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Most common languages in the USA

The USA is home to a vast array of people and cultures from all around the world. But you'll be surprised to know which are the most common languages spoken in each state.

Sure, let's get english and spanish out of the way, as those are always on the top spots. But when you look at the third most spoken language across the country, you're in for a surprise. I'm not too surprised to se Portuguese as the 3rd most spoken language in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (though I also expected to see it in New Jersey), but I had no idea we'd have Vietnamese in Texas and Washington, and Tagalog in California and Nevada (that's a language mostly speaking by the filipino people), or Russin in Oregon. German takes the lead in most of the central US, with Arabic winning in Michigan and Chinese in New York.

Did you have any idea these languages would be so widely popular in the USA?

The Language Game

If you think you have a thing of world languages, now you have the chance to put it to the test. No, don't worry if you only speak english, as you don't have to understand what's beeing said. You only have to try and correctly identify which language you're hearing... and if you think that's going to be easy, you're in for a big surprise.

This The Language Game proves that the world is a far larger place than we think - or in this case, "hear". As soon as we're presented with languages other than the "big ones" (english/french/german/etc.) we quickly realize we know far less than we thought (or at least... I did).

I couldn't get over 400 points. Hope you do far better than me.

Google Translate gets Better

The Internet is a world wide tool, and we can't presume everyone speaks (or is willing to speak) english in order to be understood.

That's why toold like Google Translate are essential for a better understanding between all the different people around the planet.

Now Google Translate is even better with realtime translations as you're typing.

If you translate something to english, you can now listen to it...

And if your chinese is rusty, you can also see a phonetic representation of the chinese symbols.