Many employees and owners of Tucson businesses are native speakers of foreign and Native American languages. This map-in-progress offers a glimpse of the linguistic diversity in Tucson, Arizona. We hope it will allow people to find their community, explore new cultures, or give them a place to practice a language they’re learning.
Right now the map is far from complete. We hope others will help fill in the gaps in our Tucson map and also expand the project to other communities, near and far.
Please contact us if you would like to participate in this project, or if you would like to suggest a new addition or correction to the Tucson map.
Follow @LangCapProjectMiddle Eastern and North African – Arabic (varieties), Persian/Farsi, Tigrinya, Amharic
West African Languages: Mina, Fon
East Asian Languages: Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Malay
Western European Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek
Languages of India: Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Nepali, Bengali, Telugu
Slavic Languages: Russian, Polish, Bosnian
Thanks to everyone who provided information:
Mahmoud Azaz, Samina Yasmin, Dr. Doug Adamson, Sichon (Nat) Koowuttayakorn, Dr. Andrea Dallas, Dr. Rudy Troike, Yu Chen, Qian Zhang, Carmen Socorro Solis Delgado, Hanlin Jiang, Ibraheem Kashkash, Anne-Marie Engels-Brooks, Yi Han, Essa Batel, Karim Ibrahim, Dr. Robert Ariew, Heather Smyser, Kristian Adi Putra, Paolo Reingar, Kristen Michelson, Janel Murakami, Mustafa Polat, Jenny Slinkard, Kristin Lange, Ryan Humphrey, Michael Sayle, Dr. Teresa Polowy, Dr. Linda Waugh, Elyse Petit, Beatriz Carneiro, Dr. David Gramling, Dr. Steven Martinson, Dr. Ana Carvalho, Abdullah Nasser Aljawini, Mohammed Al-Sammak, Xiaoxiao Chen, Dr. Sumayya Granger, Dr. Barbara Kosta, and also the restaurant owners and employees who welcomed us and told us about their business. Thanks to all!
