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Bellerose

Queens
In the Census-defined PUMA including Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) French/Haitian Creole (with 15,000), Panjabi, Hindi, "Niger-Congo Languages", Urdu, Gujarathi, Malayalam and Bengali each hold more than 1000 speakers. English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog varieties are widely spoken in the area as well.
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Languages with a significant site in this neighborhood, marked by a point on the map:

Indian English

Indian English
Indian English varieties developed over three centuries of British colonial presence in South Asia, with English today serving as an official language of government widely used in all settings (including many middle- and upper-class homes) as well as an unofficial lingua franca across the country's many linguistic groups. Indian English in New York spans all five boroughs and many suburbs, cutting across Indian communities that collectively speak over 30 native languages. The largest in the city are in Queens and New Jersey, especially Jersey City and Middlesex and Monroe counties.

Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پن٘جابی
New York's first wave of immigrants from North India's Punjab region were mostly medical students and professionals seeking greater opportunities in the United States, but a large second wave comprised Punjabi Sikhs, fleeing political tensions with the Indian government in the 1980s. Ever since, Punjabi communities have steadily grown in New York, particularly around the gurdwaras (Sikh temples) in Richmond Hill and Bellerose in Queens, as well as in Jersey City. Muslims from Pakistan's Punjab region, also speakers of Punjabi but using an Arabic script, have found homes around Makki Masjid, an important mosque in Kensington (Brooklyn), and with other Pakistanis along Coney Island Avenue.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • Marathi
  • Tamil
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