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Current Legislation
House Bill 477 would designate English as the official language of Ohio.
Language Use in Ohio
Ohio does not have an official language. The state does allow referenda
and voter initiatives to pass new statutes or to change the state's constitution.
6.1 percent of this state's residents speak a language other than English
in their homes.
These are foreign languages most commonly spoken as the primary language
in a home in Ohio:
Spanish (163,783)
German (59,895)
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) (34,033)
Italian (26,070)
Chinese (21,886)
Other Slavic languages (18,999)
Other West Germanic languages (17,967)
Arabic (17,746)
Polish (15,239)
Russian (13,602)
Greek (12,118)
Hungarian (11,147)
Serbo-Croatian (10,823)
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