Out of all languages presently spoken in the world, what percentage are spoken in NYC?

I have no idea, but I'm very curious. I'll guess 70% just to get things going. Probably it's much less than that. Or possibly there is no way to even get a grip on the number of different languages spoken in the world.

Any guesses? Any idea where to look for possible answers?
- jim 10-06-2002 5:04 am

queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the u.s., and according to this, of the 2 million people in queens, 36% were born in another country and 44% speak another language. the language count was 100 for the period 1990-94. i read that the percentage of new yorkers that speak another lang at home in all of nyc is 48% - after the 2000 census (sorry no link).

(the qpl has english as a second language classes which used to get lines around the block until immigration started busting the classes.)

probably you can get more recent info from the 2000 census, though i didn't have much luck here. maybe alex can get that info.
- linda 10-06-2002 4:59 pm [add a comment]


Ok, 70% is ridiculous. But I'll bet its high.
- jim 10-06-2002 7:07 pm [add a comment]





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