the_mellojoe t1_it41md1 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Reply to comment by potatoisabean in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

officially, there is no "the language" and every time it came up for a vote, people voted it down. so which language should people speak? Any of the native indigenous languages? German? Spanish? English? Old Norse? Italian? or any of the languages brought from the countries in Africa?

[deleted] t1_it42q5d wrote on October 20, 2022 at 7:56 PM

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Longjumping-End-3017 t1_it45jwg wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:14 PM

While English, is the most common language spoken in the US, there is no official "main" languages in the US.

the_mellojoe t1_it46ht3 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:20 PM

the USA does not have an official language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1

johndburger t1_it520dc wrote on October 21, 2022 at 12:05 AM

What’s the “main language” in Switzerland? How about China?

FreshestEve t1_it468fr wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:19 PM

Nah they are correct. The USA do not seem to have an official language at the federal level. Some countries do have multiple languages at the federal level and not one "main" language e.g Switzerland.