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The 'Most Spoken' languages in NYC (besides English and Spanish) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by janus2@lemmy.zip to c/nyc@lemmy.ml

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[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Our analysis of U.S. Census data shows that Chinese is the third-most spoken language in 15 of the city's 55 districts. According to the Asian American Foundation, the city's Chinese cohort grew by 7.6% between 2015 and 2020, despite an overall population.

Imma guess the unfinished sentence was supposed to end in "decline."

ETA: Kinda amusing that the language isn't specified as "Mandarin," but I guess it's a reasonable assumption as my understanding is Cantonese use is significantly diminished despite being a somewhat more expressive variant (again, this is what I've read - I've no personal knowledge of either).

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the area. I worked in a part of Brooklyn for years (all the way until 2024) where I needed to ensure we had Cantonese speaking employees because it was much more prevalent than Mandarin.

[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting. It's also my understanding that Mandarin became so dominant in China due to the CCP pushing it. Guess maybe those feeling oppressed by such mandates were more likely to leave the country?