Why Doesn't the US Have an Official Language?

Why Does the US Have No Official Language? #shorts | The United States's official language isn't English, but infact... nothing. Let me explain.
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[@Edward_2763]

Namibias Official Language:English *The 97% That Speak Oshiwambo:🤦‍♀️*

[@Tsukuminho]

This could've become one of the most featured comments in this comment section, if the "👁👄👁" didn't ruin it.

[@isaac8407]

​@@Tsukuminho it is...

[@ninratljk980]

​@@Tsukuminho thats just your opinion, mate

[@asheep7797]

@@Tsukuminho yeah, not even second rn. Only 1st.

[@himajin1866]

Ok

[@dumbboi7672]

And the fact that the US has more Spanish speakers then Spain is just wow💀

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

The US has 330 million people so I'm not surprised.

[@Punkygreen-88]

Wdym @dumb boi

[@fatherfountain1906]

well no shit the US is like 10x larger

[@CarlH08]

Another fun fact. The US has more english speakers than England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combine is just wow!

[@F88689]

It's sad and invasive

[@the_mariocrafter]

As a nothing speaker, I’m proud of our language being official

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Lmao.

[@6000.]

fun fact: “huh” is a universal language, as humans use it when confused

[@pathecat_]

Are you mute

[@Skyln255]

Bro uses the earliest language.(ancient humans spoke nothing)

[@Dollicate1]

same

[@HahnJames]

Sometimes, the language that immigrants bring with them gets locked in time even though, their descendants may continue to speak it. When the Pennsylvania Dutch came from Germany in the mid and late 1800s, they brought their period German and that's what their descendants learned. i had a friend in college who wnet to Germany between high school and his first year of college. He was shocked to fin out how much the language that he spoke had changed. By the way, "Pennsylvania Dutch" doesn't refer to people from Holland or the Netherlands. Somewhere along the way, the "e" got dropped from "Deutsch" (German) as did the "s".

[@sr.chi7741]

Not only that, but US occupied or bought territories from non English speaking countries (Spain, France, Mexico). So people who lived there would get angry if English was the official language

[@mamavswild]

Same with Texas German….a lot of German migrants came to central TExas and still speak German but it’s German form 100 years ago and sounds very antiquated and like ‘Shakespeare but German’ to modern Germans.

[@lapprentice]

I also experience the same phenomenon in Vietnamese. The Vietnamese spoken by the Vietnamese who came to America from South Vietnam Pre-1975 is vastly different from the Vietnamese spoken in Vietnam right now. Just like you said, "locked in time".

[@SyedM.ProPlayer]

I believe wll of this has to do with the fact that Pennsylvania has more English speakers than German. So, their weren't many people to able to affect the old language but it did change in Germany itself as they spoke German primarily so the language evolved. Same goes for the others in this reply section.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@mamavswild It’s so bizarre, they are speaking this antiquated form of German but with with a strong Texas accent. There are many videos of it on KZbin.

[@jackiswack]

Me heading out to give a speech to congress in ancient Egyptian

[@murraytc4641]

I’m gonna do it in a completely made up language and say it’s an unknown language spoken during the Mesolithic period in prehistoric Japan

[@someguy9293]

Me writing a latter to my Congressman in Latin seeing if they write back in Japanese.

[@RonDiani]

@@someguy9293 tell us what he wrote if he replies 😂

[@RonDiani]

Good idea

[@eaturcookiescookie7462]

Me going to say every universal slur on the senate in Sith language so everyone thinks I’m saying wholesome things:

[@Average_German]

“The American language isn’t officially English” Britain: and I took that personally

[@givemeRtxorgivemedeath]

that's like saying humans are not the official species of the United States

[@Gir_fan]

Usa is real English

[@ddoubleg]

@@Gir_fanWhat?

[@Gir_fan]

@@ddoubleg Only USA speaks English properly

[@ddoubleg]

@@Gir_fan What about England? The country tht created the language dumb child, usa actually spells and says words wrong 🤦‍♂️ pick up a book!

[@LeeKnowsPookie]

Well we speak English because we were ruled by you know who

[@ImisstheoldKanye631]

What a controversial observation

[@TheRealWL9]

Bri'ish

[@revert5651]

by Liechtenstein

[@sreehari7467]

South Africa

[@hiplsnols4394]

@DeezNutz [ • ] technically true

[@starlight_maven]

I'm tempted to learn Navajo so I can troll people who tell me to "speak American".

