Amharic the most commonly spoken African language in United States according census data.
Amharic is the most common used African language in Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia and West Virgina. The other choices are Berber, Chadic, Cushite, Sudanic, Nilotic, Nilo-hamitic, Nubian, Saharan, Khoisan, Swahili, Bantu, Mande, Fulani, Gur, Efik, Mbum, as well as “Kru, Ibo, Yoruba,” which the census lists as a single language.