From the SF Chronicle: "Most residents of the San Francisco metropolitan area won't be surprised that the region is one of the most linguistically diverse in the country, yet a new report based on U.S. Census data tallies a dizzying 112 languages spoken in homes here, making it the fifth most linguistically varied metro area in the nation."
"In addition to the most frequently used languages -- English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese -- there are thousands of Bay Area residents who speak Persian, Portuguese and Punjabi, and hundreds more who feel most at home with Swahili, Yiddish and Navajo.
Under census classifications, the San Francisco metropolitan area includes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo"
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Posted by mbarlowe at March 15, 2005 12:23 PM