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•  Namibia
  
  • English
  • Afrikaans (national language)
  • German (regional language)
  • Oshiwambo (regional language)

•  Nauru
  • English
  • Nauruan

•  Nepal
  • Nepali

•  Netherlands
  • Dutch (de facto, statewide)
  • West Frisian (in Friesland)
  • Limburgish (regional language)
  • Low Saxon (regional language)
  • Papiamento (on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire)
  • English (on Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba)

•  New Zealand
  • English is a de facto official language (statewide)
  • Maori (statewide)
  • NZSL (NZ Deaf community)
  • Tokelauan (in Tokelau)
  • Cook Islands Maori (in Cook Islands)
  • Niuean (in Niue)

•  Nicaragua
  • Spanish

•  Niger
  • French
  • Hausa (national)
  • Fulfulde (national)
  • Gulmancema (national)
  • Kanuri (national)
  • Zarma (national)
  • Tamasheq (national)

•  Nigeria
  • English (official)
  • Hausa (national)
  • Yoruba (national)
  • Igbo (national)

•  Norway (Languages of Norway)
  • Norwegian (statewide) (Bokmål and Nynorsk are the official forms, and municipalities choose between them or a neutral stance)
  • Sami (indigenous language in vast areas from Engerdal to the Russian border, official administrative language in Kautokeino, Karasjok, Gáivuotna – Kåfjord, Nesseby,Porsanger, Tana, Tysfjord, and Snåsa)
  • Kven (national minority language, administrative language in Porsanger)
  • Romani (national minority language)
  • Scandoromani (national minority language)

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•  Bahamas
  • English

•  Bahrain
  • Arabic

•  Bangladesh
  • Bengali

•  Barbados
  • English

•  Belarus
  • Belarusian
  • Russian

•  Belgium (Languages of Belgium)^[12]
  • Dutch (Official only in Flanders, including Brussels)
  • French (Official only in Brussels and in Wallonia, though not in the German-speaking Community of Belgium)
  • German (Official only in the German-speaking Community of Belgium)

•  Belize
  • English (Official language)
  • Kriol (the lingua franca)
  • Spanish (Minority language spoken on the border with Mexico and Guatemala)

•  Benin
  • French

•  Bhutan
  • Dzongkha

•  Bolivia
  • Spanish
  • Aymara
  • Quechua

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bosnian
  • Croatian
  • Serbian

•  Botswana
  • English
  • Tswana (national)

•  Brazil
  • Portuguese (national, all cities)
  • German (in Pomerode, Santa Catarina)
  • Pomeranian (in Pancas^[14][15] and Santa Maria de Jetibá, in Espírito Santo)
  • Hunsrückisch (in Antônio Carlos, Santa Catarina)
    
  • Talian (in Serafina Corrêa, Rio Grande do Sul)
    
  • Nheengatu, Baniwa and Tucano (in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas)
    
  • Guarani (in Tacuru, Mato Grosso do Sul)
    

•  Brunei
  • Malay

•  Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian

•  Burkina Faso
  • French
  • Fula (national)
  • Jula (national)
  • More (national)

•  Burundi
  • French
  • Kirundi

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•  Tajikistan
  • Tajik (national)
  • Russian (for interethnic communication)

•  Tanzania
  • Swahili (national)
  • English

•  Thailand
  • Thai

•  Togo
  • French

•  Tonga
  • English
  • Tongan (national)

•  Trinidad and Tobago
  • English

•  Tunisia
  • Arabic (national)
  • French

•  Turkey
  • Turkish

•  Turkmenistan
  • Turkmen (national)
  • Russian (for interethnic communication)

•  Tuvalu
  • English
  • Tuvaluan (national)

•  Uganda
  • English
  • Swahili

•  Ukraine
  • Ukrainian

•  United Arab Emirates
  • Arabic

•  United Kingdom and overseas territories
  • English,with the following specifications:
    • English (in Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Northern Ireland (de facto), the Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and Turks and Caicos Islands)
    • Cornish (minority language in Cornwall)
    • Dgèrnésiais (in Guernsey)
    • French (in Guernsey and Jersey)
    • Irish (in Northern Ireland)
    • Jèrriais (in Jersey)
    • Manx (in the Isle of Man)
    • Pitcairnese (in the Pitcairn Islands)
    • Scots (in Scotland)
      • Ulster-Scots (in Northern Ireland)
    • Scottish Gaelic (in Scotland)
    • Welsh (in Wales)

•  United States
  • No official language nationwide, English is the de facto but not the de jure official language (at the federal level). Spanish is the second-most commonly used language in the U.S. and many forms and documents are published in both languages.

