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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

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Question 739b. What other language(s) do you speak?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapafricanarabicarmenianassyriancherokeechinesecreoledanishdutchfarsi/persianfinnishfrenchgermangreekhebrewhindihungarianiboilokanditalianjapanesekoreanlaotianlithuanianmohawknavajopolishportugueserussiansamoanserbiansign languageslovakspanishswedishtagalogtamiltonganturkishvietnameseyiddishamharicbelgianbengalibulgariancroatianczechenglishgujaratihawaiianhmongkriolakotalatinmalayammandingonorwegianoriyaother native american languagepunjabiromaniromaniansomaliswahiliteluguthaiukranianunspecified asian indian languageurduyorubamacedonianmalaysianno answerpatoisakanethiopiangeorgiankhmeryugoslavianbassabosnianefikilocanolatvianmaltesetwichindalichoctawdarieskimokannadalingalamammixtecnepalioromootomipashtupimaquechuatibetantok pisinchamorrochickasaucolville tribedakotadon't knowfanteicelandicindonesianirishjamaicank'iche'lugandamaricopapohnpeianquechanshonasinhalasetigrinyaurhoboashantiburmesechujigboinupiaqkaienpaiuteshawneewelshzuniafrikaanschuukesedagbanidorickinyarwandasesothoskipped on websloveniansousouchibembaestoniannuernot available in this releaseTotal
19721613------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1613
19731504------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1504
19741484------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1484
19751490------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1490
19761499------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1499
19771530------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1530
19781532------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1532
19801468------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1468
19821860------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1860
19831599------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1599
19841473------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1473
19851534------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1534
19861470------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1470
19871819------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1819
19881481------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1481
19891537------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1537
19901372------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1372
19911517------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1517
19931606------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1606
19942992------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2992
19962904------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2904
19982832------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2832
200024551211151133156325131119311111526113217811261151-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2817
20022765------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2765
20042812------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2812
20063837-6---201-32269473810---191281---1399--33352296-14621211131221222121111212212131--------------------------------------------------------------------------4510
2008147024--1113-11-63374108--1184512--376--91275-71-161-1-1-129-4--1---2----5-----3411241----------------------------------------------------------------------2023
20101508151--15512425048566-1-16123-1--469-15-266-61-14-1-----28-4---2-------4--1-1-1----211111-----------------------------------------------------------------2044
20121397131-217513--5647-29---1057----71071461281173--5-1--1-1271-5-----1-24-2----1--2--18------1211112----------------------------------------------------------1974
20141789-5---178-22-7855529---22106---1347--8-3911101-21---1-11433-2-21--1-22-111112-11--71-----------41111311111121111------------------------------------------2538
20162045152--1771-1-8458510103--2314211-36910--161421-1121341-----1292-21-2--2-11-112112-3--1811----------1--1---------1---1113111111122111111-----------------------2867
20181625-161--177122-5540371121-14661--141012-2141387161--2-3-1---41--1--6-------1-1141231--1------------4--------2----------1----221--------1111121111-------------2348
20212862-1211-325-212957267163--24201911-4516161-14-497153-24-1-321110431---16-4-1--121442145--3012--3-------1--1-2------1------------2-------11----1------3111117411----4032
20222564-1111-268-54-514629141--1281511-3101112-211-4941152-2811-6-11852-2--2211--2-4-13-123---7----------1-2------1-1---2---1------2-431----------2------------42--111-3544
2024------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33093309
Total65245669834177505232076574823862961032167947277113608494310899354288826213431092135473891211142516102131710121581311129221113756411411211211411315121411341112114111357532111221111412111131111111611111330975699

