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Cook County, Illinois

Posted on July 24, 2003 by Buffy

I heard on the radio this morning that Cook County, the home of Chicago, Illinois has 135 languages spoken within it’s boundaries.
AND, 35%…..that’s THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT of the households in the county do not use English as the language spoken in the home.
Spanish, Polish, one of the Chinese dialects. What the heck are the OTHER 132 languages???

7 thoughts on “Cook County, Illinois”

bogie on July 25, 2003 at 5:57 am said:

Let’s see, there are about 100 Chinese dialects (give or take a few), so that narrows the field down quite a bit.
German, French, Italian, Serbic, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, and Polynesian dialects are the languages that I can come up with at such short notice.
Dr. D. on July 25, 2003 at 8:31 am said:

I guess Cook County is a real cultural melting pot.
Buffy on July 25, 2003 at 11:56 am said:

It truly is, Dr. D. Most likely we could add a number of central European languages, Irish, Indian and Pakistani dialects, and those from Scandinavia too. And Vietnamese. I’ll have to see if I can find a list of the 135 and post it.
I’ve heard it said that Chicago has the largest concentration of Polish people outside of Warsaw.
drowning fish on July 25, 2003 at 12:21 pm said:

Thats a lot of languages in a little area. Wow.
drowning fish on July 25, 2003 at 12:21 pm said:

Thats a lot of languages in a little area. Wow.
drowning fish on July 25, 2003 at 12:22 pm said:

Thats a lot of languages in a little area. Wow.
tag on July 31, 2003 at 3:13 pm said:

During the 90s, it was estimated that on average 2 languages a week became extinct as the last person who could speak them died. It’s an amazing world out there.

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