Should the US adopt Spanish as a Second Language?
Spanish is the second most-common language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanics who speak Spanish in the United States, making it the world’s second-largest Spanish-speaking community. German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Greek are also spoken among older generations of immigrants. Also spoken are Tagalog, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. And let’s not forget that there is also a small population of Native Americans who still speak their native languages.
However, it may surprise you to learn that the United States does not have an official language, even though the majority of the population speaks English. According to an ACLU briefing paper, the proposal was “rejected as undemocratic and a threat to individual liberty” by the Continental Congress. Needless to say, the proposal of any official language in the United States is simply out of the questions.
Wouldn’t be more important to try and revive the vulnerable-vital endangered Amerindian languages in the U.S.?
List of languages:
Central Alaskan Yupik (2)
Central Alaskan Yupik (Nuniak Island)
Choctaw (Louisiana)
Choctaw (Mississipi)
Choctaw (Oklahoma)
Hopi
Hualapai
Jemez
Mikasuki
Navajo
Picuris
Sioux
Upland Yuman
Zuni
List provided by Unesco: http://bit.ly/hDqLI
U.S. has a big population of natives who speak these languages.
These are inhabitants living in the continent before the European settlements.
When a language dies, a whole culture dies within.
http://www.artofwordsbiz.wordpress.com
Wouldn’t be more important to try and revive the vulnerable-vital endangered Amerindian languages in the U.S.?
List of languages:
Central Alaskan Yupik (2)
Central Alaskan Yupik (Nuniak Island)
Choctaw (Louisiana)
Choctaw (Mississipi)
Choctaw (Oklahoma)
Hopi
Hualapai
Jemez
Mikasuki
Navajo
Picuris
Sioux
Upland Yuman
Zuni
List provided by Unesco: http://bit.ly/hDqLI
U.S. has a big population of natives who speak these languages.
These are inhabitants living in the continent before the European settlements.
When a language dies, a whole culture dies within.
http://www.artofwordsbiz.wordpress.com
My intention in writing this blog has never been to belittle the importance of other languages, but rather to highlight what is most relevant to the Spanish Language. Best regards. michelleb
My intention in writing this blog has never been to belittle the importance of other languages, but rather to highlight what is most relevant to the Spanish Language. Best regards. michelleb
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