•  Uruguay
  • Spanish

•  Uzbekistan
  • Uzbek (national)
  • Russian (for interethnic communication)

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•  Vanuatu
  • Bislama (national)
  • English
  • French

•  Vatican City
  • Italian (de facto—see Languages of Vatican City).

•  Venezuela
  • Spanish

•  Vietnam
  • Vietnamese

•  Yemen
  • Arabic

•  Zambia
  • English

•  Zimbabwe
  • English
  • Shona
  • Northern Ndebele

Partially Recognized States

•  Abkhazia
  • Abkhazian
  • Russian

•  Kosovo
  • Albanian
  • Serbian
  • Turkish (regional)

•  Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Armenian

•  Northern Cyprus
  • Turkish

•  Palestine
  • Arabic

•  Sahrawi Republic
  • Arabic
  • Spanish

•  Somaliland
  • Somalian
  • Arabic
  • English

•  South Ossetia
  • Ossetian
  • Russian
  • Georgian (regional)

•  Taiwan
  • Chinese
  • Taiwanese (recognized regional language)
    

•  Transnistria
  • Moldavian
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

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•  Oman
  • Arabic

•  Pakistan
  • Urdu (national Language; official)
  • English (official Language)
  • Sindhi (provincial language of Sindh)
  • Other major languages like Punjabi, Balochi and Pashto have no official recognition

•  Palau
  • English (statewide)
  • Palauan (statewide)
  • Sonsorolese (in Sonsorol)
  • Tobian (in Hatohobei)
  • Japanese (in Angaur)

•  Panama
  • Spanish

•  Papua New Guinea
  • English
  • Hiri Motu
  • Tok Pisin

•  Paraguay
  • Spanish
  • Guaraní

•  Peru
  • Spanish (Official)
  • Aymara (co-official)
  • Quechua (co-official)
  • All native languages in areas where they are spoken by the majority of people

•  Philippines
  • Filipino (statewide) (national)
  • English (statewide)
  • Arabic (Recognised as “voluntary and optional” statewide)
  • Spanish (Recognised as “voluntary and optional” statewide)
  • Bikol Central (Recognized as “auxiliary official” in Luzon)
  • Cebuano (“auxiliary official” in Visayas and Mindanao)
  • Chavacano (“auxiliary official” in Basilan and Zamboanga Peninsula)
  • Hiligaynon (“auxiliary official” in Visayas and Mindanao)
  • Ilokano (“auxiliary official” in Luzon)
  • Kapampangan (“auxiliary official” in Luzon)
  • Kinaray-a (“auxiliary official” in the Visayas)
  • Maranao (“auxiliary official” in Mindanao)
  • Maguindanao (“auxiliary official” in Mindanao)
  • Pangasinan (“auxiliary official” in Luzon)
  • Tagalog (“auxiliary official” in Luzon)
  • Tausug (“auxiliary official” in Mindanao)
  • Waray-Waray (“auxiliary official” in the Visayas)

•  Poland
  • Polish (sole official language of state)
  • Kashubian (recognised regional language and auxiliary language in part of Pomeranian Voivodeship)
  • German (minority language and auxiliary language in part of Opole Voivodeship)
  • Lithuanian (minority language and auxiliary language) in Puńsk commune, Podlaskie Voivodeship
  • Belarusian (minority language and auxiliary language in Hajnówka commune, Podlaskie Voivodeship)

•  Portugal (Languages of Portugal)
  • Portuguese (official)
  • Mirandese (regional, in Miranda do Douro)

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•  Qatar
  • Arabic

•  Romania
  • Romanian (statewide)
  • Armenian (minority language)
  • German (minority language)
  • Hungarian (minority language)
  • Romani (minority language)
  • Serbian (minority language)
  • Slovakian (minority language)
  • Turkish (minority language)
  • Ukrainian (minority language)

