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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If we had a different language in each state there would be a lot more Americans who spoke several.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

America has 300 different answers for "what language do you speak at home with family".

Three hundred.

You could have 6 different languages per state, with no overlap, just by shuffling people around.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah and there are people that speak Basque in Spain. However, you won't find many that are not Basque speaking that language. The Basque speakers all mostly speak Spanish.

Same thing in the US. Sure there are people that speak 300 languages, but the majority speak English. They are also spread out.

Only major exception would be Spanish

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

And even in the US there are a pretty good amount of native English speakers who have learned Spanish for this reason.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

True, but that's out of a nation of 350 million people.

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, I understand the spirit, but that's bit too close to ethnic cleansing.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

You have at least one Native American language in most states.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have a different language in each house. If you want to learn or practice a new language, you'll find speakers in any community.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I already don't talk to the people who speak my language.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You could not talk to them in so many more languages! I hear Finnish is particularly good for not talking to people.