Chittagonian
Glottolog calls it: Chittagonian (Retired)
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Endangerment status
No endangerment status has been recorded for this language yet.
ISO 639-3 cit · Glottocode chit1285
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: Bengali
By state
- New York163,045limited English 86,471
- California35,076limited English 10,067
- Michigan29,564limited English 15,262
- New Jersey29,107limited English 10,101
- Texas27,389limited English 8,133
- Virginia17,721limited English 6,641
- Florida16,519limited English 6,076
- Pennsylvania14,295limited English 6,151
- Georgia12,317limited English 4,621
- Maryland10,453limited English 3,141
- Massachusetts10,104limited English 3,121
- Illinois7,308limited English 2,008
- Connecticut5,731limited English 2,290
- North Carolina4,836limited English 956
- Washington4,730limited English 799
- Ohio4,727limited English 1,060
- Arizona3,574limited English 1,121
- Minnesota3,250limited English 872
- Oregon2,281limited English 463
- Indiana2,276limited English 614
- Missouri2,109limited English 705
- Kansas2,050limited English 607
- Louisiana2,042limited English 832
- Tennessee2,000limited English 561
- Delaware1,900limited English 386
- Colorado1,785limited English 539
- Oklahoma1,520limited English 834
- Wisconsin1,452limited English 291
- Nevada1,333limited English 493
- Alabama1,240limited English 491
- Iowa907limited English 349
- Mississippi838limited English 405
- South Carolina802limited English 306
- New Mexico759limited English 314
- North Dakota643limited English 290
- Kentucky586limited English 266
- Arkansas523limited English 59
- Nebraska435limited English 272
- New Hampshire430limited English 92
- West Virginia413limited English 45
- Rhode Island357limited English 25
- Utah316limited English 37
- South Dakota180limited English 74
- Maine139limited English 56
- Hawaii117limited English 39
- Vermont116limited English 0
- Alaska108limited English 67
- Idaho87limited English 7
- Wyoming9limited English 9
- Montana9limited English 0
By city
- New York City152,129limited English 84,194
- Los Angeles7,309limited English 3,928
- San Jose2,473limited English 664
- Chicago2,444limited English 1,505
- Boston1,782limited English 1,066
- Columbus1,704limited English 624
- Philadelphia1,526limited English 848
- Houston1,428limited English 285
- Seattle1,245limited English 196
- San Diego936limited English 47
- Dallas875limited English 281
- Phoenix633limited English 326
- Sacramento389limited English 0
- Charlotte265limited English 0
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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- Numbersnone yet
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- Familynone yet
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- Foodnone yet
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- Weather and seasonsnone yet
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- A proverbnone yet
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- A song for a childnone yet
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- A storynone yet
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CultureMesh, "Chittagonian" language page (https://culturemesh.com/languages/chittagonian-64). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.