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Mississippi Symbols

Mississippi State Language

English

Adopted on July 1, 1987.

The English Language was adopted on July 1, 1987. It is the Mississippi State Language.

MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended
SEC. 3-3-31. State language.
The English language is the official language of the State of Mississippi.
SOURCES: Laws, 1987, ch. 439, eff from and after July 1, 1987.

3.6 percent of this state's residents speak a language other than English. The most common of these languages are Spanish, French, German, and Choctaw. This state has the nation's highest proportion of speakers of Choctaw.

Although the portion of Mississippians who speak a language besides English in their homes has grown, the number who speak little or no English has fallen since 1990.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.