Types of Languages in Arizona Schools

These are the home languages identified by the Arizona State Department of Education. It is important to note that within these languages, dialects are not identified. For example, there are many dialects of Spanish such as Chicano Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Castellano, Andaluz, Gallego, Valenciano, Ladino, etc. Navajos also have various dialects of Navajo. There is Portuguese from Portugal and Portuguese from Brazil, and even English has many dialects such as Chicano English, Black English (Ebonics), Cowboy English, Queen's English, cockney, Indian (India) English, Apache English, California English, Southwestern English, Southern English, Boston Englishes, etc."

ENGLISH	THAI
SPANISH	UKRAINIAN
ARABIC	VIETNAMESE
CAMBODIAN	YUGOSLAVIAN
CANTONESE	OTHER NON-INDIAN
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN	NAVAJO
DUTCH	APACHE-SAN CARLOS
FILIPINO	APACHE-WHITE MOUNTAIN
FINNISH	CHEMEHUEVI
FRENCH	COCOPAH
GERMAN	HOPI
GREEK	HUALAPAI
HEBREW	KAIBAB-PAIUTE
HUNGARIAN	MARICOPA
ITALIAN	MOHAVE
JAPANESE	TOHONO O'ODHAM
KOREAN	PIMA
LAOTIAN	SUPAI
MANDARIN	TEWA
POLISH	YAQUI
PORTUGUESE	YAVAPAI
ROMANIAN	YUMA
RUSSIAN	OTHER INDIAN

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