heights

Georgian

ქართული
Bensonhurst, Forest Hills, Manville (NJ)

German

Deutsch
Brooklyn Heights, East Village, Hoboken (NJ), Ridgewood, Yorkville...

Greek

Ελληνικά
Astoria, Auburndale, Bay Ridge, Chelsea, Kingsbridge...

Grenadian Creole

Patois
Canarsie, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Guadeloupean Creole

Kréyòl Gwadloup
Flatbush

Gullah

Geechees
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem

Gun-Gbe

Fon
Crown Heights

Guyanese Creole

Creolese
Canarsie, Castle Hill, East Flatbush, South Ozone Park

Hainanese (Southern Min)

海南话
Brooklyn Heights

Haitian Creole

Kreyol Ayisyen
Canarsie, East Flatbush, Queens Village, Spring Valley (NY), Upper West Side...

Haketia

חכיתיה
East Midtown, Gravesend

Hasidic Yiddish

חסידיש אידיש
Borough Park, Far Rockaway, Kiryas Joel (NY), Williamsburg

Hassaniya Arabic

حسانية
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem

Hausa

هَوُسَا
Central Harlem, Clifton, Fort Greene, Morris Heights

Hebrew

עברית
Crown Heights, East Village, Fair Lawn (NJ), Kew Gardens Hills, Midwood...

Hungarian

Magyar
Borough Park, New Brunswick (NJ), Passaic (NJ), Yorkville

Igbo

Asụsụ Igbo
Clifton, Concourse, East New York, Newark (NJ), St. Albans...

Ingush

Г|алг|ай
Brighton Beach

Intha Burmese

အင်းသားလူမျိုး
Elmhurst, Prospect Heights

Iraqi Arabic

اللهجة العراقية
Bay Ridge

Irish

Gaeilge
Hell's Kitchen, Long Island City, Red Hook, Woodlawn

Irish English

Irish English
Breezy Point, Gerritsen Beach, Middle Village, Pearl River (NY), Woodlawn...

Ishkashimi

Šëkošmi
Bensonhurst

Israeli Sign Language

שפת הסימנים הישראלית
Park Slope

Istro-Romanian

Vlashki
Astoria, Greenwich Village, Park Slope

Italian

Italiano
Belmont, Bensonhurst, East Harlem, Little Italy, Silver Lake...

Italian English

Italian English
Dyker Heights, Great Kills, Middle Village, Morris Park, Tuckahoe (NY)...

Jamaican Patois

Patwa
East Flatbush, Flatbush, New Rochelle (NY), St. Albans, Wakefield...

Japanese

日本語
Astoria, East Village, East Williamsburg, Fort Lee (NJ), Lincoln Square...

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

לשון התרגום
Homecrest, Washington Heights

Jewish English

Jewish English
Borough Park, Hewlett (NY), Kew Gardens Hills, Monticello (NY), Riverdale...

Jewish Russian

Еврейский этнолект
Brighton Beach

Judeo-Crimean Tatar

Krymchak
Ocean Hill-Brownsville

Judeo-Shirazi

J̌udi
Great Neck (NY), Midwood

Judeo-Spanish

Ladino
Concourse, Forest Hills, Gravesend, Lower East Side, Upper West Side...

Juhuri

Горско-еврейский
Kensington

K'iche'

K'iche'
Bensonhurst, Fairview (NJ), Jamaica

Kalasha

Kal’as’amon
Midwood

Kalmyk

Хальмг
Bensonhurst, Howell (NJ)

Kaqchikel

Kaqchikel
Corona, East Harlem, Fairview (NJ), Riverhead (NY), Sunset Park...

Karachay-Balkar

Къарачай-Малкъар
Brighton Beach, Paterson (NJ)

Karakalpak

Qaraqalpaq
Gravesend

Kashmiri

كأشُر
Jamaica Hills, Midwood

Kazakh

Қазақша
Flushing, Sheepshead Bay

Khmer

ភាសាខ្មែរ
Flatbush, Kingsbridge

Kituba

Monokutuba
Carroll Gardens

Konyak

Konyak
DUMBO

Korean

한국어
Flushing, Kingsbridge, NoMad, Palisades Park (NJ), Park Slope...

