San Francisco's multi-cultural and therefore multi-lingual background isn't unknown. People know that many different languages are spoken by the people here. However, they'll still be surprised to hear that according to a US Census report, a staggering 112 languages are spoken in San Francisco's metropolitan homes. Read More..

English still remains the primary language in San Francisco. But, a host of other languages are spoken widely including Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Persian, Punjabi, Navajo, Yiddish, and Swahili. Read More..

According to most reports the language most used in San Francisco after English is Spanish. But these reports do have a certain error of margin simply because they are based on the number of people that have registered and what they've put down as their primary language. Read More..

As in any cosmopolitan community, you'll find several language schools in San Francisco offering to teach a number of languages. These include English (for fresh immigrants), Spanish, French, Italian, Thai, Korean, Japanese and even Danish. Read More..

San Francisco's Main Public Library doesn't have it easy considering the number of languages spoken by various immigrant communities. However, it does its best to cater to the main minority communities such as the Chinese, the African Americans, the Filipinos and the Latino/Hispanics. Read More..

Several entrepreneurs have benefitted from the multi-cultural and multi-lingual society that calls San Francisco home. The prime benefiters among them include owners of Language Institutes and Translation services. Read More..

The legal systems make an extra effort in San Francisco to reach out to the non-English speaking community. Read More..

In order to create awareness of major or common diseases, San Francisco's hospitals and health organizations have had to come up with ways in which to reach out to non-English speakers of the community. Read More..