Language Family

Indo-European

Abruzzese (Orsognese)

Abruzzésë
Astoria, Little Italy

African-American English

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

Afrikaans

Afrikaans
Murray Hill

Alsatian

Ëlsässisch
Roosevelt Island

Ancient Greek

Αρχαία Ελληνική
SoHo

Antigua and Barbuda Creole

Creole
Central Harlem

Apulo-Lucano

Materano
Chinatown

Arbëresh

Arbërisht
Great Kills, Inwood, Lower East Side, Mott Haven

Argentine Spanish

Español Rioplatense
Corona

Aromanian

Vlach
Ridgewood, Trumbull (CT)

Assamese

অসমীয়া
Plainsboro (NJ)

Asturian

Asturianu
Astoria

Australian English

Aussie English
SoHo

Austrian German

Österreichisches Deutsch
College Point, Midtown

Avestan

Avestan
Pomona (NY)

Bahamian Creole

Bahamianese
Central Harlem

Balkan Romani

Xoraxane
Belmont

Balochi

بلوچی
Kensington

Barbadian Creole

Bajan
Cambria Heights, East Flatbush

Bartangi

Bartangi
Yorkville

Bavarian

Bairisch
Glendale, Yorkville

Belarusian

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

Belizean Creole

Kriol
Crown Heights

Beneventano

Bənəvientanə
Waterbury (CT)

Bengali

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

Bhojpuri

भोजपुरी
Jackson Heights, Toms River (NJ)

Bishnupriya Manipuri

বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
Jamaica

Bislama

Bislama
East Midtown

Bolivian Spanish

Español Boliviano
Jackson Heights, Port Chester (NY)

Bosnian

Босански
Astoria, Hackettstown (NJ), Richmond Hill

Brazilian Portuguese

Português Brasileiro
Astoria, Midtown, Mt. Vernon (NY), Newark (NJ)

Breton

Brezhoneg
Astoria, Hell's Kitchen, Milltown (NJ)

British English

British English
Upper East Side

Bukhori

בוכארי
Forest Hills, Kensington, Midtown

Bulgarian

Български
Hell's Kitchen, University Heights

Calabrese

Calabrese
Belmont, Little Italy

Calabrese (Gioiosano)

Calabrese
Bensonhurst

Calabrese (Sanfilese)

Calabrese
Port Chester (NY)

Cameroonian Pidgin English

Kamtok
Tremont

Camfranglais

Camfranglais
Tremont

Canadian English

Canadian English
East Midtown

Cape Verdean Creole

Kriolu
Bridgeport (CT), Newark (NJ)

Caribbean Hindustani

Caribbean Hindustani
South Ozone Park

Castilian Spanish

Castellano
Brooklyn Heights, Washington Heights, West Village

Catalan

Català
Murray Hill

Central American Spanish

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

Chakma

Changma Vaj
Jackson Heights

Chavacano

Chavacano
Woodside

Chilean Spanish

Español Chileno
East Elmhurst

Chittagonian

চাটগাঁইয়া
Kensington

Church Slavonic

црькъвьнословѣньскъ
East New York, Upper East Side

Cilentano

Cilendano
Gravesend, Whitestone, Williamsburg

Classical Armenian

Գրաբար
Douglaston-Little Neck, Murray Hill

Classical Latin

Latina
SoHo

Colombian Spanish

Español Colombiano
College Point, Elizabeth (NJ), Elmhurst

Cretan Greek

Κρητική
Astoria

Croatian

Hrvatski
Astoria, Boonton (NJ), Hell's Kitchen

Cuban Spanish

Español Cubano
Corona, Financial District, Union City (NJ)

Cypriot Greek

Κυπριακά
Astoria

Czech

Čeština
Astoria, Lenox Hill

Danish

Dansk
Financial District, Sunset Park

Danube Swabian

Schwowisch
Ridgewood

Dari

درى
Hicksville (NY), Kew Gardens Hills, Midtown

Dhivehi

ދިވެހި
Murray Hill

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...

Dutch

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

Eastern Armenian

Արևելահայերեն
Sheepshead Bay

Ecclesiastical Latin

Latina Ecclesiastica
Gowanus, Midtown

Ecuadorian Spanish

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

Emiliano

Emiliàn
Chinatown, Gravesend

Flemish

Vlaams
Financial District

Franco-Provençal

Patois
Chelsea

Franconian

Fränkisch
Washington Heights

French

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

French Guianese Creole

Kriyòl
East Flatbush

Frisian

Frysk
Financial District

Friulian

Furlan
College Point, Kips Bay

Galician

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

Gallo-Italic (Basilicata)

Gallo-Italico
Little Italy

Geg Albanian

Shqip (Gegë)
Belmont, Glendale, Pelham Parkway, Tompkinsville, Waterbury (CT)...