[@mckhael5378]

Native american is hoax and propaganda

[@genghiskhansbabymomma5649]

Probably should pick another native language, Navajo is harder than Chinese

[@gamermapper]

@@genghiskhansbabymomma5649 why would you think other indigenous languages would be easier lol? They're all incredible hard, it's just that Navajo is more included in those hardest languages list because it's the most spoken. Although I know Hawaiian has a pretty easy phonology, I don't know if it should count, it's indigenous to the US but not to America 🌎

[@genghiskhansbabymomma5649]

@@gamermapper theres hundreds of them, they can't all be hard.

[@chaboiearl4266]

I 100% positive youve never, and will never, have a person who is not just making a dumb joke tell you to, “speak American,” in your entire life.

[@spedsledproductions]

Govermment: “we are going to-“ “STOP HURTING MY RIGHTS”

[@eireball]

Americans

[@usa_countryball_]

​@@eireball most Americans are nice just not good at geography

[@usa_countryball_]

​@@eireball not counting military I do think our military has done bad stuff

[@natospysanchez8938]

​@@usa_countryball_ Americans are actually not that bad at geography it's just a stereotype man .

[@usa_countryball_]

@@natospysanchez8938 well that's a little untrue I live in USA I only have 3 friends good at geography the rest of them never heard of Algeria until I mentioned it

[@MegamanJ]

The president could just troll everyone and make the official language Burmese or something

[@bibekdas7449]

LoL 😂😂😂 Vietnamese or Afghani ☠️💀

[@F88689]

Yeah, 'cause a "oficial languaje" it doesn't serves a F*** shit

[@neoieo5832]

Would be better if nobody knew the language Like : Geko karen

[@absolutely1nothing]

@@bibekdas7449 Nah it would be better if it’s the least spoken language there. I’m stupid and idk why so yah.

[@breakmystupidniconicokneec3353]

အဲဒါကို မြင်ချင်လိုက်တာ

[@alexnigh8403]

Conveniently failed to mention that 36 states have English as their official language. Because the US isn’t just the federal government. It’s also the individual state governments.

[@USSFFRU]

The Official Language of the Individual States doesnt make it the Official Language of the Nation.

[@alexnigh8403]

@@USSFFRU reread my comment, then try again. Not everything in this country is decided at the federal level, because we are a nation of United States. Hence the name.

[@USSFFRU]

@@alexnigh8403 Just reread like you said, I misinterpreted and thought you meant that the official languages meant that they were the official language of the USA. My bad lmao

[@darzimus]

official language doesn’t hurt anyone’s freedom lol

[@jtom2958]

I mean it can. The UK suppressed Celtic culture by forcing the English language

[@damagedjefff]

@@jtom2958 yeah, having an official language means all legal stuff needs to be done in the official language which is not everyone best language

[@decentish8546]

Tell that to all the people who constantly complain about language recognition.

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@jtom2958 As an Irishman, I view the British take over Ireland as necessary. Pre-British Ireland was ruled by War Lords. These War Lords were happy to let the British rule Ireland, as long as they could be part of the British Court. When the British Royal Court rejected them, the Irish War Lords fought British Rule. When the Irish War Lords lost, they fled to France and Italy. Only one of my Ancestors survived the Potato Famine. But the Irish people were going to be ruled by the British or the Irish War Lords.

[@jtom2958]

@@jamesmooney8933 sure good things came out of it. I myself am descended from Irishmen who survived the famine, I’m American btw, but at the same time the British made the famine so much worse because of neglect. So on one hand I wouldn’t be alive had it not happened but half of the island’s population likely would not have died.

[@LogMapping2006]

And there's proof that English isn't represented by an American flag

[@theultimatesimp792]

The United Kingdom also technically doesn't have an official language so by that definition it shouldn't be used as a symbol for english

[@BoredKai]

​@@theultimatesimp792UK have english as oficial language

[@hiplsnols4394]

flags representing languages are dumb, i could argue that because the usa still has the most english speakers it should be represented but countries like china have the opposite problem where they have multiple common languages

[@luna3953]

@@hiplsnols4394 just use the england flag for english 💀

[@frozenturbo8623]

@@theultimatesimp792 it does, they even call people from England as English

[@AnnetteEllington]

Americans trying to have a conversation in their official language: , ? , ? , . . * .

