Languages by Countries| Afghanistan | Dari Persian, Pashtu (both official), other Turkic and minor languages | | Albania | Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek | | Algeria | Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects | | Andorra | Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese | | Angola | Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages | | Antigua and Barbuda | English (official), local dialects | | Argentina | Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French | | Armenia | Armenian 98%, Yezidi, Russian | | Australia | English 79%, native and other languages | | Austria | German (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region) | | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani Turkic 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.) | | Bahamas | English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) | | Bahrain | Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu | | Bangladesh | Bangla (official), English | | Barbados | English | | Belarus | Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other | | Belgium | Dutch (Flemish) 60%, French 40%, German less than 1% (all official) | | Belize | English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole | | Benin | French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages | | Bhutan | Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese) | | Bolivia | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official) | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian | | Botswana | English 2% (official), Setswana 78%, Kalanga 8%, Sekgalagadi 3%, other (2001) | | Brazil | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French | | Brunei | Malay (official), English, Chinese | | Bulgaria | Bulgarian 85%, Turkish 10%, Roma 4% | | Burkina Faso | French (official); native African (Sudanic) languages 90% | | Burundi | Kirundi and French (official), Swahili | | Cambodia | Khmer 95% (official), French, English | | Cameroon | French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups | | Canada | English 59.3%, French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5% | | Cape Verde | Portuguese, Criuolo | | Central African Republic | French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages | | Chad | French, Arabic (both official); Sara; more than 120 languages and dialects | | Chile | Spanish | | China | Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages | | Colombia | Spanish | | Comoros | Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend) | | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba | | Congo, Republic of | French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects | | Costa Rica | Spanish (official), English | | Côte d'Ivoire | French (official) and African languages (Dioula esp.) | | Croatia | Croatian 96% (official), other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German) | | Cuba | Spanish | | Cyprus | Greek, Turkish (both official); English | | Czech Republic | Czech | | Denmark | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language | | Djibouti | French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar | | Dominica | English (official) and French patois | | Dominican Republic | Spanish | | East Timor | Tetum, Portuguese (official); Bahasa Indonesia, English; other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak | | Ecuador | Spanish (official), Quechua, other Amerindian languages | | Egypt | Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes | | El Salvador | Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) | | Equatorial Guinea | Spanish, French (both official); pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo | | Eritrea | Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages | | Estonia | Estonian 67% (official), Russian 30%, other (2000) | | Ethiopia | Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others | | Fiji | English (official), Fijian, Hindustani | | Finland | Finnish 92%, Swedish 6% (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities | | France | French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) | | Gabon | French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi | | Gambia | English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous | | Georgia | Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia) | | Germany | German | | Ghana | English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga) | | Greece | Greek 99% (official), English, French | | Grenada | English (official), French patois | | Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) | | Guinea | French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani) | | Guinea-Bissau | Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages | | Guyana | English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu | | Haiti | Creole and French (both official) | | Honduras | Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects; English widely spoken in business | | Hungary | Magyar (Hungarian) 94%, other 6% | | Iceland | Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken | | India | Hindi 30%, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official); Hindi/Urdu; 1,600+ dialects | | Indonesia | Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects | | Iran | Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% | | Iraq | Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian | | Ireland | English, Irish (Gaelic) (both official) | | Israel | Hebrew (official), Arabic, English | | Italy | Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities | | Jamaica | English, Jamaican Creole | | Japan | Japanese | | Jordan | Arabic (official), English | | Kazakhstan | Kazak (Qazaq, state language) 64%; Russian (official, used in everyday business) 95% (2001 est.) | | Kenya | English (official), Swahili (national), and numerous indigenous languages | | Kiribati | English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese) | | Korea, North | Korean | | Korea, South | Korean, English widely taught | | Kuwait | Arabic (official), English | | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz, Russian (both official) | | Laos | Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages | | Latvia | Latvian 58% (official), Russian 38%, Lithuanian, other (2000) | | Lebanon | Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian | | Lesotho | English, Sesotho (both official); Zulu, Xhosa | | Liberia | English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages | | Libya | Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities | | Liechtenstein | German (official), Alemannic dialect | | Lithuania | Lithuanian 82% (official), Russian 8%, Polish 6% (2001) | | Luxembourg | Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative) | | Macedonia | Macedonian 67%, Albanian 25% (both official); Turkish 4%, Roma 2%, Serbian 1% (2002) | | Madagascar | Malagasy and French (both official) | | Malawi | Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998) | | Malaysia | Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; several indigenous languages (including Iban, Kadazan) in East Malaysia | | Maldives | Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials | | Mali | French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages | | Malta | Maltese and English (both official) | | Marshall Islands | Marshallese 98% (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English widely spoken as a second language (both official); Japanese | | Mauritania | Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof | | Mauritius | English less than 1% (official), Creole 81%, Bojpoori 12%, French 3% (2000) | | Mexico | Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages | | Micronesia | English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi | | Moldova | Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) | | Monaco | French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque | | Mongolia | Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic and Russian (1999) | | Montenegro | Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialect—official) | | Morocco | Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government, and diplomacy | | Mozambique | Portuguese 9% (official; second language of 27%), Emakhuwa 26%, Xichangana 11%, Elomwe 8%, Cisena 7%, Echuwabo 6%, other Mozambican languages 32% (1997) | | Myanmar | Burmese, minority languages | | Namibia | English 7% (official), Afrikaans is common language of most of the population and of about 60% of the white population, German 32%; indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama | | Nauru | Nauruan (official), English | | Nepal | Nepali 48% (official), Maithali 12%, Bhojpuri 7%, Tharu 6%, Tamang 5%, others. English spoken by many in government and business (2001) | | Netherlands | Dutch, Frisian (both official) | | New Zealand | English, Maori (both official) | | Nicaragua | Spanish 98% (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast (1995) | | Niger | French (official), Hausa, Djerma | | Nigeria | English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others | | Norway | Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official); small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities (Sami is official in six municipalities) | | Oman | Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects | | Pakistan | Urdu 8%, English (both official); Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, Burushaski, and others 8% | | Palau | Palauan 64.7%, English 9.4%, Sonsoralese, Tobi, Angaur (each official on some islands), Filipino 13.5%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000) | | Palestinian State (proposed) | Arabic, Hebrew, English | | Panama | Spanish (official), English 14%, many bilingual | | Papua New Guinea | Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%–2%; 715 indigenous languages | | Paraguay | Spanish, Guaraní (both official) | | Peru | Spanish, Quéchua (both official); Aymara; many minor Amazonian languages | | Philippines | Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official); eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense | | Poland | Polish 98% (2002) | | Portugal | Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used) | | Qatar | Arabic (official); English a common second language | | Romania | Romanian (official), Hungarian, German | | Russia | Russian, others | | Rwanda | Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centers | | St. Kitts and Nevis | English | | St. Lucia | English (official), French patois | | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | English, French patois | | Samoa | Samoan, English | | San Marino | Italian | | São Tomé and Príncipe | Portuguese (official) | | Saudi Arabia | Arabic | | Senegal | French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka | | Serbia | Serbian (official); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo) | | Seychelles | Seselwa Creole 92%, English 5%, French (all official) (2002) | | Sierra Leone | English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca) | | Singapore | Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000) | | Slovakia | Slovak 84% (official), Hungarian 11%, Roma 2%, Ukrainian 1% (2001) | | Slovenia | Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 5% (2002) | | Solomon Islands | English 1%–2% (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages | | Somalia | Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian | | South Africa | IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001) | | Spain | Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally) | | Sri Lanka | Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10% | | Sudan | Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English | | Suriname | Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese | | Swaziland | English, siSwati (both official) | | Sweden | Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities | | Switzerland | German 64%, French 20%, Italian 7% (all official); Romansch 0.5% (national) | | Syria | Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood | | Taiwan | Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects | | Tajikistan | Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business | | Tanzania | Swahili, English (both official); Arabic; many local languages | | Thailand | Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects | | Togo | French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Dagomba (north); and many dialects | | Tonga | Tongan (an Austronesian language), English | | Trinidad and Tobago | English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese | | Tunisia | Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce) | | Turkey | Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian | | Turkmenistan | Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%, other 7% | | Tuvalu | Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) | | Uganda | English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic | | Ukraine | Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian | | United Arab Emirates | Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu | | United Kingdom | English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic | | United States | English 82%, Spanish 11% (2000) | | Uruguay | Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero | | Uzbekistan | Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% | | Vanuatu | Bislama 23% (a Melanesian pidgin English), English 2%, French 1% (all 3 official); more than 100 local languages 73% | | Vatican City (Holy See) | Italian, Latin, French, various other languages | | Venezuela | Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects | | Vietnam | Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) | | Western Sahara (proposed state) | Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic | | Yemen | Arabic | | Zambia | English (official); major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga; about 70 other indigenous languages | | Zimbabwe | English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects |
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