•  Russia (Languages of Russia)
  • Russian (federal; official)
  • Abaza (in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic)
  • Adyghe (in the Republic of Adygea)
  • Agul (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Altay (in the Altai Republic)
  • Avar (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Azerbaijani (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Bashkir (in the Republic of Bashkortostan)
  • Buryat (in Buryat Republic)
  • Chechen (in the Chechen Republic and Republic of Dagestan)
  • Chuvash (in the Chuvash Republic)
  • Dargin (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Erzya (in the Republic of Mordovia)
  • Ingush (in the Republic of Ingushetia)
  • Kabardian (in the Kabardino-Balkar and Karachay–Cherkess Republics)
  • Kalmyk (in the Republic of Kalmykia)
  • Karachay-Balkar (in the Kabardino-Balkar and Karachay–Cherkess Republics)
  • Khakas (in the Republic of Khakassia)
  • Komi-Zyrian (in the Komi Republic)
  • Kumyk (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Lak (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Lezgian (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Mari (in the Mari El Republic)
  • Moksha (in the Republic of Mordovia)
  • Nogai (in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic and in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Ossetic (in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania)
  • Rutul (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Sakha (in the Sakha Republic)
  • Tabasaran (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Tatar (in the Republic of Tatarstan)
  • Tati (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Tsakhur (in the Republic of Dagestan)
  • Tuvin (in the Tuva Republic)
  • Udmurt (in the Republic of Udmurtia)

•  Rwanda
  • English
  • French
  • Kinyarwanda

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•  Iceland
  • Icelandic
  • Icelandic Sign Language

•  India (Languages with official status in India)
  • English (statewide)
  • Hindi (Central Government, ten states, and Delhi, Chandigarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • Assamese (in Assam)
  • Bengali (in Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parts of Assam and West Bengal)
  • Bodo (in Assam)
  • Chhattisgarhi (in Chhattisgarh)
  • Dogri (in Jammu and Kashmir)
  • French (in Pondicherry)
  • Garo (in Meghalaya)
  • Gujarati (in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Gujarat)
  • Kannada (in Karnataka)
  • Karbi (in Assam)
  • Kashmiri (in Jammu and Kashmir)
  • Khasi (in Meghalaya)
  • Kokborok (in Tripura)
  • Konkani (in Goa and Mangalore)
  • Maithili (mentioned on the 8th schedule but no region specified, spoken in Bihar)
  • Malayalam (in Kerala and Pondicherry)
  • Meitei (in Manipur)
  • Marathi (in Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu)
  • Mizo (in Mizoram)
  • Nepali (in Sikkim)
  • Nicobarese (in Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • Oriya (in Orissa)
  • Punjabi (in Punjab, Himachal pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh)
  • Sanskrit (in Uttarakhand)
  • Santali (in Jharkhand)
  • Sindhi (not regionally specified)
  • Tamil (in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Pondicherry)
  • Telugu (in Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry)

•  Indonesia (Languages of Indonesia)
  • Indonesian (national and official)
  • Acehnese (in Aceh)
  • Batak (in North Sumatra)
  • Minangkabau (in West Sumatra)
  • Javanese (in Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java)
  • Buginese (in South Sulawesi)
  • Banjar (in South Kalimantan)
  • Malay (in Riau, Jambi, West Kalimantan)
  • Sundanese (in Banten and West Java)
  • Balinese (in Bali)
  • Betawi (in Jakarta)
  • Madurese (in Madura)

•  Iran
  • Persian
•  Iraq
  • Arabic (statewide)
  • Kurdish (statewide)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (in assyrian areas)
  • Iraqi Turkmen (in Turkmen areas)

•  Ireland (Languages of Ireland)
  
  • English (national)spoken by the 99% of the population
  • Irish (national) spoken by the 0.5% of the population

•  Israel
  • Hebrew (de facto official)
  • Arabic (co-official)

•  Italy (Languages of Italy)
  • Italian (statewide)
  • Albanian (in some parts of Southern Italy)
  • Catalan (in Alghero, Sardinia)
  • Croatian (in Montemitro & Acquaviva Collecroce & San Felice, Molise)
  • French (in Aosta Valley)
  • Friulian (in Friuli)
  • German (in South Tyrol)
  • Greek (in some parts of Apulia and Calabria)
  • Ladin (in some parts of Belluno, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
  • Sardinian (in Sardinia)
  • Sicilian (in Sicily)
  • Slovene (in some parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
  • Venetian (in Veneto)

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•  Denmark
  • Danish (statewide)
  • Faroese (in the Faroe Islands)
  • German (protected minority language in Southern Jutland)
  • Kalaallisut (in Greenland)

•  Djibouti
  • Arabic
  • French

•  Dominica
  • English

•  Dominican Republic
  • Spanish

•  East Timor
  • Portuguese
  • Tetum
  • Indonesian (constitutionally enlisted as working language, and still in widely used after 23 years annexation)

•  Ecuador
  • Spanish (Quechua or Kichwa and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relation, ancient languages are official in their territories.)

