Berber
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Endangerment status
This name covers several related languages rather than one, and their situations differ — some are still passed on at home, others have very few speakers left. There is no single status for a group, so none is shown here.
Speakers at home
The census does not count this language separately. It is folded into a broader category, and the figures below are that whole category — not this language. How many of those people speak it is recorded nowhere. Category: Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages
By state
- Minnesota97,586limited English 40,943
- California60,934limited English 23,456
- Virginia44,750limited English 15,579
- Texas42,732limited English 17,536
- Maryland42,173limited English 14,066
- Washington39,305limited English 16,114
- Ohio34,265limited English 12,444
- Georgia32,075limited English 9,963
- Michigan29,447limited English 11,698
- Illinois20,796limited English 7,920
- Colorado17,945limited English 8,417
- New York17,058limited English 5,868
- Nevada12,274limited English 5,377
- North Carolina10,807limited English 5,021
- Arizona10,590limited English 3,115
- Massachusetts10,075limited English 4,161
- Pennsylvania7,704limited English 3,695
- Tennessee7,601limited English 3,322
- Missouri7,256limited English 2,864
- Florida5,826limited English 1,720
- New Jersey5,446limited English 1,472
- Oregon5,177limited English 2,270
- Kansas4,763limited English 2,552
- Wisconsin4,561limited English 1,543
- Indiana4,047limited English 1,994
- Iowa3,925limited English 1,781
- Nebraska3,482limited English 2,369
- South Dakota3,115limited English 863
- Maine3,066limited English 1,348
- Kentucky2,579limited English 1,256
- South Carolina1,627limited English 237
- Connecticut1,400limited English 528
- Utah1,357limited English 351
- North Dakota1,240limited English 775
- Louisiana1,085limited English 226
- Oklahoma1,009limited English 287
- Idaho592limited English 266
- Rhode Island351limited English 225
- Alabama321limited English 149
- Mississippi307limited English 56
- New Hampshire302limited English 137
- Delaware300limited English 88
- West Virginia279limited English 45
- Alaska161limited English 120
- New Mexico155limited English 37
- Arkansas152limited English 12
- Vermont47limited English 5
- Wyoming30limited English 0
- Hawaii19limited English 7
- Montana10limited English 9
By city
- Columbus19,303limited English 5,611
- Dallas11,950limited English 5,932
- Seattle11,721limited English 5,223
- New York City10,031limited English 3,666
- Chicago7,656limited English 3,120
- San Jose7,322limited English 2,367
- Los Angeles6,882limited English 2,475
- Phoenix5,480limited English 2,949
- Philadelphia4,282limited English 2,374
- Boston4,262limited English 1,996
- Charlotte3,183limited English 1,731
- Houston3,182limited English 133
- San Diego3,143limited English 851
- Sacramento599limited English 468
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
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Ten small things, each answerable in under a minute by anyone who speaks the language. You do not need to prepare, and you do not have to do them in order.
- A greetingnone yet
How do you greet someone, and how do they answer?
- Numbersnone yet
Count from one to ten.
- Familynone yet
The words for mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, child.
- Saying goodbyenone yet
How did the oldest person you knew say goodbye?
- Foodnone yet
Name a dish and say how it is made.
- Weather and seasonsnone yet
Describe today’s weather, then name the seasons.
- A place namenone yet
The name of your home place in this language, and what it means.
- A proverbnone yet
A saying that does not translate well. Say it, then explain it.
- A song for a childnone yet
Sing something that was sung to you.
- A storynone yet
A story you were told as a child. Take as long as you need.
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CultureMesh, "Berber" language page (https://www.culturemesh.com/languages/berber-146). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.