African-American English
Akan
American Sign Language
Arbëresh
Ashanti
Bassa
Cantonese
Chinantec
Egyptian Arabic
Geg Albanian
Gio
Gola
Hausa
Igbo
Italian
Italian English
Kissi
Kpelle
Krahn
Kru
Lenape (Munsee)
Liberian English
Loma
Lummi
Malayalam
Mam
Mandingo
Mano
Mende
Mexican Spanish
Mixtec
Molisan
Nahuatl
Norwegian
Pali
Papantla Totonac
Pugliese (Molese)
Russian
Sierra Leone Creole
Sinhalese
Sri Lankan English
Sri Lankan Malay
Sri Lankan Tamil
Temne
Twi
Urdu
Vai
Yoruba
Zapotec
View in map | County | Language | Endonym | World Region | Country | Global Speakers | Language Family | Video | Audio | Location | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | |||||||||||
| Abakuá | Abakuá | Caribbean |
| Lower East Side | Smallest | Liturgical | ||||||
| Abaza | Абаза | Western Asia |
| 49,800 | Abkhaz-Adyge | Wayne (NJ) | Smallest | Residential | ||||
| Abruzzese (Orsognese) | Abruzzésë | Southern Europe |
| Indo-European | Astoria | Small | Residential | |||||
| Abruzzese (Orsognese) | Abruzzésë | Southern Europe |
| Indo-European | Little Italy | Small | Historical | |||||
| Acehnese | Bahsa Acèh | Southeastern Asia |
| 3,500,000 | Austronesian | Astoria | Smallest | Community | ||||
| Acehnese | Bahsa Acèh | Southeastern Asia |
| 3,500,000 | Austronesian | Elmhurst | Smallest | Residential | ||||
| Adjoukrou | Mɔjukru | Western Africa |
| 140,000 | Atlantic-Congo | Concourse | Smallest | Residential | ||||
| Adyghe | К|ахыбзэ | Western Asia |
| 117,500 | Abkhaz-Adyge | Wayne (NJ) | Small | Residential | ||||
| Afenmai | Afenmai | Western Africa |
| 270,000 | Atlantic-Congo | Castle Hill | Smallest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Newark (NJ) | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Clifton | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Hollis | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Edenwald | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Central Harlem | Largest | Residential | ||||
| African-American English | Black English | Northern America |
| 45,109,521 | Indo-European | Hempstead (NY) | Large | Residential | ||||
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans | Southern Africa |
| 17,543,580 | Indo-European | Murray Hill | Small | Community | ||||
| Akan | Akan | Western Africa |
| 9,231,300 | Atlantic-Congo | Flatbush | Small | Residential | ||||
| Akan | Akan | Western Africa |
| 9,231,300 | Atlantic-Congo | Shore Acres | Small | Residential | ||||
| Akan | Akan | Western Africa |
| 9,231,300 | Atlantic-Congo | University Heights | Large | Residential |
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All data, unless otherwise specified, is from the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA), based on information from communities, speakers, and other sources.
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