Many languages spoken

The Arizona Republic
Jan. 30, 2000

Some of the languages spoken in Arizona classrooms and their origin:
Afrikaans (South Africa).
Albanian (Albania).
Apache San Carlos (U.S.).
Apache White River (U.S.).
Arabic (several countries).
Assyrian (Iraq, West Bank, Syria).
Basque (Spain).
Bengali (Bangladesh).
Bosnian (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
Bulgarian (Bulgaria).
Cambodian/Khmer (Cambodia).
Cantonese (China, other countries).
Chaldean (Iraq).
Chinese (China, Taiwan, other countries).
Croatian (Croatia).
Czech (Czech Republic).
Danish (Denmark).
Dutch (Netherlands).
Farsi (Iran).
Filipino (Philippines).
Finnish (Finland).
French (France, some African countries).
German (Germany).
Greek (Greece).
Gujarati (India).
Hawaiian (U.S).
Hebrew (Israel and other countries).
Hindi (India, other countries).
Hopi (U.S.).
Hungarian (Hungary).
Indonesian (Indonesia).
Italian (Italy).
Japanese (Japan).
Kannada (India).
Khmer/Cambodian (Cambodia).
Korean (South Korea).
Lithuanian (Lithuania).
Laotian (Laos).
Macedonian (Greece, Macedonia).
Maithili (India).
Mandarin (China).
Marathi (India).
Navajo (U.S.).
Nez Perce (U.S.).
Polish (Poland).
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil).
Punjabi (India).
Romanian (Romania).
Rundi (Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda).
Russian (Russia).
Samoan (Samoa, New Zealand).
Serbian (Yugoslavia, Serbia).
Spanish (several countries).
Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya).
Swedish (Sweden).
Swiss German (Switzerland).
Tagalog (Philippines). Filipino and Tagalog often are considered the same language.
Taiwanese (Taiwan).
Tamil (India).
Telugu (India).
Tewa (U.S.).
Thai (Thailand).
Tongan (Tonga).
Turkish (Turkey).
Ukrainian (Ukraine).
Urdu (Pakistan).
Vietnamese (Vietnam).
Waray/Filipino (Philippines).
Yaqui (U.S.).
Zuni (U.S.).

Source: Arizona Department of Education, Tempe Elementary, Peoria Unified and Washington Elementary school districts.

More information can be found on these web sites:

National Association for Bilingual Education

English for the Children Arizona