[@thearachnid7779]

I actually like that we have no official language

[@savannahvarns2126]

Yeah

[@puchokoffie8152]

🚮

[@leserb9228]

Then there's those Karens who go "SpEaK eNgLisH, YoUr iN amERiCa!1!1!". And yes, i know it "You're", but does the Karen?

[@neoieo5832]

No the Karens speak S'gaw Karen or Pwo Karen

[@Jay-si6xd]

"As an American, I can confirm that we speak American language" - 👴🗿

[@kup6659]

Ohian language 🤠

[@domnielantipuesto2593]

​@@kup6659 thats a texan language This is ohio language🤓🤓🤓🤓💀🤓🤓

[@deshaunwatson2239]

​@@kup6659 stop saying that shit it's no funny it's getting annoying when someone says that word.

[@sthenes1]

It will be different

[@mecore3838]

merica 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@matthewshields]

Honestly grade school should teach Spanish and English to everyone instead of Spanish just being an elective in high school.

[@NickSmith-fe7lp]

I lived in Southern California during elementary and middle school, and the midwest for my high school years. Spanish was taught starting in middle school where I was in California, but by that point many kids already knew some phrases and such as it was very common to speak Spanish around there. However, where I then moved in the midwest, it was a required for elementary students, then became an elective in middle school, and was one of multiple available language electives in high school In a shorter form: it already is a requirement in some places, especially those with more Spanish speakers, but even in some that don't have many speakers

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

In Canada, French and English are the official languages. Quebec’s official language is French but they also have English immersion in Montreal, QC and French immersions in Ontario and other provincial schools. Instructor language is English in Ontario, they have ESL (English as Second Language) for newcomers to Canada, Instructor language in Quebec Schools are French but they have French as Second Language for newcomers comming to Quebec. Some High schools in Ontario, Canada have international language courses like Spanish, Portuguese, German, Mandarin, Dutch, Etc…

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

How about French in nearby Quebec border ??

[@asurrealistworld4412]

I'm from Florida and I remember first having Spanish class when I was in 6th grade.

[@アルヴイン]

@@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY we havw rhat

[@Emirikhwn]

Uk: English (advanced) America: English (simpelfied

[@hiplsnols4394]

after a 2 second google search, i can confirm that the american and canadian dialects are the easiest to learn for foreigners

[@risannd]

English (Traditional) English (Simplified)

[@stargazer-elite]

As an American I say fine I’ll admit this but only if we all agree that The UKs English: Advanced The USAs English: Simplified Australias English: Deranged

[@madkills10]

@@stargazer-elite oi wotch out m8

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

@@risannd Canada uses both.

[@ladayvonsims9057]

America literally speaks every language😂

[@sarahazvd]

Actually it's because every states has the right to choose whatever language they want to officialize, so every state has a different official language.

[@19382q]

Which is the same thing he's saying

[@sarahazvd]

@@19382q nope, he said that making English the official language of the US could upset people who speak other languages. it's different because the US doesn't have an official language because every state can decide their own language. it's kinda complex to understand because, unlike many countries, the US is like a continent with 50 countries. it's just like the United Kingdom, which is a country with 4 nations. it's complex like i said but it's something like that, every state has its own language so the country can't speak for all the states.

[@19382q]

@@sarahazvd it's not complicated he told you why it's not the case, all you did is say certain states do which he hinted at

[@sarahazvd]

@@19382q you didn't get the point. the UNITED STATES is formed with states and those states are like countries in a single continent, they have their own laws, rulers, and, their own official language. when you say "the United States doesn't have an official language" is kinda incorrect because each state has their own official language. it's like saying Europe doesn't have an official language because germans would get upset if it wasn't german, which is incorrect as Europe has many countries and each country has their own language. the US """doesn't have an official language""" because Mississippi would get upset about it, it's because the STATES can decide what they want to do. it's just exactly like the UK. England is a nation, Gales is a nation, Scotland is a nation and Northern Ireland is a nation, the UK is just the union of all these nations.

