New Yorkers Speak More Than 800 Languages
New York City attracts visitors for a variety of reasons. They are frequently escaping conflict, famine, or persecution. Additionally, the communities they establish in New York occasionally outlive those in their own countries. Therefore, it follows that omitting the city's diverse population from any list of noteworthy facts about New York would be incomplete. One of the interesting facts about New York is the inhabitants of the city can communicate in almost 800 different languages. One-third of New York homes are foreign-born, and nearly half of all households speak more than one language. One in every 38 Americans also calls New York home, making it the US city with the largest population.
English was the language spoken at home the most frequently, followed by Spanish and Chinese, according to respondents to surveys performed by the Census Bureau. In New York, these are the languages that are most frequently used.
The endangered languages spoken in New York City range from A (Aramaic) to Z (Zaghawa, which is spoken by some members of the Darfuri refugee community in the city). In fact, there are so many unusual, extinct languages there that linguists travel there to record extinct tongues they can't discover elsewhere.