•  Egypt
  • Arabic
  • Coptic (de jure language of the Coptic Church)

•  El Salvador
  • Spanish

•  Equatorial Guinea
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Portuguese

•  Eritrea
  • Arabic (working language)
  • Tigrinya (working language)
  • English (official)

•  Estonia
  • Estonian (nationwide official language)
  • Russian (de facto minority language)

•  Ethiopia
  • Amharic (working language)

•  Fiji
  • English
  • Fijian
  • Hindustani

•  Finland
  • Finnish (statewide, except in the Åland Islands)
  • Swedish (statewide) (in the Åland Islands where Swedish is spoken monolingually)
  • Sami (minority language in Enontekiö, Inari, Sodankylä, and Utsjoki)

•  France and overseas departments and territories (Languages of France and language policy in France)
  
  • French (statewide)
  • Corsican (in Corsica)
  • Breton (in Brittany)
  • Tahitian (in French Polynesia)

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•  Gabon
  • French

•  Gambia
  • English

•  Georgia
  • Georgian

•  Germany
  • German (nationwide; official)
  • Danish (in Schleswig-Holstein) (minority language)
  • Lower Sorbian (in Brandenburg) (minority language)
  • North Frisian (in Schleswig-Holstein) (minority language)
  • Romani (nationwide) (minority language)
  • Saterland Frisian (in Lower Saxony) (minority language)
  • Upper Sorbian (in Saxony) (minority language)

•  Ghana
  • English (statewide; official)
  • Adangme (in Greater Accra)
  • Dagaare (in the Upper West Region)
  • Dagbani (in the Northern Region)
  • Ewe (in the Volta Region)
  • Ga (in Greater Accra)
  • Gonja (in the Northern Region)
  • Kasem (in the Upper East Region)
  • Nzema (in the Western Region)
  • Twi (in Akuapem, Akyem, Ashanti, Fanteakwa, Fante, and Kwahu)

•  Greece
  • Greek

•  Grenada
  • English

•  Guatemala
  • Spanish

•  Guinea
  • French
  • Fula (national)
  • Maninka (national)
  • Susu (national)

•  Guinea-Bissau
  • Portuguese

•  Guyana
  • English (official)
  • Guyanese Creole (national)

•  Haiti
  • French
  • Haitian Creole

•  Honduras
  • Spanish (official)
  • Garifuna (in the Northern Caribbean Coast)
  • English (in the Bay Islands)
  • Miskito (in Eastern Honduras)

•  Hungary
  • Hungarian (official)
    
  • Croatian (minority)
    
  • German (minority)
    
  • Romanian (minority)
    
  • Serbian (minority)
    
  • Slovak (minority)
    
  • Slovenian (minority)
    

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•  Cambodia
  • Khmer
•  Cameroon
  • English
  • French

•  Canada
  • English (federal; de jure official language)
    • De jure official language in the provinces and territories of Manitoba, New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the Yukon.
  • French (federal; de jure official language)
    • De jure official language for the provinces and territories of Manitoba, New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec and the Yukon.
  • Chipewyan (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • Cree (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • Gwich’in (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • Inuinnaqtun (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
  • Inuktitut (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
  • Inuvialuktun (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • North Slavey (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • South Slavey (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)
  • Tłįchǫ (regional; de jure official language in the Northwest Territories)

•  Cape Verde
  • Portuguese (official)
  • Cape Verdean Creole (national)

•  Central African Republic
  • French
  • Sango (national)

•  Chad
  • Arabic
  • French

•  Chile
  • No official language, Spanish is the de facto official language. (the languages and dialects of ethnic groups are also official in their territories)