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

​@@sarahazvd England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not Nations They're Kingdoms

[@United_States_Freed0m]

I’m Indian and I live in Usa and since I’m born in Usa too, I can speak English well but I also speak Hindu

[@T34-E]

Someone once told me that the reason the founding fathers decided not to make english the official language was because they envisioned American values outlasting any culture, unlike the Roman Empire. and it's supposedly the same reason they decided on a pretty generic name The United States of America, as opposed to being named after a family or ethnic peoples, as was the trend in times of old. so basically, regardless of which language or culture or ethnicity becomes dominant in the future, they will be loyal to the "American way of life" whatever that be in the future

[@Nextraker]

Im good with this

[@what6893]

"Threat to individual liberty" Just because it's the official language doesn't mean you have to stop speaking your own 💀

[@КлимЖуковВпоискахУтраченногоКо]

Yes, it threats.

[@SirMr10]

​@@КлимЖуковВпоискахУтраченногоКо threats what Mr Klim Zhukov?

[@ParadiseDB7]

Tell that to Ireland lmao

[@gabrielg.4238]

And what's the point? Speak the language that you like

[@КлимЖуковВпоискахУтраченногоКо]

@@SirMr10 , threatens freedom. If your language does not have an official status, you may not get a good or even some education in your native language. It may affect the possibility of obtaining public services, etc. It doesn't mean that official language treat liberty and person's rights every time, but it's problem for some countries. USA avoid it this way

[@Gamingmaster_Official]

Also, something the video forgot to mention is that the states do have official languages. While every state has english as official languages, some states, like Texas and California for example, also have Spanish as official language

[@MrAutoBahn1933]

India : I like your style, kid

[@ziggazaggar]

this becomes even more funny when you realize india is the largest democratic country instead of the us so in that sense usa is literally a kid to india

[@MrAutoBahn1933]

@@ziggazaggar and India is a lot older country (if we don't count the formation of Republic of India in 1950)

[@notveryultraguy]

@@ziggazaggar I'm pretty certain india is non aligned

[@moasha3872]

​@@ziggazaggar the larger population is a bigger democracy. How is that funny?

[@MrAutoBahn1933]

@@moasha3872 We have more people governing India aswell

[@volcan418]

As a American,I can confirm that there is no official language.

[@cammysmith7562]

Is it not just left up to the states like most federal systems? Australia doesn’t have an official language either as it’s up to the states to decide. Even the UK has no official language, but the individual countries all have English along with local languages as official. It’s the same with the US. Basically every state has English as an official or recognised language then you have a few states like Louisiana that have French as well.

[@autoparts101]

Time to speak the official language of America: Nothing

[@ArtyKibbles2190]

And there’s still that Karen who tell people to speak “American”

[@Kay3Kay3]

Speak American! 😡❗️ /joke

[@donchristiealcuela7484]

Because that time lots of languages spoken in the US not only English. Aside from indigenous languages, lots of Germans, French and of course Spanish spoken.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Not Nazi

[@stick101x2]

And Chinese the third most spoken language in the USA after Spanish.

[@anonymoususer8895]

No we Americans speak English.

[@anonymoususer8895]

@@stick101x2 No. we Americans speak English.

[@stick101x2]

@@anonymoususer8895 yes, the majority Americans do speak English, but many also speak other languages on top of English such as Spanish, Chinese and French.

[@rizkycowell]

This reminds me to India; The country which have more local languages with majority people speak Hindi language but don't recognize any of those as official language. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@tradefnfalt]

They are actually official languages of specific Indian States like the state Punjab the language is punjabi

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

India’s official languages are Hindi and English

[@suny308]

They were planning on making Hindi the official language because the majority of the population spoke it but this upset a lot of people from Tamil Nadu who believed that it was being forced on them which is why Hindi and English are both the official languages

[@deusmachinima1189]

​@@masterdeetectiv9520 nah, India doesn't have a national or official language specifically. Many languages are included as official languages but hindi and english are most popularly used ones. This is done in a way to promote unity and protect culture of regions without creating tensions or rifts.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@deusmachinima1189 national and official languge mean different things. India has two official languages, hindi and english. Article 343 of the Constitution of India stated that the official language of the Union is Hindi in Devanagari script, with official use of English to continue for 15 years from 1947. Later, a constitutional amendment, The Official Languages Act, 1963, allowed for the continuation of English alongside Hindi in the Indian government indefinitely until legislation decides to change it. An official language is what is used to run government affairs. A national language is what represents the people and their culture. Since india is so diverse one language can’t include a lot of the cultures so there is no national language

[@eljaminlatour6633]

Not only that, but there's no such thing as official language in US because of the 1st amendment and I quote "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." In other words, since the first amendment protects most of your ideas(including speech), you can say almost whatever you want, in that case you can speak in any language you desire. The top 10 popular languages in US are: English, Spanish, Chinese(Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.), Tagalog (Filipino), Vietnamese, French and French Creole, Arabic, Korean, Russian and German.

