World Region

Eastern Asia

Amdo Tibetan

ཨ་མདོ་སྐད་
DUMBO, Jackson Heights

Cantonese

廣東話
Bensonhurst, Chinatown, Flushing, Glen Rock (NJ), New Springville...

Chakhar Mongolian

Цахар
Sunset Park

Changzhounese

常州话
Flushing

Classical Tibetan

ཆོས་སྐད་
DUMBO, Elmhurst

Dongxiang

Santa
Flushing

Fujianese

福建话
Bensonhurst, Flushing, Lower East Side, Sunset Park

Gan

江西话
Flushing

Hainanese (Southern Min)

海南话
Brooklyn Heights

Hakka

客家话, Hak-kâ-ngî
Chinatown, Flushing

Hamgyŏng Korean (Joseonjok)

함경 방언 (조선족)
Flushing

Hokkien

闽南话, Bân-lâm-gú
Elmhurst

Hunanese

湘话
Flushing

Japanese

日本語
Astoria, East Village, East Williamsburg, Fort Lee (NJ), Lincoln Square...

Javanese

Basa Jawa
Elmhurst

Jeju-eo

제줏말
Palisades Park (NJ)

Khalkha Mongolian

Халх аялгуу
Jackson Heights

Kham Tibetan

ཁམས་སྐད་
Astoria, Elmhurst

Korean

한국어
Flushing, Kingsbridge, NoMad, Palisades Park (NJ), Park Slope...

Mandarin

普通话, 國語
Chinatown, Elmhurst, Flushing, Jericho (NY), Morris Park...

Monguor

Mongghul
Jackson Heights

Ningbo

宁波话
Williamsburg

Northeastern Mandarin Chinese

东北话
Flushing

Northern Fujianese

闽北语
Bensonhurst, Chinatown

Okinawan

うちなーぐち
Douglaston-Little Neck

Shanghainese

上海话
Chinatown, Flushing

Sichuanese

四川话
Flushing

Taishanese

台山话
Flushing, Little Italy, Mapleton

Taiwanese

臺語, Tâi-gú
Flushing, Sunset Park

Teochew

潮州话
Chinatown, Yonkers (NY)

Tibetan

བོད་སྐད་
Elmhurst, Flatbush, Flatiron, Pelham Parkway, Walden (NY)...

Tö Tibetan

སྟོད་སྐད་
Sunnyside

Ü-Tsang Tibetan

དབུས་གཙང་སྐད་
Jackson Heights

Uyghur

ئۇيغۇر
Brighton Beach, Flushing

Wenzhounese

温州话
Flushing, Little Italy, Sunset Park

Yunnanese

云南话
Flushing
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