claim: The Icelandic Coast Guard is barely known as Landhelgisgaeslan.
evidence: The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States .. French language. French language. minority language. minority language. United States. United States. Roughly 2.07 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in a federal 2010 estimate , making French the fourth most-spoken language in the nation behind English , Spanish , and Chinese -LRB- when Cajun , Haitian Creole and all other forms of French are included , and when Cantonese , Mandarin and other varieties of Chinese are similarly combined -RRB- .. English. English language. Spanish. Spanish language. Chinese. Chinese language. varieties. varieties of Chinese. Several varieties of French evolved in what is now the United States  :. United States. United States. varieties. varieties of Chinese. Louisiana French , spoken in Louisiana by descendants of colonists in French Louisiana. Louisiana French. Louisiana French. Louisiana. Louisiana. French Louisiana. French Louisiana. New England French , spoken in New England by descendants of 19th and 20th-century Canadian migrants. New England French. New England French. New England. New England. Canadian migrants. Canadian Americans. Missouri French , spoken in Missouri by descendants of French settlers in the Illinois Country. Missouri French. Missouri French. Missouri. Missouri. Illinois Country. Illinois Country. Muskrat French , spoken in Michigan by descendants of habitants , voyageurs and coureurs des bois in the Pays d'en Haut. Muskrat French. Muskrat French. Michigan. Michigan. habitants. habitants. voyageurs. voyageurs. coureurs des bois. coureurs des bois. Pays d'en Haut. Pays d'en Haut. Metis French , spoken in North Dakota by Metis people. Metis French. Metis French. North Dakota. North Dakota. Metis people. Metis in the United States. More recently , French has also been carried to various parts of the nation via immigration from Francophone regions .. Today , French is the second most spoken language -LRB- after English -RRB- in the states of Maine and Vermont , and the third most spoken -LRB- after English and Spanish -RRB- in the states of Louisiana , Connecticut , Rhode Island , and New Hampshire .. English. English language. Spanish. Spanish language. Louisiana. Louisiana. Maine. Maine. Vermont. Vermont. Connecticut. Connecticut. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. As a second language , French is the second most widely taught foreign language in American schools , colleges and universities .. While the overwhelming majority of Americans of French ancestry grew up speaking only English , some enroll their children in French heritage language classes .. English. English language. Americans of French ancestry. French Americans. speaking only English. language shift. heritage language classes. heritage language learning