[@daltonhardeman7533]

“Threat to individual Liberty” 🤣🤣

[@Daryl_Phillips_]

Yeah what?

[@b.t.peterson6429]

Yeah it would've been. You completely destroy family traditions. It's what we did the natives back in the day. We even had a president who spoke English as a second language, Van Buren. Tl;DR: language is integral to cultural continuity

[@Daryl_Phillips_]

@@b.t.peterson6429 yeah he spoke Dutch 🇳🇱

[@mangoandlolbit]

hispanic countries: *yes*

[@lazojones1]

the most commonly spoken language in the us other than english are spanish, chinese(varietes) , tagalog french and vietnamese

[@Daiin0]

1776: Hey 🇺🇸. English or Spanish?

[@NameRedacted_]

Being a non English speaker in a country which has English as the National language being a threat to individual liberty is the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard.

[@guillaumeprince7332]

How about Canada

[@NameRedacted_]

@@guillaumeprince7332 they have two official languages ( I think ) and people who don’t speak one of those languages shouldn’t live in the country then

[@КлимЖуковВпоискахУтраченногоКо]

@@NameRedacted_you can say it to some Native Canadians who haven't learnt English or French

[@NameRedacted_]

@@КлимЖуковВпоискахУтраченногоКо if you’re gonna live in a country, learn their language.

[@kennethbarroso4866]

​@@NameRedacted_that's racist

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Many European languages which was brought by immigrants such as german, irish,polish , Italian, Norwegian and Swedish etc have been assimilated by some generations later(mostly) sadly

[@Tony-je8fs]

So basically all legal papers in the United States are invalid? Bruh let me outta jail💀

[@NickSmith-fe7lp]

No, it means you can request it any language and it would still be valid

[@dawnpalacios8312]

You can get all official papers in almost any language in United States.

[@rusticcloud3325]

​@@dawnpalacios8312 So I can get US official papers written in Malay, if I wish?

[@dawnpalacios8312]

@@rusticcloud3325 Yes, with federal government

[@Swissswoosher]

Karens: This is America. SpEaK EnGLiSh

[@puchokoffie8152]

They're not wrong

[@Swissswoosher]

@@puchokoffie8152 they are though.

[@ZeroResurrected]

If you ask me, it should be both English and Spanish

[@joseph030i8]

In my opinion, since America is so multi cultural, it should be nothing that represents how we are diverse

[@AbdulAli786o]

No because Spanish isnt used amongst everyone.

[@ZeroResurrected]

@@AbdulAli786o Neither is French in Canada but it’s still one of their official languages

[@JimboShogun0686]

​@blaqxis quality in many states its better to be bilingual with Spanish, especially in the service industry

[@MasonGreenWeed]

​@@ZeroResurrected angry Québécois would come and butcher you for this heresy

[@Clocksare]

Also a huge part of America was just the fact that we have all races

[@DDog.]

I was actually surprised at this.

[@valsyoutube3331]

We need an official language in order to make us one people. Multiple languages divide the people. By having an official language, it would focus and guide everyone to learn that one language. So just because it hasn’t officially existed in the past, doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t exist in the future.

[@mecha1gold]

I belive Spanish should have a bigger role in Government and Business. There is a huge percentage of spanish speakers here and I do believe it is not just a more beautiful language but it has a lot more history inside of today's US territory.

[@puchokoffie8152]

English is more

[@LouisianaCreole]

We speak French in Louisiana

[@iboKirby]

The Founding Fathers should have made it Latin or Greek. Wasted opportunity.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Switzerland's official name is Confederatio Helvetica (Latin).

