Although the united states does not have an official language, english is the national language but many state and federal government agencies use spanish. many states, such as california, require official documents to be bilingual in spanish and english or other languages. currently, spanish is the language most commonly learned as a second language in american universities with more than 1.4 million students in the fall of 2002. at that time, 53 percent of university students took spanish. , 14.4% french, 7.1% german, 4.5% italian, 3.7% japanese and 2.4% chinese. these numbers are changing but spanish is becoming more popular every day. pick the correct statement according to what you read. the official language of the united states (u. s.) is english. the official languages of the u. s. are english and spanish. the u. s. does not have an official language. an official language is a national language. there are several national languages in the u. s.although the united states does not have an official language, english is the national language but many state and federal government agencies use spanish. many states, such as california, require official documents to be bilingual in spanish and english or other languages.