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Hamilton Heights

Manhattan
In the Census-defined PUMA including Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville & West Harlem, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) French, Mandarin, and "Niger-Congo languages" each have at least 1000 speakers. English and Spanish 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:

Amharic

ኣማርኛ
While far smaller than Ethiopian communities in other American cities such as Washington D.C, New York's Ethiopian community is scattered around the city and its suburbs, with clusters around Harlem, the Bronx, and the New Jersey suburbs—in each of which there are Ethiopian Orthodox churches that serve as community hubs for many. Amharic, the main national language, serves as a lingua franca for Ethiopian New Yorkers with other mother tongues.

Mojave

Hamakhav
Mojave poet Natalie Diaz makes her base here in upper Manhattan when in New York, writing and fighting for her language.

Soninke

Sooninkan
Soninke is one of the most widely spoken languages among West African New Yorkers, with a particularly strong presence in the Bronx and upper Manhattan. Gambian institutions like the Gambia Islamic Society and some Malian organizations are likely to have a Soninke presence. Department of Education data shows that hundreds of children from Soninke-speaking families are entering the school system every year.

Tlapanec

Me'phaa
Known to speakers themselves as Me'phaa, Tlapanec is an Indigenous Oto-Manguean language, with at least four distinct varieties, spoken in western central Mexico. The Malinaltepec variety spoken in the state of Guererro is estimated to have 37,500 speakers. Me'phaa activist and writer Zenaida Cantú is aware of at least 50 speakers of her language now living across New York, with some 30 or so from the municipio of Malinaltepec alone, some of whom have formed a band. There may be others who speak the very different (not always mutually intelligible) varieties from Acatepec and Tlacoapa. The largest concentrations of Me'phaa speakers live in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Read more here.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • Dominican Spanish
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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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