Spanish language in the United States

Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:44 am GMT
Ever since the US acquired Louisiana the State Constitution guaranteed it's use but it was violated in the 2oth century but things are getting better now that it's being use again as language of instruction while Spanish in New Mexico is not.
guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:52 am GMT
I don't know what you mean with 'Castilian Spanish'.

At least in Spanish, 'castellano' and 'español' are synonyms.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:53 am GMT
Nobody study in French in Louisiana appart from a small minority of canjun people. They are only 4% of people. Around 2.5% of people in Louisiana speak Spanish and appart from these you have to add those anglophones who study Spanish hence making Spanish more studied ithan French in Louisiana. In New Mexico more than 20% of people speak Spanish natively, so compared to 4% of canjun people in Louisiana, it's clear which language is more strong in each state.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:54 am GMT
According to the constitution of the state of Louisiana, English is not the official language of the state but is recognized as the majority language and thus is the language of instruction in the school system. French is recognized with official status and any Francophone can demand and recieve any and all state documents in French upon request. Article 12 Section four reads as follows "The right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic linguistic and cultural origins is recognized." Under this rule it would be possible for a Spanish speaking comunity to seek recognition if the population of the group was large enough. I don't know that this has happened but could. The Constitution also gives "almost" constitutional status to the original French Language Civil Code and Franophones make up about 20% of the population so it is a certainly safe to say that it isn't just history but modern day Louisiana that says French is an official language.

http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputatio:Ludoviciana
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:57 am GMT
<< Nobody study in French in Louisiana appart from a small minority of canjun people. They are only 4% of people. Around 2.5% of people in Louisiana speak Spanish and appart from these you have to add those anglophones who study Spanish hence making Spanish more studied than French in Louisiana. In New Mexico more than 20% of people speak Spanish natively, so compared to 4% of canjun people in Louisiana, it's clear which language is more strong in each state. >>

Those Spanish speakers who settled in Lousiana are being assimilated in either Cajun or English sulture that's why Spanish disappear fast in Lousiana.

On the other hand the hispanics in NM speak English as their first language to get ahead so longer Spanish.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:01 am GMT
As of 2000, 91.2% of Louisiana residents age 5 and older speak English at home and 4.8% speak French. Spanish is spoken by 2.5% of the population, Vietnamese is spoken by 0.6% and German by 0.2%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana#Languages


New Mexico: According the 2000 U.S. Census, 28.76% of the population aged 5 and over speak Spanish at home, while 4.07% speak Navajo.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico#Languages
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:02 am GMT
The Spanish language is the second-most common language in the country, spoken by almost 30 million people (or 13% of the population) in 2005. In Puerto Rico, both Spanish and English have the status of official language, and in New Mexico laws are published in both languages. Throughout the Southwestern United States, long-established Spanish-speaking communities coexist with large numbers of more recent Spanish-speaking immigrants. The United States holds the world's fifth largest Spanish-speaking population, outnumbered only by Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Colombia. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is predominantly Spanish-speaking. Although many new Latin American immigrants are less than fluent in English, second-generation Hispanic Americans commonly speak English fluently, while only about half still speak Spanish.

Likewise, Louisiana declared French an official language alongside English in 1974. Besides English, Spanish, French, German, Navajo and other Native American languages, all other languages are usually learned from immigrant ancestors that came after the time of Independence or learned through some form of education.

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Languages_of_the_United_States
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:03 am GMT
<<Those Spanish speakers who settled in Lousiana are being assimilated in either Cajun or English sulture that's why Spanish disappear fast in Lousiana.

On the other hand the hispanics in NM speak English as their first language to get ahead so longer Spanish.>>

The reality is that French is the language that has being decreasing . Now it is only spoken by 4% of people in Louisiana only.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:07 am GMT
<< As of 2000, 91.2% of Louisiana residents age 5 and older speak English at home and 4.8% speak French. Spanish is spoken by 2.5% of the population, Vietnamese is spoken by 0.6% and German by 0.2%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana#Languages


New Mexico: According the 2000 U.S. Census, 28.76% of the population aged 5 and over speak Spanish at home, while 4.07% speak Navajo.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico#Languages >>

The data posted in Wikipedia is inaccurate because they were done by lying hispanics.

Axxording to census there are 280,000 French speakers in Lousiana but it was inaccurate because majority of the Cajuns interviewed answered that they spoke only English but the truth is they still do and they still feel the stigma. I'm a Cajun and I know that. All of my neighbors here speak French and it inludes the Anglo-Saxons, hispanics, German descents, and even Amerindians speak French and no English here.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:08 am GMT
Haha, 4% of French speakers in Louisiana only!. Adios mosca cojonera. Jodete.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:09 am GMT
I've been in NM and heard hose hispanics talking in American English to each other and very rarely in Spanish.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:15 am GMT
<< Haha, 4% of French speakers in Louisiana only!. Adios mosca cojonera. Jodete. >>

Goodbye, Hispanic Dung Beetle becausae you're as ifgnorant as an ordinary hispanic. You don't know what's happening to the hispanic culture in NM.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:23 am GMT
<< Haha, 4% of French speakers in Louisiana only!. Adios mosca cojonera. Jodete. >>

Goodbye, Hispanic Dung Beetle because you're as ignorant as an ordinary hispanic. You don't know what's happening to the hispanic culture in NM.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:28 am GMT
<< Haha, 4% of French speakers in Louisiana only!. Adios mosca cojonera. Jodete. >>

Go and sodomize yourself hispANUS.
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:57 am GMT
Here's another article that French is given an official status in Louisiana.

Article XII, § 4 of Louisiana's current (1974) constitution provides:

The right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic linguistic and cultural origins is recognized.

This principle is also embodied in Louisiana's Revised Statutes (43:204)*:

When advertisements are required to be made in relation to judicial process, or in the sale of property for undpaid taxes, or under judicial process or any other legal process of whatever kind, they shall be made in the English language and may in addition be duplicated in the French language. State and local officials and public institutions are reconfirmed in the traditional right to publish documents in the French language in addition to English.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/can-la.htm

Spanish has no similar previlege in New Mexico.