Serbo-Croatian
Glottolog calls it: Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 hbs · Glottocode sout1528
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- Illinois32,478limited English 11,337
- New York27,711limited English 9,840
- California20,456limited English 4,639
- Florida18,797limited English 5,895
- Missouri13,760limited English 5,465
- Texas10,771limited English 3,004
- New Jersey10,603limited English 3,010
- Ohio9,570limited English 3,351
- Michigan9,473limited English 3,474
- Iowa7,349limited English 3,363
- Pennsylvania7,280limited English 2,022
- Arizona7,273limited English 2,026
- Washington7,005limited English 2,153
- Georgia6,970limited English 2,038
- Connecticut5,370limited English 1,925
- Indiana5,239limited English 1,791
- Massachusetts5,046limited English 1,642
- Kentucky4,874limited English 1,766
- Virginia4,253limited English 1,165
- Wisconsin3,944limited English 1,213
- Nevada3,884limited English 1,318
- North Carolina3,701limited English 1,242
- Utah3,121limited English 974
- Minnesota2,831limited English 1,112
- Colorado2,715limited English 883
- Tennessee2,636limited English 781
- Maryland2,053limited English 494
- Oregon2,012limited English 600
- South Carolina1,486limited English 46
- Idaho1,407limited English 558
- New Hampshire1,280limited English 562
- North Dakota972limited English 363
- Vermont943limited English 396
- Nebraska922limited English 182
- Alabama708limited English 126
- Louisiana588limited English 131
- New Mexico564limited English 43
- Maine542limited English 190
- South Dakota495limited English 197
- Alaska486limited English 331
- Kansas440limited English 188
- Oklahoma371limited English 42
- Delaware254limited English 60
- Hawaii228limited English 24
- West Virginia155limited English 39
- Mississippi132limited English 8
- Rhode Island98limited English 25
- Arkansas74limited English 31
- Wyoming23limited English 0
- Montana13limited English 0
By city
- New York City12,489limited English 3,306
- Chicago6,180limited English 2,394
- Los Angeles3,281limited English 648
- Phoenix3,074limited English 1,590
- San Jose2,310limited English 1,648
- Charlotte1,603limited English 396
- Seattle1,053limited English 0
- Houston927limited English 0
- San Diego527limited English 0
- Philadelphia523limited English 223
- Dallas353limited English 0
- Boston261limited English 261
- Columbus123limited English 0
- Sacramento107limited English 55
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
The words for mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, child.
- Saying goodbyenone yet
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- Foodnone yet
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- Weather and seasonsnone yet
Describe today’s weather, then name the seasons.
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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, "Serbo-Croatian" language page (https://culturemesh.com/languages/serbo-croatian-59). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.