Koryo-Mar

고려말
Brighton Beach, Park Slope

Kuna

Dulegaya
Cobble Hill

Kurdish

Kurmancî
Gravesend, New Milford (NJ)

Kyrgyz

Кыргызча
Bensonhurst

Lenape (Munsee)

Lunaape
Canarsie, City Island, Financial District, Flemington (NJ), Great Kills...

Lezgi

Лезги
Homecrest

Libyan Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة الليبية اليهودية
Midwood

Lithuanian

Lietuvių
Chelsea, Maspeth, Williamsburg

Litvish Yiddish

ליטװיש יידיש
Crown Heights, Lakewood (NJ)

Luba-Kasai

Luba-Kasai
Flatbush

Lukumí

Lukumí
Bushwick, Fordham

Machvaya Romani

Machvaya
East Williamsburg

Mandarin

普通话, 國語
Chinatown, Elmhurst, Flushing, Jericho (NY), Morris Park...

Maninka

(ߡߊߣߌ߲ߞߊߞߊ߲ (ߒߞߏ
Central Harlem, Concourse, East New York, South Jamaica

Martinican Creole

Kréyòl Matinik
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Masalit

Masarak
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Mauritian Creole

Kreol Morisien
East Flatbush

Mexican Spanish

Español Mexicano
Bushwick, Corona, East Harlem, Elm Park, Soundview...

Mingrelian

მარგალური
Bensonhurst

Mixe

Ayuujk
Sunset Park

Mixtec

Tu'un Savi
Bushwick, Corona, East Harlem, Elm Park, Mott Haven...

Mohawk

Kanien’kéha
Boerum Hill

Moldovan

Moldovenească
Midwood, Sunnyside

Mon

ဘာသာ မန်
Prospect Heights

Moroccan Arabic

الدارجة المغربية
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Morris Park

Moroccan Judeo-Arabic

إلعربية ديالنا
Forest Hills, Homecrest, Lenox Hill

Mossi

Mòoré
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Melrose, Newark (NJ)

Myene

Omyene
Kensington

Nahuatl

Nahuatl
Bridgeport (CT), Corona, East Harlem, Elm Park, Mott Haven...

Naso

Teribe
Flatlands

Ndebele

IsiNdebele
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Midtown

Neapolitan

Nnapulitano
East Harlem, Little Italy, Morris Park, Williamsburg

Nepali

नेपाली
Flatbush, Jackson Heights, Kingsbridge, Ridgewood

Newfoundland English

Newfoundland English
Park Slope

Nigerian English

Pidgin
East New York

Ningbo

宁波话
Williamsburg

Noakhailla

নোয়াখালী
Kensington

North Levantine Arabic

(اللهجة الشامية (الشمالية
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Heights, Financial District, Yonkers (NY)...

Northern Fujianese

闽北语
Bensonhurst, Chinatown

Norwegian

Norsk
Bay Ridge, Eltingville, Financial District

Nubian

لغات نوبية‎
Kensington

Ojibwe

Anashinaabemowin
Crown Heights, Williamsburg

Ossetian

Ирон Æвзаг
Brighton Beach

Pakistani English

Pakistani English
Flatbush, Jackson Heights

Panamanian English

Panamanian English
Flatbush

Panamanian Spanish

Español Panameño
Flatbush

Papiamento

Papiamentu
Flatbush

Pashto

پښتو
Hicksville (NY), Hillcrest, Midwood

Persian

فارسی
Financial District, Great Neck (NY), Jamaica, Midwood

Peruvian Quechua

Runasimi
Park Slope, Woodside

Polish

Polski
East Village, Greenpoint, Linden (NJ), Maspeth, Riverhead (NY)...

