About the Languages of the United States
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As everyone knows the English Language is the primary spoken language in the United States and Spanish is the second one. "German Americans comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group. [1] California, Texas and Pennsylvania have the largest numbers of German origin, although upper Midwestern states, including Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska , and The Dakotas , have the highest proportion of German Americans at over one-third. [2] " "Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh ) are citizens of the United States who trace their ancestry to Ireland. An estimated tot al of 36,278,332 Americans ² over 12% of the total population and 20% o f the white population - reported Irish ancestry in the 200 8 American Community Survey . [2] The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans are German Americans . [2] In addition another 3.5 million Ameri cans identify more specifically with Scots-Irish ancestry. The Irish are widely dispersed in terms o f geography, and occupat ions. Their political leaders have played a major role in local and national po li tics since before t he American Revolutionary War; eight Irish Americans signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and 21 American Presidents, from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, have been wholly or partly of Irish ancestry."
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As everyone knows the English Language is the primary spoken language in the United Statesand Spanish is the second one.
"German Americans comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the
country's largest self-reported ancestral group.[1]
California, Texas and Pennsylvania have the
largest numbers of German origin, although upper Midwestern states, including Iowa,Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and The Dakotas, have the highest proportion of GermanAmericans at over one-third.
[2]"
"Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are citizens of the United States who trace their
ancestry to Ireland. An estimated total of 36,278,332 Americans ² over 12% of the total population and 20% of the white population - reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American
Community Survey.[2]
The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans areGerman Americans.[2] In addition another 3.5 million Americans identify more specifically with
Scots-Irish ancestry. The Irish are widely dispersed in terms of geography, and occupations.Their political leaders have played a major role in local and national politics since before the
American Revolutionary War; eight Irish Americans signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and 21 American Presidents, from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, have been
wholly or partly of Irish ancestry."
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"According to the 2007 American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census
Bureau, Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by over 34 million people aged 5 or older.
[1]There are 45 million Hispanics who speak Spanish as a first or second language
[6]and
there are 6 million Spanish students[7]
, making it the world's second-largest Spanish-speakingcommunity, only after Mexico and ahead of Spain, Colombia and Argentina.
[8]Roughly half of
all U.S. Spanish speakers also speak English "very well", based on the self-assessment Censusquestion respondents.
[9]"
So , about 80 to a hundred million US Residents are of North European Descent but still have to
learn or speak spanish but the Spanish Language which is coming from the European South isthe second official one.
As many know Spanish are spoken in what is known as Latin America which also officially
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includes Mexico.
To my knowledge, no Latin American Nation recognizes English or any other Language of North European Descent as an official one.
That gives an alien the impression of inequality when it comes to linguist expression for USCitizens of Descent other than South European, American giving an on the surface cover by theUS Constitution as it is written now.
To u US Land of Freedom, of Euquality...
