美国哪些地方说意大利语

The language today

Today, though 15,638,348 American citizens report themselves as Italian Americans, only 1,008,370 of these report speaking the Italian language at home (0.384% of the population). The largest community of is in New York State, where the 294,265 Italian speakers (140,000 of whom live in New York City) constitute 1.65% of the total population. The second largest is New Jersey, with 116,365 speakers, and there are large communities througout New England. Cities with large Italian speaking communities include Chicago, with 12,000 speakers, Philadelphia, with 15,000. Assimilation has played a large role in the decreasing amout of Italian speakers today. Of those who speak Italian at home in the United States, 361,245 are over the age of 65, and only 68,030 are below the age of 17.

Forms of Italian

Traditionally, most Italian Americans did not speak Standard Italian, but many spoke Italian dialects, particularly from Southern Italy, such as Sicilian, Neapolitan, and others. Today, the Standard Italian language is used in schools instead of the original dialects.

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根据这份东西，美国讲意大利语人比较多的州有：纽约州，新泽西州，新英格兰地区。讲意大利语人比较多的城市有：芝加哥，费城。但讲意大利语的孩子是越来越少了，都是老家伙们。

美国讲意大利语的人大多说方言，尤其是南方方言，比如西西里方言和那不勒斯方言。现在在学校里是使用标准意大利语来取代方言。