Portuguese

Português
Carroll Gardens, Financial District, Jamaica, Newark (NJ)

Pothwari

پوٹھواری
Midwood

Puerto Rican Spanish

Español Puertorriqueño
Bridgeport (CT), East Harlem, Lower East Side, Mott Haven, Passaic (NJ)...

Pugliese (Bitettese)

Bitettese
Flatlands

Pugliese (Molese)

Molese
Carroll Gardens, Oakwood

Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پن٘جابی
Bellerose, East Village, Jersey City (NJ), Midwood, Richmond Hill...

Rakhine

ရခိုင်ဘာသာ
Elmhurst, Prospect Heights

Réunion Creole

Kréol Rénioné
Bushwick

Romansh

Rumantsch
Sheepshead Bay

Rushani

Rex̌onai
Mapleton, Rego Park

Russian

Русский
Brighton Beach, Midland Beach, North Riverdale, Rego Park, Sea Cliff (NY)...

Russian Sign Language

русский жестовый язык
Brighton Beach

Rusyn

Русиньскый
East Village, Manville (NJ), Williamsburg, Woodland Park (NJ)

Sami

Sámi
Sunset Park

Sandwippa

সন্দ্বীপ্পা
Kensington

Saraiki

سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ
Midwood

Seke

सेके, སེ་སྐད་
Flatbush, Jackson Heights

Sema

Sümi
Flatbush

Shan

လိၵ်ႈတႆး
Elmhurst, Glendale, Prospect Heights

Sherpa

ཤར་པའི་སྐད་
Elmhurst, Flatbush, Walkill (NY)

Shina

شینا
Borough Park, Rego Park

Shughni

Xuǧnoni
Bensonhurst, Rego Park

Sicilian

Sicilianu
Bayonne (NJ), Belmont, Cobble Hill, Gravesend, Little Italy...

Silesian

Ślōnskŏ Gŏdka
Greenpoint

Sindhi

سنڌي, सिन्धी
Elmhurst, Gramercy, Midwood

Slovak

Slovenčina
Astoria, Greenpoint, Lenox Hill, Yonkers (NY)

South Levantine Arabic

(اللهجة الشامية (الجنوبية
Bay Ridge, Paterson (NJ)

St. Lucian Creole (English)

St. Lucian Creole (English)
East Flatbush

St. Lucian Creole (French)

Kwéyòl
East Flatbush

Sudanese Arabic

لهجة سودانية
Carroll Gardens

Svan

ლუშნუ ნინ
Bensonhurst

Swahili

Kiswahili
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Jersey City (NJ)

Swedish

Svenska
Financial District, Midtown, Sunset Park

Sylheti

ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ
Astoria, East Village, Kensington, Norwood, Ozone Park...

Syriac

ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Boerum Hill, Paramus (NJ)

Syrian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة السورية اليهودية
Deal (NJ), Gravesend, Lower East Side

Tagalog

Tagalog
DUMBO, East Village, Jamaica, Jersey City (NJ), Morrisania...

Taishanese

台山话
Flushing, Little Italy, Mapleton

Taiwanese

臺語, Tâi-gú
Flushing, Sunset Park

Tajik

Тоҷики
Forest Hills, Sheepshead Bay

Tatar

Tatarca
College Point, Williamsburg

Thakali

थकाली
Flatbush, Jackson Heights

Tibetan

བོད་སྐད་
Elmhurst, Flatbush, Flatiron, Pelham Parkway, Walden (NY)...

Tiv

Tiv
Flatbush

Tobagonian Creole

Dialect
Canarsie

Tosk Albanian

Shqip (Tosk)
Belmont, Bensonhurst, Garfield (NJ), Jamaica Estates, Ridgewood...

Trinidadian Creole

Trini Talk
Canarsie, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Ozone Park, Wakefield

Tunisian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة التونسية اليهودية
Midwood

Turkish

Türkçe
Brighton Beach, Chelsea, Paterson (NJ), Sunnyside

Turkmen

Türkmençe
Bensonhurst

Tuvan

Тыва
Brighton Beach

Twi

Twi
Fordham, Newark (NJ), Park Hill, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Tz'utujil

Tz'utujil
Paterson (NJ), Sunset Park

Ukrainian

Українська
Brighton Beach, East Village, Kerhonkson (NY), Ozone Park, South Bound Brook (NJ)...

