New York, NY - One in Four New Yorkers Can't Speak English
New York, NY - Almost one in four New Yorkers admit they can't speak English well, almost three times the national average, according to U.S. Census data.
About 5.7 million of the 7.3 million city residents age 5 and older claimed to know the English language "very well." This compares to more than 1.6 million residents who know English "less than very well."
New York City's command of English stood in stark contrast to national figures. Only 8.6 percent of America's 268.1 million residents over 5 struggle with English, Census data showed.
Spanish is the No. 1 foreign language spoken in New York, with 1.8 million speakers, Russian is No. 3 foregin language, with 198,969 speakers, Yiddish is No. 8 with 77,392 speakers, and Arabic No. 10.
About 5.7 million of the 7.3 million city residents age 5 and older claimed to know the English language "very well." This compares to more than 1.6 million residents who know English "less than very well."
New York City's command of English stood in stark contrast to national figures. Only 8.6 percent of America's 268.1 million residents over 5 struggle with English, Census data showed.
Spanish is the No. 1 foreign language spoken in New York, with 1.8 million speakers, Russian is No. 3 foregin language, with 198,969 speakers, Yiddish is No. 8 with 77,392 speakers, and Arabic No. 10.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 11/29/2006 08:07:00 AM
9 Comments:
At 8:14 AM,
Anonymous said…
Does Yeshivish count as English?
At 10:03 AM,
Anonymous said…
Sorry but i think you are mistaking. the headline should read "Three in for New Yorkers can't speak spanish".
At 11:57 AM,
Anonymous said…
Proof of the above caption:
Just read comments from some of the bloggers!
At 1:20 PM,
Anonymous said…
GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to
speak English
Have a nice day!
At 1:46 PM,
Anonymous said…
I find this story hard to believe.
I have not done a comprehensive survey to prove this but there is absolutely, positively no chance that three out of four people in this city speak English!
At 5:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
Everyone speaks English! All over the world!
They just don't talk it well!
At 7:19 PM,
Anonymous said…
Anon at 11:57 AM
Are you my twin?
At 9:37 PM,
Shtender Bender said…
Isn't English the langauage in England? Of course New Yorkers are confused. They don't know Americanese or Americanish??? Boy, now I'm confused. Do you know what language it is that wer'e supposed to be speaking here in the U.S.? Of course you don't, because even our government doens't know!!! They're still talking the langauge their Babbes abd Zaydas brought over "fin der heim" which was England. So why can't any other immigrant adopt the language of his ancestors as the official tounge in NY?
At 10:20 PM,
Anonymous said…
I no understand wat yoo rite here.
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