German

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

Ghanaian English

Ghanaian English
Concourse

Gottscheerisch

Gottscheerisch
Ridgewood

Greek

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

Grenadian Creole

Patois
Canarsie, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Guadeloupean Creole

Kréyòl Gwadloup
Flatbush

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Kriol
Claremont

Gujarati

ગુજરાતી
Auburndale, Edison (NJ), Jersey City (NJ), Midtown

Gullah

Geechees
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem

Gurjar

گوجری‎
Ridgewood

Guyanese Creole

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

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

Hawaiian English

Pidgin
Upper West Side

Hazara

هزارگی
Pomonok

Hindi

हिन्दी
Edison (NJ), Gramercy, Hicksville (NY), Jersey City (NJ), Utopia...

Icelandic

Íslenska
East Midtown

Indian English

Indian English
Bellerose

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...

Irpino

Irpino
Glen Cove (NY), Long Island City

Ishkashimi

Šëkošmi
Bensonhurst

Istrioto

Istrioto
Astoria

Istro-Romanian

Vlashki
Astoria, Greenwich Village, Park Slope

Istro-Veneto

Istroveneto
Astoria

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, Hempstead (NY), New Rochelle (NY), St. Albans...

Jersey Dutch

Jersey Dutch
Suffern (NY)

Jewish English

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

Jewish Russian

Еврейский этнолект
Brighton Beach

Judeo-Greek

Romaniyot
Lower East Side

Judeo-Hamadani

Ebri
Rego Park

Judeo-Isfahani

J̌idi
Great Neck (NY), Rego Park

Judeo-Kashani

Kâši
Roslyn (NY)

Judeo-Shirazi

J̌udi
Great Neck (NY), Midwood

Judeo-Spanish

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

Juhuri

Горско-еврейский
Kensington

Kabli

Kabli
Hicksville (NY)

Kalasha

Kal’as’amon
Midwood

Kalderash Romani

Kalderashitska
West Village

Kandhari

Kandhari
Hicksville (NY)

Kashmiri

كأشُر
Jamaica Hills, Midwood

Khowar

کهووار
Rego Park

Koine Greek

Ελληνιστική Κοινή
Astoria, Lenox Hill

Konkani

कोंकणी
College Point

Kurdish

Kurmancî
Gravesend, New Milford (NJ)

Kutchi

𑊺𑋀𑋪𑋁𑋢
Rego Park

Latvian

Latviešu
University Heights, Yonkers (NY)

Lemko

Лeмкo
East Village, Terryville (CT), Yonkers (NY)

Liberian English

Liberian English
Park Hill

Ligurian

Ligure
Greenwich Village

Lithuanian

Lietuvių
Chelsea, Maspeth, Williamsburg

Litvish Yiddish

ליטװיש יידיש
Crown Heights, Lakewood (NJ)

Lombard

Lombard
Greenwich Village

Lovari Romani

Lovari
Newark (NJ)

Low German

Plattdüütsch
Franklin Square (NY)

Lucano

Potentino
Little Italy, Trenton (NJ)

Luri

لوری
Briarwood

Luxembourgish

Lëtzebuergesch
East Midtown

Macedonian

Македонски
Battery Park City, Belmont, College Point, Garfield (NJ)

Machvaya Romani

Machvaya
East Williamsburg

Maithili

मैथिली
Edison (NJ), Woodside

Marathi

मराठी
Gramercy, Laurence Harbor (NJ), Richmond Hill

Marchigiano

Marchizan
New Haven (CT)

Martinican Creole

Kréyòl Matinik
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Marwari

मारवाड़ी
Auburndale

Mauritian Creole

Kreol Morisien
East Flatbush

Mazanderani

مازرونی
Highland Park (NJ)

Memoni

ميموني, મેમોની
North New Hyde Park (NY)

Mexican Spanish

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

Moldovan

Moldovenească
Midwood, Sunnyside

Molisan

Mulisanə
Astoria, Westerleigh

Montenegrin

Црногорски
Astoria, Ridgewood

Montserrat Creole

Creole
Central Harlem

Nagamese

Nagamese
Edison (NJ)

Native American English

Native American English
Chinatown

Ndyuka

Aucan
St. Albans

Neapolitan

Nnapulitano
East Harlem, Little Italy, Morris Park, Williamsburg

Nepali

नेपाली
Flatbush, Jackson Heights, Kingsbridge, Ridgewood

New Zealand English

Kiwi English
SoHo

Newfoundland English

Newfoundland English
Park Slope

Nigerian English

Pidgin
East New York

Noakhailla

নোয়াখালী
Kensington

Nones

Nones
Chelsea, Ridgewood

North Frisian

Fering
Valley Stream (NY)

Norwegian

Norsk
Bay Ridge, Eltingville, Financial District

Occitan

Lenga D'Òc
Upper East Side

Odia

ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Murray Hill-QNS

Ossetian

Ирон Æвзаг
Brighton Beach

Pakistani English

Pakistani English
Flatbush, Jackson Heights

Palatine German

Pälzisch
Governors Island

Pali

पालि
Elm Park, Queens Village

Panamanian English

Panamanian English
Flatbush

Panamanian Spanish

Español Panameño
Flatbush

Papiamento

Papiamentu
Flatbush

Paraguayan Spanish

Español Paraguayo
Maspeth, White Plains (NY)

