
How immigration impacts language composition in Portland
Immigration is quite a prominent phenomenon that characterizes Portland for a number of years. Individuals from various parts of the world flock in Portland in search of educational and employment opportunities. This recomposes the population pattern and more and more diversified languages are being spoken in Portland city.
A lot of immigration takes place from places like Latin America. For instance Mexico is a place from where a number of people immigrate to Portland city.
Other than that immigration also takes place quite a lot from Asian countries and Europe and thus languages like German, Spanish etc are increasingly spoken in this city. It has also given a quick boost to Portland's economy since it adds to the city's richness and know-how.
http://www.foreigninterest.com/html/oregon_immigrants.html
http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=nr20091130Immigr

