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As of 2014, Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language, [29] Chinese is the fourth most commonly spoken language, and Hindi is the fifth most commonly spoken language in the state. [30] Tagalog is sixth place, and is mostly spoken in small Filipino American communities in Houston. [30]
In addition to historical Southeast Texas culture, Houston became the fourth-most populous city in the United States. [1] Officially, Houston is nicknamed the "Space City" as it is home to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, where Mission Control Center is located. "Houston" was the first word spoken on the Moon. [2]
In contrast, 53.8% of the population only spoke English. The second-most spoken language for Houston was Spanish at 37.2%. According to the 2022 American Community Survey, the most commonly spoken languages in Houston by people aged 5 years and over (2,149,641 people): [124] Speak only English: 51.5%; Language other than English: 48.5%; Spanish ...
Texas German borrows about 5 to 6 percent of its vocabulary from English.' [9] Boas' book on the language, The Life and Death of Texas German, describes the German dialects which may have been the source of the language spoken in Texas. [10] A short documentary project named "All Güt Things" was produced about Texas German in 2016. [5]
In 2010, 65.80% (14,740,304) of Texas residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language, while 29.21% (6,543,702) spoke Spanish, 0.75% (168,886) Vietnamese, and Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin) was spoken as a main language by 0.56% (122,921) of the population over the age of five. [66]
Due to hundreds of years of Spanish and later Mexican intermingling, around 6 million (ca. 29%) people in Texas speak Spanish as the first language. [33] Recent data shows that Spanish is still increasing. [34] Since there are so many Spanish speakers in Texas, Spanish has a high impact on the English dialect spoken in Texas. [35]
In 2000, 1,961,993 residents of Harris County spoke English only. The five most spoken foreign languages in the county were Spanish or Spanish Creole (1,106,883 speakers), Vietnamese (53,311), Chinese (33,003), French including Louisiana French and Patois (33,003), and Urdu (14,595). Among these groups, 46% of Spanish speakers, 37% of ...
Because the majority of Texas immigrants came from Moravia, the Czech spoken in Texas is largely characterized by Moravian dialects (Lachian and Moravian Wallachian) which vary to some extent from the Bohemian dialects spoken by most Czech-Americans. Czech-language journalism has been very active in the state over the years.