Editing Languages of the United States (section)

===Italian, Sicilian and Neapolitan===
{{Main|Italian language in the United States}}
[[File:Italian USC2000 PHS.svg|thumb|right|Current distribution of the Italian language in the United States.]]
The [[Italian language]] and other [[Italo-Dalmatian languages]] have been widely spoken in the United States for more than one hundred years, primarily due to large-scale immigration from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century.

In addition to Italian learned by most people today, there has been a strong representation of the languages of Southern Italy amongst the immigrant population ([[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] and [[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]] in particular). As of 2009, though 15,638,348 American citizens report themselves as Italian-Americans, only 753,992 of these report speaking the Italian language at home (0.3264% of the US population).