Fact Sheets: Languages Used for Driver’s License Exams
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| ALABAMA: | (13) Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| ALASKA: | (1) English |
| ARIZONA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| ARKANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CALIFORNIA: | (33) Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| COLORADO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CONNECTICUT: | (7) English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese. |
| DELAWARE: | (5) Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish. |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: | (15) Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| FLORIDA: | (3) English, Haitian Creole, Spanish. |
| GEORGIA: | (11) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| HAWAII: | (12) Chinese, Chuuukese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Ilocano, Marshal Islander, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese. |
| IDAHO: | (11) Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| ILLINOIS: | (5) Chinese, English, Korean, Polish, Spanish. |
| INDIANA: | (12) Arabic, Burmese, Chin, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| IOWA: | (21) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| KANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| KENTUCKY: | (23) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| LOUISIANA: | (1) English. |
| MAINE: | (5) Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish. |
| MARYLAND: | (6) English, French, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| MASSACHUSETTS: | (28) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| MICHIGAN: | (9) Arabic, Burmese, English, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| MINNESOTA: | (6) English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSISSIPPI: | (10) Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSOURI: | (12) Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MONTANA: | (4) Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEBRASKA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEVADA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE: | (3) English, French, Spanish. |
| NEW JERSEY: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEW MEXICO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW YORK: | (14) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| NORTH CAROLINA: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| NORTH DAKOTA: | (13) American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Nepali, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| OHIO: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Somali, Spanish. |
| OKLAHOMA: | (1) English |
| OREGON: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| PENNSYLVANIA: | (9) Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. |
| RHODE ISLAND: | (7) Arabic, Bosnian, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish. |
| SOUTH CAROLINA: | (4) English, French, German, Spanish. |
| SOUTH DAKOTA: | (1) English. |
| TENNESSE: | (4) English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish. |
| TEXAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| UTAH: | (1) English. |
| VERMONT: | (5), English, French, Serbo-Croation, Somali, Spanish. |
| VIRGINIA: | (21) American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| WASHINGTON: | (7) Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| WEST VIRGNIA: | (3) English, Japanese, Spanish. |
| WISCONSIN: | (8) Chinese, English, Hmong, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish. |
| WYOMING: | (1) English. |
TxDPS - Testing In Other Languages
Driver License Test In Albanian Language Test
The first test for every type of license includes a vision, knowledge, and road test, except for a moped license. The SCDMV does not require a skills test for a moped license. Taking the Road Test You may hear a road test called a skills test. You need to take a road test if you do not hold a valid driver’s license. ADS Adult Driving School, License # C1702: 210-534-0683: 2339 Vance Jason Rd., San Antonio, Texas 78213: Bexar: Alamo Driving School: 210-294-1203: 21586 IH 35 Ste 100, Schertz, Texas 78154: Guadalupe: All Ages Driving School - South East: 832-327-7233: 3809 Shaver St. Suite 140, Pasadena, TX 77504: Harris: All American Driving School: 214-957.
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Information in the above table was collected by U.S. English from officials at the motor vehicle departments in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, February-April 2016.