Vermont
Languages
A few place-names and very few Indian-language speakers remain as evidence of the early Vermont presence of the Algonkian Mohawk tribe and of some Iroquois in the north. Vermont English, although typical of the Northern dialect, differs from that of New Hampshire in several respects, including retention of the final /r/ and use of eavestrough in place of eavespout.
In 2000, 540,767 Vermonters—94.1% of the population age five and over—spoke only English at home. The percent of the population who spoke only English at home remained constant from 1990 to 2000.
The following table gives selected statistics from the 2000 census for language spoken at home by persons five years old and over. The category "Scandinavian languages" includes Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
| LANGUAGE | NUMBER | PERCENT |
| Population 5 years and over | 574,842 | 100.0 |
| Speak only English | 540,767 | 94.1 |
| Speak a language other than English | 34,075 | 5.9 |
| Speak a language other than English | 34,075 | 5.9 |
| French (incl. Patois, Cajun) | 14,624 | 2.5 |
| Spanish or Spanish Creole | 5,791 | 1.0 |
| German | 2,612 | 0.5 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 1,600 | 0.3 |
| Italian | 1,198 | 0.2 |
| Polish | 977 | 0.2 |
| Vietnamese | 812 | 0.1 |
| Chinese | 782 | 0.1 |
| Russian | 554 | 0.1 |
| Scandinavian languages | 415 | 0.1 |