... speakers in total population USA 248,709,873 22, 354 , 059 8.9 11,117,606 4 .5 New Mexico 1 ,51 5,069 57 9,224 38.2 398,186 26.3Texas 16,986 ,51 0 4,339,9 05 25. 5 3,443,106 20.3California 29,760,021 7 ,55 7 ,55 0 ... configurations by learning otherlanguages and dialects, to help the USA become linguistically competent andculturally sensitive. Latinos in the Northeast are doing their part by learning the varieties ... of minority languagesto undervalue their language, to underestimate their skills in the language, andview the majority language of the community as being more prestigious than theirown language. ...