[@Kliscian]

​@Seòras it wouldnt be dead anymore if this happened

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Why? There isnt any latin speakers and barely any greek speakers in the US lol

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@Seòras greek isnt a dead language but you are right

[@hiplsnols4394]

im pretty sure this is a joke guys

[@NON155]

MORE LIKE OFFCIAL AMERICAN ENGLISH DUH

[@LeFaisDoDo]

They still forced my parents and grandparents to stop speaking French in Louisiana, so

[@ej_22]

Maybe the population not the government

[@LeFaisDoDo]

@@ej_22 literally mandated it in schools

[@ej_22]

@@LeFaisDoDo Yeah,most Americans can only speak English.

[@cattanic494]

Classic Louisiana moment

[@MaximusAshby]

So people don't talk in america

[@civilwarguy4740]

This is more due to federalism than the idea that an official language would upset people. 31 states have made English their official language so why leave that part out?

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

Thought the U.S's official language was "American". That's what the locals are always shouting at foreigners to learn. 🤔

[@kingmegatron7974]

Isn’t it obvious? America’s official language is American.

[@triobros98]

English (USA)

[@Doing_Your_Mom]

Aren't The people that live in America called American???

[@Evan-hockputer]

Donald Trump "Speak English"

[@ahmadburhanhabibi]

"American"

[@codenamehalo9847]

This is why I hear people say "Do you speak American"

[@The_king567]

They should make English the official language

[@alejandraparker6110]

The Language is not important ..it is important to understand each other. Blessings to all MANKIND

[@puchokoffie8152]

🚮

[@C0wMan]

Yet they teach us to write and read in English

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

True fact: colonial Pennsylvania had German-language newspapers! (Don't buy into the "melting pot" myth...)

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Pennsylvania Dutch = Pennsylvania Deutsch

[@stevens1041]

The official language will be Portugese (Brazil). This will annoy the most amount of people possible.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Nah. It will be English.

[@stevens1041]

@@anonymoususer8895 Fine. tiếng Việt it is then.

[@anonymoususer8895]

@@stevens1041 English!

[@stevens1041]

@@anonymoususer8895 What's England got to do with anything? Dutch then. New Amsterdam is back.

[@Vaibhav_plays_gamez]

ThE oFfICiAl LaNgUaGE Of AmErIcA iS BrTiSh

[@ShaggyCZ123]

Technically the truth

[@necropolistc6357]

we speak 1700 British slang lol

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

The Philippines has multiple other languages in it but they still made Tagalog there official language, I don't see any angry mobs protesting about individuality on language

[@iROChakri]

Its not just Philippines. Thailand, China, and many more. In fact, every country has many local spoken languages but they always manage to unite people and have their official language. America being America I guess 🙄

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

@@iROChakri Sigh, Americans are pretty sensitive, Maybe that's where Twitter users originate from

[@ClonewarswarsClone]

@@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456 and KZbin originates from America too☠️

[@dangerousvillain7278]

Tagalog and Hindi failed to unite all speakers of other languages since your govt chose the biggest (majority) language as official language. It causes jealousy for other languages. That's why English takes that spot. Only Urdu (Pakistan) and Indonesian can unite all ethnics 'cuz they are lingua franca. In fact the biggest language in Pakistan and Indonesia are Punjabi and Javanese respectively. They are smart choosing small language as lingua franca. Even Malay language in Malaysia failed to unite all races/ethnics since Chinese Malaysian and Indian Malaysia don't really need to speak it.

[@thwb4661]

This is funny. It seems Americans do not know that a national language does not mean “suppressing” regional languages and native/ethnic languages of ethnic groups living in a country. I guess that’s their mentality of suppressing people that made them think like that. I mean look at most Asian countries who are multi-lingual and multi-cultural yet they are united by and shared a national identity through a national language. India, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Russia, they are all multi-lingual countries with a diverse plethora of regional languages and culture yet they are united by a national language. America is either just using this as an excuse or have no idea at all how ethnicity and languages really work due to how faulty their history and society is.

[@rynoneedler9226]

Official language is in fact "American"..

[@Shark_vr_offical]

Bros speaking English

[@thegrandlord2914]

Unlike united states who can't have one official language, indonesia able to solve this issue by creating a new language Indonesian have over 300 known language, but able to have one national language. It's all because in 1928, indonesian agree to create a new nation (not state or country) named Indonesia, and create a new language named Indonesian Language using Riau Malay as it's base with loan words from other local language and foreign language added into it Since this new language born in 1928, the usage of this language widely accepted in the entire nation. Even malaysian using it before indonesia and malaysia got in a war in 1963. After 1963, malaysian using their peninsular malay language and abandoning indonesian language. That's why if you heard how Malaysian Language (formal form), it's sound exactly like Indonesian Language. Because this language created under heavy influence of Indonesian language before 1963 war

[@mckhael5378]

Indonesia penjajah

[@yashagrawal88]

Indonesian is just a form of Malay, not a new language.

