Orange County is home to 108 languages, census finds

Orange County Register / The Sacramento Bee ^ | November 5, 2015 | Dan Walters

[EveningStar]

... At least 108 languages are spoken in Orange County, and 185 languages are spoken in the Los Angeles/Orange County region. The New York area had the largest number of languages spoken, 192, but its percentage of non-English users (38 percent), was far smaller than in Los Angeles (54 percent), according to the study, which covered 2009-13 ...

[EveningStar]

United States Census Bureau: Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over: 2009-2013

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[TBP]

That doesn’t actually bother me, as long as they only speak those languages among themselves. In public, in the community, in official business, speak English.

[Chode]

i guess learning english is toooo much to expect

[Steely Tom]

Are we diverse enough yet?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

‘Kinda’ reminds one of “The Tower of Babel.” There will be the same end to us as to that that came to the people who built the original tower.

[TheRightGuy]

86 languages spoken at the local high school ... happens to be the hillary attended ... but, at this point, what difference does it make

[EveningStar]

Agreed.

[SevenofNine]

Hey ES get back to me if when they start speaking Klington LOL!

[Viking2002]

Well, aren't they special........{/sarc}

[Regulator]

Are we diverse enough yet?

Not until the last Caucasian is frog marched through Banning Pass towards Indio.

[luvbach1]

In public, in the community, in official business, speak English.

They don't. I'm among them often.

[Secret Agent Man]

Nuke from orbit, only way to be sure...

[Oatka]

The New York area had the largest number of languages spoken, 192,

I read where the NYC library bragged that they had the largest collection of Korean-language books in the U.S.

I wrote them suggesting that the only foreign language books in taxpayer-funded libraries should be language dictionaries.

Strangely, I never heard back.

[Pelham]

Alien Occupied Orange County.

I remember when it was still part of America.

[5th MEB]

I guess Indio is close enough to an oven to qualify.