Pashto

پښتو
Hicksville (NY), Hillcrest, Midwood

Persian

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

Peruvian Spanish

Español Peruano
Jackson Heights, Paterson (NJ)

Philippine English

Philippine English
East Village, Woodside

Piedmontese

Piemontèis
West Village

Pijin

Pijin
Murray Hill

Polish

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

Pontic Greek

Ποντιακά
Astoria, Norwalk (CT)

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 (Barese)

Barese
Little Italy

Pugliese (Bitettese)

Bitettese
Flatlands

Pugliese (Casamassimese)

Casamassimese
Jersey City (NJ)

Pugliese (Conversanese)

Conversanese
Whitestone

Pugliese (Garganico)

Garganico
Belmont

Pugliese (Grumese)

Grumese
Throgs Neck

Pugliese (Molese)

Molese
Carroll Gardens, Oakwood

Pugliese (Molfettese)

Molfettese
Hoboken (NJ)

Pugliese (Palese)

Palese
Howard Beach

Punjabi

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

Quebec French

Québécois
Upper East Side

Rangpuri

রংপুরী
Ozone Park

Rashti

رشتی
Upper East Side

Réunion Creole

Kréol Rénioné
Bushwick

Romagnol

Sammarinese
Astoria

Romani

Romani
Lower East Side, Ridgewood

Romanian

Română
Ridgewood, Sunnyside, Upper West Side

Romansh

Rumantsch
Sheepshead Bay

Rushani

Rex̌onai
Mapleton, Rego Park

Russian

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

Rusyn

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

Sandwippa

সন্দ্বীপ্পা
Kensington

Sangsari

سنگسری
Kew Gardens

Sanskrit

संस्कृतम्
Murray Hill-QNS, Ozone Park

Santali

ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
Jamaica

Saraiki

سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ
Midwood

Saramaccan Creole

Saamáka
Queens Village

Sarnami

Sarnami Hindustani
St. Albans

Scots

Scots
Kearny (NJ), SoHo

Scottish Gaelic

Gàidhlig
Midtown

Serbian

Српски
Elizabeth (NJ), Flatiron, Glendale

Seychellois Creole

Seselwa
Murray Hill

Shina

شینا
Borough Park, Rego Park

Shughni

Xuǧnoni
Bensonhurst, Rego Park

Sicilian

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

Sierra Leone Creole

Krio
Claremont, Park Hill

Silesian

Ślōnskŏ Gŏdka
Greenpoint

Sindhi

سنڌي, सिन्धी
Elmhurst, Gramercy, Midwood

Singlish

Singlish
East Midtown

Sinhalese

සිංහල
Clifton, Princeton (NJ), Queens Village

Slovak

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

Slovenian

Slovenščina
East Village, Fairfield (CT), Ridgewood

Sorani Kurdish

سۆرانی
East Midtown

South African English

South African English
Murray Hill

Southern Lazio

Ciociaro
Douglaston-Little Neck

Spanglish

Spanglish
East Harlem, East Village

Sranan Tongo

Sranan Tongo
St. Albans

Sri Lankan English

Sri Lankan English
Stapleton

St. Kitts Creole

Creole
Co-op City

St. Lucian Creole (English)

St. Lucian Creole (English)
East Flatbush

St. Lucian Creole (French)

Kwéyòl
East Flatbush

Surinamese Dutch

Surinaams-Nederlands
St. Albans

Swabian

Schwäbisch
East Village

Swedish

Svenska
Financial District, Midtown, Sunset Park

Swiss German

Schwiizerdütsch
Murray Hill

Sylheti

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

Tajik

Тоҷики
Forest Hills, Sheepshead Bay

Tanchangya

𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡
Jackson Heights

Tharu

थारु
Jackson Heights

Tobagonian Creole

Dialect
Canarsie

Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin
Murray Hill

Tosk Albanian

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

Trinidadian Creole

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

Tuscan

Toscano
Greenwich Village

Ukrainian

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

Ulster Scots

Ulstèr-Scotch
Financial District

Urdu

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

Uruguayan Spanish

Español Uruguayo
Jackson Heights

Valencian

Valencià
Chinatown

Venetian

Veneto
Financial District

Venezuelan Spanish

Español Venezolano
Jackson Heights

Vincentian Creole

Vincy
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Virgin Islands Creole

Dialect
Concourse

Wakhi

X̌ik
Bensonhurst

Walloon

Walon
Financial District

Welsh

Cymraeg
Lincoln Square

Western Armenian

Արեւմտահայերէն
Chelsea, Douglaston-Little Neck, New Milford (NJ), Sunnyside, Washington Heights...

Western Yiddish

מערב יידיש
Washington Heights

Yiddish

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

Zaza

Dımli
Midtown

Zoroastrian Dari

گویش بهدینان
Pomona (NY)
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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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