Urdu

اردو
Jackson Heights, Jamaica, Jersey City (NJ), Midwood, Park Hill...

Uyghur

ئۇيغۇر
Brighton Beach, Flushing

Uzbek

Oʻzbekcha
Bensonhurst, Dover (NJ), Forest Hills

Vietnamese

Tiếng Việt
Bensonhurst, Elmhurst, Lower East Side, Tremont

Vincentian Creole

Vincy
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Volga Tatar

Идел-Урал Tатарча
Brighton Beach

Wa

Va
Elmhurst, Glendale, Prospect Heights

Wakhi

X̌ik
Bensonhurst

Wenzhounese

温州话
Flushing, Little Italy, Sunset Park

Wolof

Wolof
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Castle Hill, Central Harlem, Jersey City (NJ)

Yakut

Sakha
Bensonhurst

Yemeni Arabic

لهجة يمنية
Bay Ridge, Cobble Hill, Van Nest

Yemenite Judeo-Arabic

اليمني
Borough Park

Yiddish

יידיש
Kew Gardens Hills, Lower East Side, Midtown, Norwood, Ocean Hill-Brownsville...

Yoruba

Èdè Yorùbá
Clifton, Concourse, Kensington, South Jamaica

Zaghawa

Beria
Flatbush
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AbakuáAbakuá

Caribbean

  • Cuba flag
    Cuba
Lower East Side

Smallest

Liturgical
AbazaАбаза

Western Asia

  • Turkey flag
    Turkey
  • Russia flag
    Russia
49,800
Abkhaz-Adyge
Wayne (NJ)

Smallest

Residential
Abruzzese (Orsognese)Abruzzésë

Southern Europe

  • Italy flag
    Italy
Indo-European
Astoria

Small

Residential
Abruzzese (Orsognese)Abruzzésë

Southern Europe

  • Italy flag
    Italy
Indo-European
Little Italy

Small

Historical
AcehneseBahsa Acèh

Southeastern Asia

  • Indonesia flag
    Indonesia
3,500,000
Austronesian
Astoria

Smallest

Community
AcehneseBahsa Acèh

Southeastern Asia

  • Indonesia flag
    Indonesia
3,500,000
Austronesian
Elmhurst

Smallest

Residential
AdjoukrouMɔjukru

Western Africa

  • Ivory Coast flag
    Ivory Coast
140,000
Atlantic-Congo
Concourse

Smallest

Residential
AdygheК|ахыбзэ

Western Asia

  • Turkey flag
    Turkey
  • Russia flag
    Russia
117,500
Abkhaz-Adyge
Wayne (NJ)

Small

Residential
AfenmaiAfenmai

Western Africa

  • Nigeria flag
    Nigeria
270,000
Atlantic-Congo
Castle Hill

Smallest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Bedford-Stuyvesant

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Newark (NJ)

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Clifton

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Hollis

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Edenwald

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Central Harlem

Largest

Residential
African-American EnglishBlack English

Northern America

  • United States flag
    United States
45,109,521
Indo-European
Hempstead (NY)

Large

Residential
AfrikaansAfrikaans

Southern Africa

  • South Africa flag
    South Africa
  • Zimbabwe flag
    Zimbabwe
17,543,580
Indo-European
Murray Hill

Small

Community
AkanAkan

Western Africa

  • Ghana flag
    Ghana
9,231,300
Atlantic-Congo
Flatbush

Small

Residential
AkanAkan

Western Africa

  • Ghana flag
    Ghana
9,231,300
Atlantic-Congo
Shore Acres

Small

Residential
AkanAkan

Western Africa

  • Ghana flag
    Ghana
9,231,300
Atlantic-Congo
University Heights

Large

Residential

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