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A 1975 state supreme court case, Commonwealth v. Olivo, underscored official status of English; [8] in 2002, English was declared the "common public language." [9] Michigan: No: None [1] Minnesota: No: None [1] Mississippi: Yes: None: since 1987 [1] Missouri: Yes: None [1] since 1998; state constitution amended accordingly in 2008 [10] Montana ...
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The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (especially American English), which is the de facto national language. In addition, 32 U.S. states out of 50 and all five U.S. territories have declared English as an official language.
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
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This category is for languages spoken in the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), whether indigenous or introduced by immigrants. The main article for this category is Languages of the United States .
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]
A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.