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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Kentucky, North Dakota, and Vermont also have two mottos, one in Latin and the other in English. [3] [4] All other states and territories have only one motto, except for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, which do not have any mottos. [5] English and Latin are the most-used languages for state mottos, each used by 25 states and territories.
The Language Access Act of 2004 guarantees equal access and participation in public services, programs, and activities for residents of the District of Columbia who cannot (or have limited capacity to) speak, read, or write English.
French via English: de la Warr: After the Delaware River, which was named for Lord de la Warr (originally probably Norman French de la guerre or de la werre, 'of the war'). [18] Lord de la Warr was the first Governor-General of the Colony of Virginia. [19] Florida: April 2, 1513: Spanish (pascua) florida
In 2023, Spanish speakers made up about three-fifths of all speakers of languages other than English in the United States. In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau published information on the number of speakers of some 350 languages as surveyed by the ACS from 2009 to 2013, [8] [9] but it does not regularly tabulate and report data for that many languages.
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
French Malta: 2 Maltese; English; Maltese Sovereign Military Order of Malta [a] 1 Italian Marshall Islands: 2 English; Marshallese; Mauritania: 1 Arabic Arabic; Fula; Soninke; Wolof; French Mauritius: 2 English Mauritian Creole (Also known as 'Morisien') English Mexico: 1 None (Spanish has de facto status) 68 National languages: Federated ...
In 49 of the 50 states the legislature consists of two chambers: a lower house (variously called the House of Representatives, State Assembly, General Assembly or House of Delegates) and a smaller upper house, in all states called the Senate. The exception is the unicameral Nebraska Legislature, meaning it has only a single chamber. [26]