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othlang1_0022

Source

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

Details

Question What other language(s) do you speak? First response. As of 2024, OTHLANG1 has been recoded to only account for seven language categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of OTHLANG1. The original OTHLANG1 containing data from 2000 to 2022 has been renamed OTHLANG1_0022.

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for othlang1_0022.

Counts by year:

yearnot available in this yearspanishpolishfrenchhebrewrussiantagalogchineseitaliangermanhungarianturkishkoreannavajoarabicfarsi/persianserbianlithuanianslovakjapaneseportugueseyiddishcreolevietnamesehindiswedishsign languagetonganarmenianibodutchcherokeesamoangreekafricanilokandassyriandanishlaotianfinnishmohawktamiliapenglishurduromanianukranianmalayamthaigujaratinorwegianlatinczechyorubalakotaamharicbengalioriyahawaiianhmongswahilitelugubulgarianpunjabicroatianromanibelgianmandingosomaliother native american languagekriounspecified asian indian languagemalaysianmacedonianpatoisno answerkhmerakanethiopiangeorgianyugoslavianbosnianlatvianilocanobassaefiktwimaltesepashtudarikannadamixtecquechuatok pisinpimalingalaotomichindalitibetanoromonepalieskimomamchoctawchamorroindonesianjamaicantigrinyairishk'iche'fantesinhalaseicelandicmaricopaquechanpohnpeianlugandashonaurhobocolville tribechickasaudakotadon't knowzuniashantiburmeseigboinupiaqpaiutekaienshawneewelshchujslovenianafrikaanschuukesedagbanikinyarwandadoricsesothosousouskipped on webestonianchibembanuerTotal
2000-17855616125932111123112321153131113115111111162455------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2817
2006-3521369899201947-18-62--31296141023---3--3----12-6383733222112211222122221111111111-------------------------------------------------------------------------4510
2008-2753631067111837-15-41-21471368-9---11-421--1--114702945----2-111---4---1---1----32114---------------------------------------------------------------------2023
2010-266450696151648-13-5411-126-546-5-112--51--1-2-1150828141----2---1--4--1------------2-11111----------------------------------------------------------------2044
2012-281756277171047--7-3-4-1510-55916-1-321-1--1---3139727-21--11-12-1---5--14-----2-----18-----2111121---------------------------------------------------------1974
2014-3913782710172255-26152---104-81918---2--5-------1178943112-1311112-1--211-21---12----17----------4-2131111111111111-----------------------------------------2538
2016-421684101011172358332351-1114917410-1612----51--11--2204529312-12221------221-1----111-1-18-1--------1--1----1---------1111111112112111131----------------------2867
2018-38745571261714402-611622-1610-7211114-112--3---11--1162541311-4--6-1-31--111---------2---1----------4-------------2-----2-21-----------1-1111112111------------2348
2021-497595716532247232194121-1-2016-5416114-1-2-16--1-12-328621044126434115-13-1-142-1---21-1--13032--------1-112----------------12--1--------------1------1311111174---4032
2022-4941051912152612461215311421-81118814111-1-5--2--1-1--22564853412-2121--16--213-21--1---2---7------1---2-------2-----1-1-124--3------1---------2--------------421113544
Total03542606576294881771674821013721369201079948410504396889283234338623577126215523892221121011121316711591311114813510412257293167544111221111413351114111114121237255121211311114111141121111311111111611128697

See also

Other Multi-Ethnic United States: othlang2_0022

Other Language: othlang2_0022