{"id":2185,"date":"2014-05-20T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T11:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:17:40","slug":"a-history-of-languages-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/en\/news\/a-history-of-languages-in-the-usa","title":{"rendered":"A history of languages in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, a report was published using a series of maps to show the distribution of <a title=\"Languages besides English and Spanish in the USA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/2014\/05\/15\/the-most-common-languages-besides-english-and-spanish-may-surprise-you\/NX8EbVgTAoIIpdQ3TWxzMM\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">languages besides English and Spanish in the USA<\/a>. We thought it was really interesting to see the huge number of languages spoken in one country; it&#8217;s easy to assume one country means one (or maybe two) languages.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fantastic infographic shared with us by <a title=\"Many Languages One America\" href=\"https:\/\/freepeoplesearch.org\/blog\/infographic-many-languages-one-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreePeopleSearch.org<\/a>,\u00a0which looks in more detail at the history, distribution and usage of languages in the USA. We hope you find it as interesting as we do!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freepeoplesearch.org\/blog\/infographic-many-languages-one-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freepeoplesearch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Many_Languages_One_America.jpg\" alt=\"Many languages,one america\" width=\"800\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, a report was published using a series of maps to show the distribution of languages besides English 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