Itâs estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages and 46 languages have just a single speaker! Languages are grouped into families that share a common ancestry.
All U.S. citizens are considered to be U.S. nationals, but not all nationals are citizens: natives of American Samoa and Swainâs Island (AS) are not U.S. citizens but are nationals. Select Eligible noncitizen if you are not a U.S. citizen (or U.S. national) and you are one of the following:
1 Includes second, third and n th generation Indians as well. 2  Even though American is a proper term for anyone who is U.S. citizen (including people of Indian origin), for the purpose of this article, American means people in the U.S. who are of European origin, white or Caucasian race. Even though the examples in this article may refer to someone from a specific region, or state or caste, it is just an example and may apply to many other people. 2  Do not take anything personally or literally. 3  This article is not meant to be against Indians, not to complain against Indians, not bashing Indians.