Values

  • 1 english

  • 2 spanish

  • 3 polish

  • 4 french

  • 5 hebrew

  • 6 russian

  • 7 tagalog

  • 8 chinese

  • 9 urdu

  • 10 italian

  • 11 romanian

  • 12 german

  • 13 pashtu

  • 14 chamorro

  • 15 ukranian

  • 16 hungarian

  • 17 turkish

  • 18 khmer

  • 19 korean

  • 20 navajo

  • 21 malayam

  • 22 arabic

  • 23 farsi/persian

  • 24 serbian

  • 25 lithuanian

  • 27 thai

  • 28 gujarati

  • 30 dari

  • 31 slovak

  • 32 japanese

  • 33 portuguese

  • 34 vajun

  • 35 yiddish

  • 36 creole

  • 37 vietnamese

  • 38 norwegian

  • 39 malaysian

  • 40 latin

  • 41 czech

  • 42 hindi

  • 43 hakka

  • 44 swedish

  • 45 vesaya

  • 46 sign language

  • 47 tongan

  • 48 armenian

  • 49 ibo

  • 50 dutch

  • 51 cherokee

  • 52 samoan

  • 53 yoruba

  • 54 greek

  • 55 lakota

  • 56 african

  • 57 anishnabee

  • 58 ilokand

  • 59 assyrian

  • 60 danish

  • 61 laotian

  • 62 finnish

  • 63 mohawk

  • 64 amharic

  • 65 bengali

  • 66 oriya

  • 67 hawaiian

  • 68 albanian

  • 69 hmong

  • 70 indonesian

  • 71 swahili

  • 72 telugu

  • 73 kannada

  • 74 bulgarian

  • 75 guarani

  • 76 bosnian

  • 77 punjabi

  • 78 latvian

  • 79 basque

  • 80 bikol/bicolano

  • 81 croatian

  • 82 romani

  • 83 slovenian

  • 84 belgian

  • 85 mandingo

  • 86 jamaican

  • 87 somali

  • 88 other native american language

  • 89 tigrinya

  • 90 krio

  • 91 unspecified asian indian language

  • 92 cebuano

  • 93 macedonian

  • 94 patois

  • 95 pangasinan

  • 96 ilocano

  • 97 marathi

  • 98 kashmiri

  • 99 tamil

  • 100 akan

  • 101 ethiopian

  • 102 georgian

  • 103 yugoslavian

  • 104 irish

  • 105 catalan

  • 106 mixtec

  • 107 garifuna

  • 108 fang

  • 109 apache

  • 110 bassa

  • 111 efik

  • 112 twi

  • 113 maltese

  • 114 zuni

  • 115 ga

  • 116 mina

  • 117 surinamese

  • 118 yaqui

  • 119 quechua

  • 120 tok pisin

  • 121 pima

  • 122 lingala

  • 123 otomi

  • 124 chindali

  • 125 tibetan

  • 126 oromo

  • 127 nepali

  • 128 eskimo

  • 129 mam

  • 130 choctaw

  • 131 ashanti

  • 132 burmese

  • 133 hewa

  • 134 sango

  • 135 chitumbuka

  • 136 maratsi

  • 137 yemba

  • 138 k'iche'

  • 139 fante

  • 140 sinhalase

  • 141 icelandic

  • 142 maricopa

  • 143 quechan

  • 144 pohnpeian

  • 145 luganda

  • 146 shona

  • 147 urhobo

  • 148 colville tribe

  • 149 chickasau

  • 150 dakota

  • 151 hokkien

  • 152 wolof

  • 153 ewe

  • 154 igbo

  • 155 luhya

  • 156 black feet

  • 157 inupiaq

  • 158 paiute

  • 159 afrikaans

  • 160 kaien

  • 161 shawnee

  • 162 welsh

  • 163 chuj

  • 164 oremagna

  • 165 kaugel

  • 166 sanskrit

  • 167 hausa

  • 168 aramaic

  • 169 chuukese

  • 170 dagbani

  • 171 fijian

  • 172 kapampagng

  • 173 kinyarwanda

  • 174 doric

  • 175 sesotho

  • 176 sousou

  • 177 estonian

  • 178 ebon

  • 179 chibemba

  • 180 chewa

  • 181 gusii

  • 182 gun

  • 183 nuer

  • 184 oro

  • 185 kamba

  • 186 huichol

  • 187 papiamento

  • 188 hiligaynon

  • 189 mongolian

  • 190 bunong

  • 191 kikuyu

  • 192 konkani

  • 193 mende

  • 194 naija

  • 195 wendish

  • NA(d) don't know

  • NA(i) iap

  • NA(j) I don't have a job

  • NA(m) dk, na, iap

  • NA(n) no answer

  • NA(p) not imputable

  • NA(r) refused

  • NA(s) skipped on web

  • NA(u) uncodeable

  • NA(x) not available in this release

  • NA(y) not available in this year

  • NA(z) see codebook