The best way to learn languages in 2022 doesn’t necessarily require you to look overseas! However, with HelloTalk, you can make friends with native speakers no matter where they are in the world! Comprising millions of users, HelloTalkers help each other to learn over 150 languages. The app connects members with native speakers to exchange text and voice messages, enjoy voice and video calls, and share HelloTalk Moments posts where members can explore almost any topic.
One of HelloTalk’s largest user groups is within the United States. American HelloTalkers learn Chinese, Spanish, French, and Korean, to name just some popular languages. But research by Visual Capitalist reminds us just how diverse the country is, and that’s something reflected in the array of languages used throughout American states. Following Spanish and English usage, some of the most commonly spoken languages across the US might even surprise you!
Looking to the east, in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, after English and Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese are the most commonly-spoken languages! Their usage extends across the center of the country, spanning Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Utah, before spreading across California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington! After Mandarin and Cantonese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, and French prevail. Other widely-spoken languages in the US include Korean, Russian, Haitian Creole, and German. So next time you use HelloTalk’s search functions to find language partners, you could even find your perfect native-speaking partner closer to home than you might imagine!
But it isn’t just us humans who can master languages. According to recent research from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, dogs can also distinguish between languages. After being played excerpts from a popular story in both Spanish and Hungarian, the brain responses of a group of 18 canines indicated that dogs’ brains produced different activity patterns when they heard a familiar language and an unfamiliar language. The older the dogs were, the better their brains distinguished between the two languages. But perhaps we’re not yet at the stage to find canine language partners, though.
To find your ideal language partner, and to make leaps and bounds towards achieving fluency in your chosen language, download HelloTalk for Android and iOS now! Search by country, language, language ability, and more today!
