Neighborhood

Gramercy

Manhattan
In the Census-defined PUMA including Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) French, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, and Hindi each have at least 1000 speakers. English, Spanish, and Korean 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:

Batak

Batak
New York's relatively new Indonesian community is several thousand strong and growing, with the largest concentration in Elmhurst, and the Al-Hikmah mosque in Astoria serving as an important community center for Indonesian Muslims (while churches serve an analogous role for Christians). Indonesian serves as a lingua franca to which all Indonesians are increasingly shifting, but the New York community is highly multilingual with numerous speakers of Javanese, Manado Malay, Sundanese, and a dozen other languages.,Persadaan Bangsa Batak is a long-standing institution, dating even from before Indonesian independence, that has represented the well-organized Batak community in NYC. Churches also play a vital role in community near where Batak people, both Toba and Karo, live. Gustavus Adolphus Church in Manhattan was a formerly Swedish church that has long welcomed Batak congregants, while in Jackson Heights the Batak Christian Protestant Church shares space with others.

Hindi

हिन्दी
Lexington Avenue between 25th and 30th streets is informally known as Curry Hill due to the concentration of Indian restaurants and shops that have taken root over the last few decades. The East Village also boasts its own Curry Row, with an older cluster of restaurants run by speakers of diverse South Asian languages, on East 6th between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

Marathi

मराठी
In addition to those in Manhattan, there are significant concentrations of Marathi speakers, most from the central Indian Maharashtra state whose capital is Mumbai (Bombay), across eastern Queens as well as on Long Island (e.g. North Babylon) and in New Jersey (with the Marathi Vishwa Community Center in Laurence Harbor). New York's Maharashtra Mandal hosts frequent events in Queens for holidays like Diwali, Gudhi-Padwa, and Ganapati, vowing to "familiarize the next generation of Marathi speaking community in New York with our culture and heritage."

Sindhi

سنڌي, सिन्धी
Sindhi speakers from both India and Pakistan are spread out throughout the city, with significant numbers in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and elsewhere. Muslim Sindhis from Pakistan may worship at Makki Masjid in Midwood, while many Hindu Sindhis have been part of the Satya Narayan Mandir in Elmhurst. Reportedly New York's first Sindhi restaurant, Kailash Parbat opened a few years ago in Manhattan's "Curry Hill", bringing chaat and other traditional Sindhi delicacies to the city.

Tamil

தமிழ்
Community leaders at New York's Tamil Sangam estimate that 5,500-6,000 Tamil families live in New York City and Long Island, comprising roughly 18,000-20,000 individuals (cf. 2015-2019 American Community Survey data, which estimated 5,122 speakers in NYC). The community is split roughly evenly between Sri Lankan Tamils, most of whom live on Staten Island, and South Indian Tamils, who are spread out across all five boroughs, with concentrations in Queens and New Jersey, including a linguistically distinct community of Iyengar Tamils and a community of Guyanese Tamils who have established a temple (or kovil) in Rosedale. Flushing's major Hindu Temple Society of North America was founded by a Tamil in 1970, and Tamil-owned restaurants exist across the city, including Anjappar and an outpost of the famous Saravana Bhavan chain in Manhattan's Curry Hill. While Tamil remains vigorous, often spoken at home and with a long and proud literary tradition, Tamil families also encourage children to attend courses at organizations like the New York Tamil Academy to learn grammar and script from the Kural, a central text of the Tamil people composed sometime between 300 BCE and 500 CE.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • Punjabi
  • Swedish
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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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