Arabic language in the United States
Appearance
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The Arabic language is the fastest-growing foreign language taught at U.S. colleges and universities, a trend mirrored at the University of Iowa.
Arabic in 2006 became the 10th most-studied language in the United States.[7]
In 2013, Arabic was ranked the 8th place on the list of enrollments in higher education in the USA.
See also
References
- ^ "Detailed Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for Persons 5 Years and Over --50 Languages with Greatest Number of Speakers: United States 1990". United States Census Bureau. 1990. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ "Language Spoken at Home: 2000". United States Bureau of the Census. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ a b Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results".
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born Population: 1910 to 1940, 1960, and 1970". United States Census Bureau. March 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Language Spoken at Home for the Foreign-Born Population 5 Years and Over: 1980 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. March 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ Heldt, Diane (25 March 2010). "Arabic is fastest-growing language at U.S. colleges". The Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2012.