•  China
  • Chinese (statewide)
  • Bai (in Dali, Lanping, Yunnan)
  • Blang (in Shuangjiang, Yunnan)
  • Bonan (in Jishishan, Gansu)
  • Daur (in Morin Dawa, Inner Mongolia; Meilisi Daur District, Heilongjiang)
  • Derung (in Gongshan, Yunnan)
  • Dong (in Sanjiang, Guangxi; Qiandongnan, Yuping, Guizhou; Jingzhou, Tongdao, Xinhuang, Zhijiang, Hunan)
  • Dongxiang (Santa) (in Dongxiang, Jishishan, Gansu)
  • Evenki (in Evenk Autonomous Banner, Evenk Ethnic Sumu, Inner Mongolia)
  • Gelao (Klau) (in Daozhen, Wuchuan, Guizhou)
  • Hani (in Honghe, Jiangcheng, Mojiang, Ning’er, Yuanjiang, ZhenyuanYunnan)
  • Hlai (Li) (in Baisha, Baoting, Changjiang, Ledong, Lingshui, Qiongzhong, Hainan)
  • Hmong (Miao) (in Pengshui, Xiushan, Youyang, Chongqing; Chetian, Liangshui, Rongshui, Guangxi; Daozhen, Guanling, Qiandongnan, Qiannan, Qianxinan,Songtao, Weining, Wuchuan, Yinjiang, Zhenning, Ziyun, Guizhou; Baoting, Qiongzhong, Hainan; Enshi, Hubei; Chengbu, Jingzhou, Mayang, Xiangxi, Hunan; Jinping,Luquan, Pingbian, Wenshan, Yunnan)
  • Jingpho (Kachin) (in Dehong, Yunnan)
  • Jino (in Jinuoshan, Yunnan)
  • Kazakh (in Aksai, Gansu; Barkol, Ili, Mori, Xinjiang)
  • Kyrgyz (in Kizilsu, Xinjiang)
  • Korean (in Changbai, Yanbian, Jilin)
  • Lahu (in Lancang, Menglian, Shuangjiang, Zhenyuan, Yunnan)
  • Lisu (in Sudian, Weixi, Yunnan)
  • Maonan (Anan) (in Huanjiang, Guangxi)
  • Mongolian (in Subei, Gansu; Weichang, Hebei; Dorbod, Heilongjiang; Inner Mongolia; Qian Gorlos, Jilin; Fuxin, Harqin, Liaoning; Haixi, Henan, Qinghai; Bayingolin,Bortala, Hoboksar, Xinjiang)
  • Monguor (in Datong, Huzhu, Minhe, Qinghai)
  • Monpa (in Gongri, Jiba, Lebuqule, Mama, Pailong, Tibet)
  • Mulam (in Guzhai, Luocheng, Guangxi)
  • Nanai (Hezhen) (in Bacha, Jiejinkou, Sipai, Heilongjiang)
  • Naxi (Nakhi) (in Yulong, Yunnan)
  • Ngac’ang (Achang) (in Husa, Jiubao, Nangsong, Yunnan)
  • Nu (in Gongshan, Yunnan; not a specific language)
  • Nuosu (Yi) (in Weining, Guizhou; Ebian, Liangshan, Mabian, Sichuan; Chuxiong, Eshan, Honghe, Jiangcheng, Jingdong, Jinggu, Luquan, Nanjian, Ninger, Ninglang,Shilin, Weishan, Xinping, Yangbi, Yuanjiang, Zhenyuan, Yunnan)
  • Oroqen (in Greater Khingan, Oroqin Shibazhan, Inner Mongolia)
  • Palaung (De’ang) (in Santaishan, Yunnan)
  • Pumi (in Lanping, Yunnan)
  • Russian (in Shiwei, Inner Mongolia)
  • Qiangic (in Beichuan, Ngawa, Sichuan)
  • Salar (in Jishishan, Gansu; Xunhua, Qinghai)
  • Sarikoli (Tajik) (in Tashkurgan, Xinjiang)
  • She (in Jingning, Zhejiang)
  • Sui (in Sandu, Guizhou)
  • Tatar (in Daquan, Xinjiang)
  • Tibetan (in Gannan, Tianzhu, Gansu; Guoluo, Haibei, Hainan, Haixi, Huangnan, Yushu, Qinghai; Garzê, Muli, Ngawa, Sichuan; Tibet; Diqing, Yunnan)
  • Tujia (in Pengshui, Shizhu, Xiushan, Youyang, Chongqing; Yanhe, Yinjiang, Guizhou; Changyang, Enshi, Wufeng, Hubei; Xiangxi, Hunan)
  • Uzbek (in Da’nan’gou, Xinjiang)
  • Uyghur (in Xinjiang)
  • Va (in Cangyuan, Gengma, Menglian, Shuangjiang, Ximeng, Yunnan)
  • Vietnamese (in Jinping, Jiangxi)
  • Xibe (in Qapqal, Xinjiang)
  • Yugur (Western, Eastern) (in Sunan, Gansu)
  • Zhuang (in Lianshan, Guangdong; Guangxi; Wenshan, Yunnan)