[@FujikkoJP]

*So is latin America who doesn't have official Language either.*

[@Baller474]

It can be Spanish, English or French

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

​@Anonymous User Why though

[@zachsouani831]

No… find me an American that aren’t descendants from immigrants that speak any language other than English…

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@@zachsouani831 Me lol.

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

French in Canada (Quebec and New Brunswick)

[@anonymoususer8895]

No just English. Only English. We speak English in America.

[@brendanpageler6345]

That's a lie. English has been the official language since when it left England lurn your history. So to how the constitution was written we don't force other people to have to lurn it we have it as a option if they want to lurn it.

[@LitoMike]

it wont hurt any freedom because we already only put stuff in english and spanish

[@musqul8566]

Because we choose not Because government decided it.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Nope only English.

[@firelight866]

*The 97% that Speak Oshiwambo:* what

[@geoofficial1]

They speak English in government, their official language is English.

[@MotorwayGaming2018]

Spanish has left the chat

[@puchokoffie8152]

@@MotorwayGaming2018 Spanish ain't official in usa

[@HeLlO__J]

​@@puchokoffie8152Neither is English

[@Cacowninja]

Official Language Recognition: (Exists) English Language: Badge?! I don't need no stinking badge!

[@mnd9166]

cant the individual states determine their own official language?

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

Yes, but only one has an official language, Hawaii

[@mnd9166]

@@AnnoyingAllie3 what is it? a local language or just english?

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

@@mnd9166 Hawaiian

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

@@mnd9166 They have Hawaiian and English as official language

[@USSFFRU]

Of course. The US acts as a Federation, the States can do what they want with some downsides, such as the Federal Government having to represent them outside of National Affairs and Independence. They have the freedom to make what Official Language they choose. The Federal Government won't push you but the State will.

[@shaggybottomtext8363]

English should be the national language followed by Spanish and German as secondary languages in areas where they represent a sizable minority

[@andrewalmada]

The official language of America is English. Only because it doesn’t have English as it official language on paper it doesn’t mean it’s not.

[@andrewalmada]

@Seòras it is. Common sense should tell you that Americas official language is English.

[@adriantsien1867]

@@andrewalmada Common ability to read the law shows you that America doesn't have an official language.

[@hiplsnols4394]

its the de facto and (by far) most widely spoken, but its not the official language

[@The_king567]

@Seoras1926it should be official

[@IAmPixelRice]

As an English man im going to go on a ethinc cleaning

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

🤨

[@IkeSan]

Threat to individual liberty? Lmao Then every single country is doing that with their official languages.

[@thetroll1129]

Russian and French didn’t come out of nowhere did they now

[@JOLT_x3]

So stop teaching American English if it isn't a language... but a dialect. Teach English English Instead.

[@ej_22]

American English is more simple than English English is more traditional English

[@damackabet.4611]

@@ej_22 I’ve heard that American English speaks a lot of words closer to how they originally were said. That said in terms of spelling American English has shortened a lot of words by removing unnecessary letters such as colour to color.

[@GG.Sanchoo]

We should have it be English as our official language

[@F88689]

For what?

[@lawrencepascasio2076]

What’s the point?

[@motterjeffjm]

English is the official business language of the United States

[@noscope-of6qf]

English is literally the most spoken language in the world. Besides profanity. That's my language. 😂

[@tech_red4277]

There are more Spanish native speakers... Americans should bother on learning english brcause US is the second country that mos speaks spanish

[@noscope-of6qf]

They are both the most spoken language because of the Spanish empire and British empire.

[@tech_red4277]

@@noscope-of6qf it is not because of the british empire, it is because of the US When Britain colonizes it just exploit the resources he can and leaves

[@The_king567]

@@tech_red4277English is better

[@Weeegeee212]

States can have their own languages

[@puchokoffie8152]

Lol

[@tamakaze712]

Israel nationalist be like ' I'm not gonna forced by people that illegally moved to here! All of them are being illegal immigrants in America continent

[@phm904]

this is just blatant anti-semitic cringe

[@thatbasedfeliscatus577]

This is a very stupid issue, either you speak English or you speak another language. It's that simple.

