States are the primary subdivisions of the United States, and possess a number of powers and rights under the United States Constitution, such as regulating intrastate commerce, running elections, creating local governments, and ratifying constitutional amendments. Each state has its own constitution, grounded in republican principles, and government, consisting of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. All states and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state is represented by two Senators, while Representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the President of the United States, equal to the total of Representatives and Senators in Congress from that state.Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states.
Spanish (i/ˈspænɪʃ/, español), also called Castilian (i/kæˈstɪliən/, castellano), is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native-speakers across the world.
Many languages are used, or historically have been used in the United States. The most commonly used language is English. There are also many languages indigenous to North America or to U.S. states or holdings in the Pacific region. Languages brought to the country by colonists or immigrants from Europe, Asia, or other parts of the world make up a large portion of the languages currently used; several languages, including creoles and sign languages, have also developed in the United States. Approximately 337 languages are spoken or signed by the population, of which 176 are indigenous to the area. Fifty-two languages formerly spoken in the country's territory are now extinct.
The most common language in the United States is known as American English.
However, no official language exists at the federal level. There have been several proposals to make English the national language in amendments to immigration reform bills, but none of these bills have become law with the amendment intact. The situation is quite varied at the state and territorial levels, with some states mirroring the federal policy of adopting no official language in a de jure capacity, others adopting English alone, others officially adopting English as well as local languages, and still others adopting a policy of de facto bilingualism.
The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone country in the world after Mexico, and with the United States having more Spanish-speakers than Spain (but fewer first language speakers) and Colombia. Spanish is the Romance language and the Indo-European language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. Roughly half of all American Spanish-speakers also speak English "very well," based on their self-assessment in the U.S. Census.
There are more Spanish-speakers in the United States than there are speakers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Hawaiian, and the Native American languages combined. According to the 2012 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by 38.3 million people aged five or older, a figure more than double that of 1990.
Built at a cost of $79.4 million ($724million in today's dollars) the ship is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the U.S. and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction. Even in her retirement, she retains the Blue Riband, the accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the highest speed.
Her construction was subsidized by the U.S. government, since she was designed to allow conversion to a troopship should the need arise.United States operated uninterrupted in transatlantic passenger service until 1969. Since 1996 she has been docked at Pier 82 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
Design and construction
Inspired by the exemplary service of the British liners RMSQueen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, which transported hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to Europe during World War II, the U.S. government sponsored the construction of a large and fast merchant vessel that would be capable of transporting large numbers of soldiers. Designed by renowned American naval architect and marine engineer William Francis Gibbs (1886–1967), the liner's construction was a joint effort between the United States Navy and United States Lines. The U.S. government underwrote $50 million of the $78 million construction cost, with the ship's operators, United States Lines, contributing the remaining $28 million. In exchange, the ship was designed to be easily converted in times of war to a troopship with a capacity of 15,000 troops, or to a hospital ship .
There's Nothing More American Than Speaking Spanish. Here's Why.
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Spanish in the United States
El español en los Estados Unidos
In this video, students from SPA 211 (Spring 2017) discuss the current status of Spanish in the United States and they comment on historical and social aspects that have shaped Spanish in this country. They include interviews with two Princeton students who grew up speaking Spanish and English, and who discuss issues of standardization, linguistic attitudes and lexical variation.
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Princeton University Department of Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.princeton.edu/spo
published: 11 Oct 2017
Speaking *ONLY Spanish* To Strangers In Public!
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How Many People Speak Spanish? | By The Numbers
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What Is The Official Language Of The United States?
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El español en los Estados Unidos
In this video, students from SPA 211 (Spring 2017) discuss the current status of Spanish in the United States and they comment on historical and social aspects that have shaped Spanish in this country. They include interviews with two Princeton students who grew up speaking Spanish and English, and who discuss issues of standardization, linguistic attitudes and lexical variation.
Professor’s website: https://scholar.princeton.edu/dvallejo
Princeton University Department of Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.princeton.edu/spo
El español en los Estados Unidos
In this video, students from SPA 211 (Spring 2017) discuss the current status of Spanish in the United States and they comment on historical and social aspects that have shaped Spanish in this country. They include interviews with two Princeton students who grew up speaking Spanish and English, and who discuss issues of standardization, linguistic attitudes and lexical variation.
Professor’s website: https://scholar.princeton.edu/dvallejo
Princeton University Department of Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.princeton.edu/spo
How many people speak Spanish, and where is it spoken? You may be surprised to learn that Spain is only home to the third-largest Spanish-speaking population in...
How many people speak Spanish, and where is it spoken? You may be surprised to learn that Spain is only home to the third-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world. In the first episode of our new series By The Numbers, we take you behind-the-scenes of the Spanish language to show you where it came from, who speaks it today and more. This video is full of fun facts for anyone interested in language, culture, history or geography!
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Hector Torres was talking to his mother on the phone at the airport, when a man started yelling profanities at Torres because of the language he was using.
Hector Torres was talking to his mother on the phone at the airport, when a man started yelling profanities at Torres because of the language he was using.
Hector Torres was talking to his mother on the phone at the airport, when a man started yelling profanities at Torres because of the language he was using.
What is the official language of the United States? The short answer: there isn't one. But there have been many attempts to change that. In this episode of Babb...
What is the official language of the United States? The short answer: there isn't one. But there have been many attempts to change that. In this episode of Babbel Explains, we take you through American history and look at the ongoing battle between those who want to make English the official language of the U.S. and those who prefer to keep the country a melting pot of languages and cultures.
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What is the official language of the United States? The short answer: there isn't one. But there have been many attempts to change that. In this episode of Babbel Explains, we take you through American history and look at the ongoing battle between those who want to make English the official language of the U.S. and those who prefer to keep the country a melting pot of languages and cultures.
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Why Is English Spelling So Difficult?
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https://youtu.be/CEy3JzpzsIg
Learn more about the languages of the United States:
7 Things You Didn’t Know About The United States’ Official Language
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-is-the-united-states-official-language
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How many people speak Spanish, and where is it spoken? You may be surprised to learn that Spain is only home to the third-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world. In the first episode of our new series By The Numbers, we take you behind-the-scenes of the Spanish language to show you where it came from, who speaks it today and more. This video is full of fun facts for anyone interested in language, culture, history or geography!
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Hector Torres was talking to his mother on the phone at the airport, when a man started yelling profanities at Torres because of the language he was using.
What is the official language of the United States? The short answer: there isn't one. But there have been many attempts to change that. In this episode of Babbel Explains, we take you through American history and look at the ongoing battle between those who want to make English the official language of the U.S. and those who prefer to keep the country a melting pot of languages and cultures.
Watch more fascinating videos:
Why Is English Spelling So Difficult?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=134EMstdwO4&t=49s
Our Best Study Tips For Learning A New Language (At Home)
https://youtu.be/CEy3JzpzsIg
Learn more about the languages of the United States:
7 Things You Didn’t Know About The United States’ Official Language
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-is-the-united-states-official-language
Which Are The Most Spoken Languages In The U.S.?
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