Of the languages spoken in Texas none has been designated the official language, although at various points in its history English, Spanish, and French have all been the primary dominant language used by government officials. As immigrant groups settled Texas they brought their native languages, supplanting earlier Native American languages, such as the Caddo language from which Texas derives its name. Early immigrants that arrived directly from Europe such as Germans, Poles, and Czechs even established their own seperate towns where their native tounges became the dominant language. A variant of the German language is even indigenous to Texas. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Largest city Austin Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Caddo is a Caddoan language of the Southern Plains. ... Texas German is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German immigrants who founded the town of Fredericksburg, Texas in 1846. ...

Contrary to popular belief there is no exclusive Texas dialect of American English, but some linguists do contest that there is a unique subset of Southern English. ^[1] According to the Phonological Atlas of the University of Pennsylvania virtually all native Texans speak ^[2] Southern American English, while other studies claim that Texas is home to several dialects of American English. All of East Texas and usually most of central and north Texas are classified as speaking the Southern dialect. Usually it is portions of west and south Texas that are classified as speaking a Western or Southwestern dialect. ^[3] American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from northern Virginia and central Kentucky to the Gulf Coast, and from the Atlantic coast to central Texas. ... This is a list of varieties of the English language. ... Red counties show the core of East Texas; pink and red counties may or may not be included in East Texas, and thus their inclusion varies from source to source. ... Central Texas (a part of which is Texas Hill Country), is a region in the U.S. state of Texas. ... North Texas is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the US state of Texas. ... West Texas is a region in Texas which has more in common geographically with the Southwestern United States than it does with East Texas and North Texas. ... South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas which lies roughly south of, or beginning at, San Antonio. ...

Recent immigrants from other US regions and foreign countries are causing a linguistic shift in Texas. Spanish speakers have risen to almost a third of the population and Vietnamese and Chinese ^[4] have replaced German and French to become the third and fourth most spoken languages in Texas; with Urdu, Korean, and Tagalog filling out the top ten most spoken languages in Texas. ^[5] Large numbers of non-native Texas residents are picking up some dialectical traits of Southern English, ^[6] while other linguistic traits are being subdued into a national homogenizing trend.^[7] This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Tagálog is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

The Spanish creoles spoken by some Tejanos are becoming more influenced by Mexican dialects of Spanish due to a large influx of recent immigrants from Mexico. In some locations of South and West Texas these Spanish Creoles and the dialects of English spoken by Anglos and non-bilingual Tejanos are being supplanted as the dominant language by Mexican Spanish. A number of Creole languages are based on the Spanish language. ... A tejano (Spanish for Texan; archaic spelling texano) is a person of Mexican descent born and living in the U.S. state of Texas. ... Mexican Spanish is the form of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico by over 90% of the population. ...

References

• ↑  PBS American Varieties: Texan
• ↑ Phonological Atlas of the University of Pennsylvania
• ↑  Introduction to American English, Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere
• ↑ languageline.com Languages Spoken in Texas (PDF)
• ↑  languageline.com Languages Spoken in Texas
• ↑ American Varieties: Southern
• ↑  PBS American Varieties: Southern