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Wakefield

Bronx
In the Census-defined PUMA including Wakefield, Williamsbridge & Woodlawn, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) "Niger-Congo languages", Jamaican Creole, and French are recorded as having over 1000 speakers. Varieties of English and Spanish are widely spoken.
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Languages with a significant site in this neighborhood, marked by a point on the map:

Jamaican Patois

Patwa
New York is a major node in the Jamaican diaspora, with the largest numbers living within the Caribbean matrix of Central Brooklyn (where there is now a Bob Marley Boulevard), but large numbers also in southeast Queens and a more predominantly Jamaican area in the northeast Bronx around Wakefield. While American Community Survey data estimates only 8,384 Jamaican Patwa speakers in New York, the same data shows that over 180,000 New Yorkers were born in Jamaica. While many may consider themselves speakers of English, avoiding the distinct Patois (or Patwa) that has developed in Jamaica over the centuries, many are likely to speak or understand Patwa to some degree — with some beginning to value and create in the language.

Trinidadian Creole

Trini Talk
New York is a major center of the Trinidadian and Tobagonian diaspora, with most Afro-Trinidadians living in Brooklyn, in a range of neighborhoods stretching from Crown Heights to Canarsie and Indo-Trinidadians, like most Indo-Guyanese, living in the Queens neighborhoods of Richmond Hill and Ozone Park. Most Trinidadians from both communities use the English-based creole, sometimes called Trini Talk, as a language of daily life distinct from "standard English". A smaller but still significant number of New Yorkers also have knowledge of the distinct Tobagonian Creole. (The endangered Trinidadian French Creole may also be known by some.) 2015-2019 American Community Survey data estimated that 79,175 New Yorkers were born in Trinidad and Tobago, a large percentage of whom are likely to be Creole speakers, even if they were recorded as being speakers of English (81,381) with smaller numbers speaking other languages: Spanish (1,002), French (346), Hindi (156), Urdu (8), Bengali (71), and more.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • African-American English
  • Guyanese Creole
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Wakefield

Bronx

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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
AbruzzeseAbbruzzésə

Southern Europe

  • Italy flag
    Italy
Indo-European
Astoria

Small

Residential
AbruzzeseAbbruzzésə

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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