Ashkenazi Jews are popularly contrasted with Sephardi Jews, also called Sephardim, who are descendants of Jews from Spain and Portugal (though there are other groups as well). There are some differences in how the two groups pronounce certain Hebrew letters and in points of ritual.ince the middle of the 20th century, many Ashkenazi Jews have intermarried, both with members of other Jewish communities and with people of other nations and faiths, while some Jews have also adopted children from other ethnic groups or from other parts of the world and have raised them as Jews.
About how many adults in the United States speak a language other than English at home? 52 million Other than English, which is the most widely-spoken language in the United States?
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. census.gov. By Camille Ryan Issued August 2013. ACS-22. American Community Survey Reports. Language Use in the United States: 2011. INTRODUCTION. English is the language spoken by most people in the United States. The official language of many states is . English. 1. and it is the language used in nearly all gov-ernmental functions. Despite this predominance, many people in the United States speak languages other than English, and there has long been an interest in these groups and in how well they are able to partici- pate in civic life and interact with the English-speaking