15 most spoken languages in Florida (plus useful phrases for each)

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So, I was digging around for some info about the languages spoken in Florida (don’t ask me why. What can I say, I’m a curious gal). Turns out, it’s super diverse, as you might expect from a sunny state.

There are 15 major languages spoken there every day. English is obviously number one, but many folks use something else at home.

Check out the list below that breaks them down based on number of speakers, according to the official stats from the Census (thanks, CMS.gov):

Languages spoken in Florida

Spanish: 1,640,329 speakers
Haitian Creole: 172,555 speakers
Vietnamese: 35,602 speakers
Portuguese: 33,193 speakers
Chinese: 33,151 speakers
French: 29,811 speakers
Tagalog: 17,755 speakers
Russian: 16,572 speakers
Arabic: 15,490 speakers
Italian: 13,210 speakers
German: 11,442 speakers
Korean: 9,686 speakers
Polish: 9,020 speakers
Gujarati: 5,850 speakers
Thai: 5,259 speakers

Florida surely is a melting pot, as you can see.

All right, so now that you know this information, what can you do with it?

Well, if you live in the state of Florida and you’re interested in learning a new language, one of these would probably be a good place to start.

And to help you on your way, here are some basic phrases in each language, along with audio.

Spanish

Hello	Hola
Bye	Adiós
How are you?	¿Cómo estás?
Thank you	Gracias
I don’t understand	No entiendo

Haitian Creole

Hello	Bonjou
Bye	Orevwa
How are you?	Kijan ou ye?
Thank you	Mèsi
I don’t understand	Mwen pa konprann

Vietnamese

Hello	Xin chào
Bye	Tạm biệt
How are you?	Bạn khoẻ không?
Thank you	Cảm ơn
I don’t understand	Tôi không hiểu

Portuguese

Hello	Olá
Bye	Adeus
How are you?	Como você está?
Thank you	Obrigado/Obrigada
I don’t understand	Não entendo

Chinese (Mandarin)

Hello	你好	Nǐ hǎo
Bye	再见	Zài jiàn
How are you?	你好嗎	Nǐ hǎo ma
Thank you	谢谢	Xiè xie
I don’t understand	我不明白	Wǒ bù míng bái

French

Hello	Bonjour
Bye	Au revoir
How are you?	Comment ça va?
Thank you	Merci
I don’t understand	Je ne comprends pas

Tagalog

Hello	Kamusta
Bye	Paalam
How are you?	Kumusta ka?
Thank you	Salamat
I don’t understand	Hindi ko maintindihan

Russian

Hello	привет	Privet
Bye	Пока	Poka
How are you?	Как дела?	Kak dela?
Thank you	Спасибо	Spasibo
I don’t understand	Я не понимаю	Ya ne ponimayu

Arabic

Hello	سلام	Salam
Bye	مع السلامة	Ma’a as-salamah
How are you?	كَيف الحال	Kayf alhal
Thank you	شكرا	Shukran
I don’t understand	لا أفهم	La afham

Italian

Hello	Ciao
Bye	Arrivederci
How are you?	Come va?
Thank you	Grazie
I don’t understand	Non capisco

German

Hello	Hallo
Bye	Tschüss
How are you?	Wie geht’s?
Thank you	Danke
I don’t understand	Ich verstehe nicht

Korean

Hello	안녕히 가세요	Annyeonghigaseyo
Bye	안녕	Annyeong
How are you?	잘 지냈어?	Jal jinaesseo?
Thank you	감사합니다	Gamsahamnida
I don’t understand	모르겠어요	Morugesseoyo

Polish

Hello	Cześć
Bye	Do widzenia
How are you?	Jak się masz?
Thank you	Dziękuję
I don’t understand	Nie rozumiem

Gujarati

Hello	નમસ્કાર	Namaskar
Bye	દરશિન	Darshaan
How are you?	તમે કેમ છો?	Tame kem chho?
Thank you	આભાર	Aabhar
I don’t understand	મને સમજાતું નથી	Manē samajātuṁ nathī

Thai

Hello	สวัสดี	Sawatdee
Bye	สวัสดี	Sawatdee
How are you?	สบายดีไหม?	Sabai di mai?
Thank you	ขอบคุณ	Khob khun
I don’t understand	ฉันไม่เข้าใจ	Chan mai kao jai

Floridians (or those interested in visiting the state), I hope you’ve found this post useful. Maybe you can use it to decide which language to learn next. Or perhaps you just wanna shock some of the locals by dropping a few words of their mother tongue into a conversation. Whatever you do, have fun!