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- The English Wikipedia, with its almost 6.9 million articles, is the largest of the editions, which together comprise more than 63 million articles and attract more than 1.5 billion unique device visits and 13 million edits per month (about 5 edits per second on average) as of April 2024.
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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 (specifically, 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.
This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language.
There are currently 332 language editions of Wikipedia (also called language versions, or simply Wikipedias). As of August 2024, the six largest, in order of article count, are the English, Cebuano, German, French, Swedish, and Dutch Wikipedias.
Official languages of U.S. states and territories. since 1986 with Proposition 63. [ 1] Proposition 63 is unenforceable due to the lack of appropriate legislation, [ 4] and the Bilingual Services Act provides for the use of other languages in public outreach. [ 5]
PlaceEnglish OfficialOther Official Language (s)NoteYesNonesince 1990 [ 1]Yessince 2015 [ 2]YesNonesince 2006, 1988 law ruled ...YesNonesince 1987 [ 1]In 2019, the most widely spoken language in the country was English, but 22% spoke a different language at home.1. An updated ranking of languages is necessary. In 2010, Spanish was the most widely spoken language other than English, followed by Chinese, French and French Creole, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.2.
Traditional Chinese, Italian, Malay, Romanian, Greek, and Russian are the most prevalent languages in two countries. The remaining 60 languages are most prevalent in a single country. We compare this language distribution with a proxy-measure of the global distribution of Wikipedia content.
The United States of America ( USA or U.S.A. ), commonly known as the United States ( US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states, which also includes its federal capital district of Washington, D.C., and 326 Indian reservations.