Hindi tops list of Indian languages in US: Census Bureau

Q.  Which Indian language has emerged as the largest spoken Indian language in the United States, with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it, according to the latest Census data?
- Published on 05 Nov 15

a. Urdu
b. Hindi
c. Gujarati
d. Bengali

ANSWER: Hindi
 
The U.S. Census Bureau based on American Community Survey data collected from 2009 to 2013, said that more than 60 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home and that Hindi was the top Indian language spoken with nearly 6.5 lakh speakers. Top languages other than English spoken in the U.S. homes include Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, German, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog and Russian.

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