[@Char70469]

You literally have to speak basic English to become an American citizen

[@AU3Golden]

My grandmother only knows spanish and became a U.S. citizen believe me this isn't accurate

[@Char70469]

@@AU3Golden Was he born in the US, married to an American, or a young child? Or does he just know very basic English

[@AU3Golden]

@@Char70469 she was born in Central America and has never been married, and her English is non existent, granted this was in the 80's so maybe the process was different back then but she is a U.S. citizen now and can only speak spanish

[@Char70469]

@@AU3Golden I know you need English now, but I'm not sure about then

[@Michaelengelmann]

Idk how racists keep forgetting this

[@bruh9187]

Imagine being offended over an official language 😑

[@strunale2647]

I think the bigger point is just “What’s the point?” Why have an official language when we can instead represent how we are a melting pot of different cultures and languages by just not having one. Having an official language doesn’t give us anything.

[@NickSmith-fe7lp]

@@strunale2647 I know the whole melting pot idea has been around for a while, but I do want to say that I heard somewhere that the US is more like a salad. A melting pot implies everyone becomes the same. Yes, a mixture of all its parts, but less individual identity. However, the idea of a salad is more accurate. You have all the individual components of the salad, all palatable by themselves, but together, they are much better Just an idea I heard ofc, but I thought it was pretty insightful

[@Heath580]

We actually don't have a history of language toleration. Just ask the German-Americans during the Wilson years

[@genghiskhansbabymomma5649]

It was actually really accepted until the world wars made it bad to be German

[@familyandfriends3519]

Go back to Germany Germans are never Americans

[@boiseboi2007]

American language would be cool

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Do you mean American english or one of the native languages

[@shawncrawfordamerica1776]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 Obviously American English! 🇺🇸

[@MotorwayGaming2018]

It's because of British Empire

[@Justme0528]

Our official language is English bro lol 😆 😂 when 90+% of the country speaks that language, I'd say it's fair to say it's our language. That's how you know America has grown soft, is that we're the only country that has to worry this damn much about people's delicate feelings 🤫

[@olajong2315]

First language of barely 80% in the us.

[@tomorrow.]

Nah! Not really US and India are two countries with the highest English speaking ppl in the world and both countries don't have a national language nor are they native to English as well.

[@olajong2315]

@@tomorrow. Fok are you on? you're comparing second language speakers to natives? English is native to the US since people speak it natively. It did not originate in the US though.

[@Stickman_Productions]

It's not the people, the people can decide what language they think the US speaks, that's what the freedom provides, but the government decides the _official_ language. You can say it's the language of the US but that doesn't mean that the government has it as an official language.

[@tomorrow.]

@@olajong2315 English is not native to USA darling. It's native to English ppl. Why don't you ask native Americans what is their language?

[@silverletter4551]

The country doesn't want nor need it.

[@Daryl_Phillips_]

It should be English. One of Maltas official languages is English, I believe the first actually, so all the Maltese people don’t care. That’s like saying “oh some people in the UK speak Scottish Gaelic so we can’t make the official language English . 1.7% of just Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 speaks Gaelic. Their official language is English. It’s majority!

[@adriantsien1867]

Except in America minority languages are far more than 1.7%

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@adriantsien1867 almost all Hispanics speak english too and english and spanish are the only two major languages

[@pingpong3311]

We need to protect Celtic languages. They will be going extinct soon.

[@sgt.mcgillicuddy2948]

Louisiana’s had a huge French speaking population until relatively recently. The government outlawed French in schools and it led to boring monolingualness like every other state

[@qooglecorn5644]

The U.S.'s official language should be Chinese, if anything else is selected, I'll be very offended.

[@luckyoshi]

I don’t know anyone here in the us that speak chinese

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

I speak fluent Christian

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@luckyoshi Chinese immigrants Btw the comment is satire

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@AnnoyingAllie3 latin?

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 No, Christian I also speak a little Muslim

[@justinnewsom3479]

What the heck. This is America jack. And English is what it is

[@88Expert]

NZ official documents are English but their official languages are sign language and maori