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Az [[Amerikai Egyesült Államok]]ban nincs a szövetségi kormány által meghatározott [[hivatalos nyelv]] – az egyes tagállamok önállóan dönthetnek a kérdésről. Az 50 állam közül 28 az angolt nyilvánította hivatalos nyelvvé (illetve mellette Hawaiion a hawaiit, Louisianában a franciát, Új-Mexikóban a spanyolt), 22-ben pedig nincs hivatalos nyelv.
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==Official language status==
[[Image:USA states english official language.PNG|thumb|220px|English is the sole official language of the states colored in blue. It is also one of multiple official languages in the striped states.]] The United States does not have an [[official language]]; nevertheless, [[English language|English]] (specifically, [[American English]]) is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements. Additionally, one must demonstrate an ability to read, write, and speak English to become a naturalized citizen. Many individual states and territories have also adopted English as their official language:
:[[Alabama]], [[Alaska]], [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[California]], [[Colorado]], [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Kentucky]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[Montana]], [[Nebraska]], [[New Hampshire]], [[North Carolina]], [[North Dakota]], [[South Carolina]], [[South Dakota]], [[Tennessee]], the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Utah]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], and [[Wyoming]]
California, on one hand, agreed to allow the publication of state documents in other languages to represent minority groups and immigrant communities. Languages, such as [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Filipino language|Tagalog(Filipino/Pilipino)]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Thai language|Thai]] appear in official state documents, and the DMV publishes in 47 languages.
Several states and territories are officially bi- or trilingual:
*[[Hawaii]] ([[Hawaiian English]] and [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]])
*[[Louisiana]] (English and [[French language|French]] legally recognized, although there is no official language)
*[[New Mexico]] (English and Spanish)
*[[American Samoa]] ([[Samoan language|Samoan]] and English)
*[[Guam]] ([[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] and English)
*[[Northern Mariana Islands]] (English, Chamorro, and [[Carolinian language|Carolinian]])
*[[Puerto Rico]] (Spanish and English)
The state of [[New York]] had state government documents (i.e., vital records) co-written in the [[Dutch language]] until the 1920s, in order to preserve the legacy of [[New Netherlands]], the [[England|English]] annexed the colony in 1664.{{fact}}
[[Native American languages]] are official or co-official on many of the US [[Indian reservation]]s and [[pueblo]]s. In [[Oklahoma]] before statehood in 1907, territory officials debated whether or not to have [[Cherokee]], [[Choctaw]] and [[Muscogee]] languages as co-official, but the idea never gained ground.
In [[New Mexico]], although the state constitution does not specify an official language, laws are published in English and Spanish, and government material and services must be made accessible to speakers of both languages. This is part of the provisions in the 1848 [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]].
The issue of [[bilingualism]] also applies in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[Texas]], while the constitution of Texas has no official language policy. Arizona passed a proposition in the [[United States general elections, 2006|November 7th, 2006 general election]] declaring English as the official language. [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/ballot.measures/] But historical bilingual representation existed in the Southwest states.
In 2000, the [[census]] bureau printed the standard census questionnaires in six languages: [[American English|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (in [[traditional Chinese character|traditional characters]]), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], and [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]. The [[English-only movement]] seeks to establish English as the only official language of the entire nation.
On May 19, 2006, the [[United States Senate]] voted to make [[English language|English]] the [[national language]] of the United States. According to the bill, written by Sen. [[James M. Inhofe]] (R-Okla.), the federal government will no longer provide [[multilingual]] communications and services, except for those already guaranteed by law. Shortly after the approval of the Inhofe amendment, the Senate voted for another bill by Sen. [[Ken Salazar]] (D-Colo.), according to which English is the "common unifying language of the United States," but mandated that nothing in that declaration "shall diminish or expand any existing rights" regarding multilingual services.
The impact of these bills is not immediately clear. It is also interesting to note that Inhofe switched the language from "[[official language]]" to "national language" in a last minute change. Various opposition groups, whether they are Hispanics, Asian Americans, Europeans or American Indians, the "national language" issue hits hard on the U.S.' ethnic communities, where a higher populace of bilingual speaking peoples exist.
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