•  Colombia
  • Spanish (the languages and dialects of ethnic groups are also official in their territories)

•  Comoros
  • Arabic
  • Comorian
  • French

•  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • French
  • Lingala (national)
  • Kikongo (national)
  • Swahili (national)
  • Tshiluba (national)

•  Republic of the Congo
  • French
  • Lingala (national)
  • Munukutuba (national)

•  Costa Rica
  • Spanish

•  Ivory Coast
  • French

•  Croatia
  • Croatian (statewide)
  • Italian (at regional level in Istria county)
  • Serbian (in some municipalities)
  • Hungarian (in some municipalities)
  • Czech (in some municipalities)

•  Cuba
  • Spanish

•  Cyprus
  • Greek
  • Turkish
  • Armenian (minority language)

•  Czech Republic
  • Czech
  • Slovak
    
  • Bulgarian (minority language)
    
  • Croatian (minority language)
    
  • German (minority language)
    
  • Greek (minority language)
    
  • Hungarian (minority language)
    
  • Polish (minority language)
    
  • Romani (minority language)
    
  • Russian (minority language)
    
  • Rusyn (minority language)
    
  • Serbian (minority language)
    
  • Ukrainian (minority language)

Info retrieved from Wikipedia.

If you’re thinking of traveling to other countries, it’s interesting to see the languages officially used there. I’m hoping this series will help you plan which countries to visit to practice, study, or hear a rare language or simply just to know which languages are official in which state.

•  Afghanistan
  
  • Pashto (statewide) (official)
  • Dari (statewide) (official)
  • Uzbek (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
  • Turkmen (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
  • Pashai (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
  • Nuristani (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
  • Balochi (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
  • Pamiri (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)

•  Albania
  
  • Albanian (based on Tosk dialect)

•  Algeria
  • Arabic (official and national)
    
  • Tamazight (national)
    

•  Andorra (Languages of Andorra)
  
  • Catalan

•  Angola
  
  • Portuguese

•  Antigua and Barbuda
  • English (de facto official)
    

•  Argentina
  • Spanish (de facto)
  • Guaraní (co-official in Corrientes Province)
    

•  Armenia
  • Armenian
    
  • Kurdish (Minority language)
  • Russian (Minority language)

•  Australia
  • No official language, English is the de facto official language.

•  Austria
  • German (official statewide)
    
  • Croatian (official in Burgenland in areas with a Croat minority) (statewide minority language)
  • Slovene (official in Carinthia and Styria in areas with a Slovene minority) (statewide minority language)
  • Czech (statewide minority language)
  • Hungarian (in Burgenland) (statewide minority language)
  • Slovak (statewide minority language)
  • Romani (statewide minority language)

•  Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijani
    
  • Armenian (Nagorno-Karabagh)

Info retrieved from Wikipedia.

Oh, yeah, about cognates. Some of them are false cognates, meaning that the words in both languages sound or are spelt the same, but they have different meanings. Don’t say these things if you don’t mean them haha!

False Spanish Cognates

False German Cognates

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Okay, so I was thinking. I’m not exactly a Spanish pro, so if I got lost in Spain I may not know what to say. Which reminded my of a trick I once had to employ. By saying some of the words I didn’t know in English, but with a Spanish accent, I was able to explain something to a Spanish lady I work with who isn’t fluent in English. Listen, I know you must think I’m off my rockers to give you such advice, but think about the fact that language, just like anything else, evolves over time, and will absorb elements from surrounding languages and cultures. So, just in case you weren’t sure, I’ll be pointing out many words, which when said (in English, but not like English), mean the same or near the same in other languages. Oh, and yeah, these are referred to as cognates . Will also be including spanish cognates for other languages.

Spanish Cognates

German Cognates

Russian Cognates

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