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Mohawk Dutch, formerly spoken in the area around Albany, New York, by Dutch settlers, the Mohawk nation, and people of Dutch and Mohawk descent; extinct as of early 1900s. Negerhollands, formerly spoken in the Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands; extinct as of 1987 with the death of Alice Stevens.
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl [kwejɔl]) is a French-based creole language that is widely spoken in Saint Lucia. [2] [3] It is the vernacular language of the country and is spoken alongside the official language of English.
New York City has been described as the cultural capital of the world. [1] [2] [3] The culture of New York is reflected in its size and ethnic diversity. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. [4] Many American cultural movements first emerged in the city.
Notably, the Creole spoken in the Eastern (windward) part of the island Saint-Barthélemy is spoken exclusively by a white population of European descent, imported into the island from Saint Kitts in 1648. French Guianese Creole is a language spoken in French Guiana, and to a lesser degree in Suriname and Guyana.
Oneida (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə / oh-NYE-də, [2] autonym: /onʌjotaʔaːka/, [3] [4] /onʌjoteʔaːkaː/, [5] People of the Standing Stone, [5] Latilutakowa, [6] Ukwehunwi, [5] Nihatiluhta:ko [5]) is an Iroquoian language spoken primarily by the Oneida people in the U.S. states of New York and Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario. There ...
The toponymies of places in New York's Capital District are a varied lot, from non-English languages such as Native American, Dutch, and German to places named for famous people or families, of either local or national fame.
The two languages with the most speakers, Mohawk (Kenien'kéha) in New York and Canada, and Cherokee in Oklahoma and North Carolina, are spoken by less than 10% of the populations of their nations. [2] [3] Labeled map showing pre-contact distribution of the Iroquoian languages
New York today has the second largest number of Jews in a metropolitan area, behind Gush Dan (the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area) in Israel. [209] Borough Park, Brooklyn, (also known as Boro Park) is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in the world. [210] Crown Heights, Brooklyn, also has a large Orthodox Jewish community. [211]