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Murray Hill-QNS

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In the Census-defined PUMA including Flushing, Murray Hill & Whitestone, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek, Russian, Bengali, Italian, and Croatian each have more than 1000 speakers. English, Korean, 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:

Odia

ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Odia (also sometimes called Oriya) is native to the East Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), where the language holds official status. An estimated 20 members of the Odia community were living in New York when Dr. Krushna Mohan Das established the Orissa Society of NY in 1970, which at the time was based in Cambria Heights, Queens. The group has remained active since, holding annual Odia conventions, as well as frequent utsavs (festivals) and pujas (worship).

Sanskrit

संस्कृतम्
With a history of roughly 3,500 years, Sanskrit is an Indo-European language (distantly related to English, Russian, and Latin, among others) that has dominated religious and philosophical practices in South and East Asia, and was considered to be the lingua franca of both ancient and medieval India. Today, Sanskrit remains important as the sacred language of Hinduism, as well as some Buddhist and Jain traditions. Hinduism's worldwide following of nearly one billion people recite texts in Sanskrit at weddings, funerals, and annual festivals. New York's sizeable Hindu communities — South Asians at the Flushing temple, Indo-Caribbeans at a range of temples in Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and elsewhere — make frequent use of Sanskrit materials and knowledge.

Tulu

ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ
According to New York's Tamil Sangam, members of New York's small community of Tulu speakers are among those who visit the major Hindu Temple Society in Flushing, Queens. Other Tulu speakers may be scattered around the metro area, including in New Jersey.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Taiwanese
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