Vietnamese
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 vie · ISO 639-1 vi · Glottocode viet1252
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- California562,956limited English 333,873
- Texas247,783limited English 138,935
- Washington73,188limited English 43,044
- Florida72,873limited English 41,180
- Georgia55,265limited English 34,829
- Virginia51,638limited English 28,905
- Massachusetts45,786limited English 26,602
- Pennsylvania37,935limited English 22,861
- North Carolina26,852limited English 16,491
- Oregon25,422limited English 14,501
- Arizona24,178limited English 12,620
- Louisiana22,288limited English 12,040
- Illinois21,981limited English 11,248
- Minnesota20,901limited English 11,676
- New York20,846limited English 11,469
- Colorado19,943limited English 10,967
- Maryland19,647limited English 10,294
- New Jersey19,135limited English 10,847
- Michigan16,159limited English 8,775
- Oklahoma15,905limited English 9,919
- Ohio13,052limited English 6,586
- Missouri12,449limited English 7,475
- Kansas12,367limited English 7,846
- Nevada11,920limited English 6,622
- Tennessee10,891limited English 6,048
- Hawaii9,901limited English 6,301
- Utah8,199limited English 4,843
- Connecticut8,073limited English 4,303
- Alabama7,897limited English 4,490
- Iowa7,692limited English 4,688
- Nebraska7,674limited English 4,156
- South Carolina7,637limited English 3,733
- Indiana7,097limited English 4,109
- Mississippi5,399limited English 2,779
- Arkansas4,826limited English 2,800
- Kentucky4,640limited English 2,710
- New Mexico4,420limited English 2,235
- Wisconsin4,327limited English 1,691
- New Hampshire1,745limited English 981
- Idaho1,642limited English 906
- Delaware1,541limited English 835
- Maine1,162limited English 864
- Alaska906limited English 289
- South Dakota896limited English 476
- West Virginia884limited English 439
- Rhode Island828limited English 513
- Montana804limited English 342
- Vermont709limited English 420
- North Dakota695limited English 331
- Wyoming242limited English 142
By city
- San Jose98,606limited English 63,401
- Houston31,572limited English 20,577
- San Diego23,057limited English 12,281
- Philadelphia15,479limited English 11,385
- Los Angeles14,874limited English 7,071
- Seattle10,781limited English 6,363
- New York City10,080limited English 4,965
- Boston8,760limited English 5,916
- Chicago7,341limited English 4,434
- Phoenix6,967limited English 3,089
- Sacramento6,061limited English 3,857
- Charlotte5,571limited English 3,862
- Dallas4,569limited English 2,010
- Columbus958limited English 635
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, "Vietnamese" language page (https://www.culturemesh.com/languages/vietnamese-16). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.