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This is a list of official, or otherwise administratively-recognized, languages of sovereign countries, regions, and supra-national institutions. The article also lists lots of languages which have no administrative mandate as an official language, generally describing these as de facto official languages.
Official languages of sovereign countries, wholly or partly[edit]
Abkhaz:
Afar:
Afrikaans:
- Namibia (with English and German)
- South Africa (with English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
Aja-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official language is French)
Albanian:
Akuapem Twi:
Amharic:
Anii:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language):
- Algeria (with Berber)
- Bahrain
- Chad (with French)
- Comoros (with French and Comorian)
- Djibouti (with French)
- Egypt
- Eritrea (with Tigrinya and English)
- Iraq (with Kurdish)[9]
- Israel (with Hebrew)
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali (with Tuareg and French)
- Mauritania (with several national languages: Fula, Soninke, Wolof)
- Morocco (with Berber)[10]
- Niger (with French, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
- Oman
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Somaliland (with English and Somali; independence is disputed)
- Somalia (with Somali)
- Sudan (with English)
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Araona:
Armenian:
Asante Twi:
Assamese:
- India (with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)
Aymara:
Ayoreo (Zamuco):
Azerbaijani:
Balanta:
- Senegal (a national language along with Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Bambara:
Bariba:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Basque:
- Co-official in some autonomous communities of Spain:
Bassari:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Baure:
Bedik:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Belarusian:
Bengali:
Berber:
Biali:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Bislama:
Boko:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Bomu:
Bosnian:
Bozo:
Buduma:
Bulgarian:
Burmese:
Canichana:
Cantonese:
Carolinian:
Catalan:
Cavineña:
Cayubaba:
Chácobo:
Chamorro:
Chichewa:
- Malawi (with English)
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Chimané:
Chinese, Mandarin:
Chipewyan:
Chirbawe (Sena):
Comorian:
Corsican:
Cree:
Croatian:
Czech:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia (legislation states that a person using Czech language at a Slovak institution must be treated as if using Slovak language)
Dagaare:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Dagbani:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Dangme:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Danish:
Dari:
- Afghanistan (a local variant of Persian, but defined as "Dari" in the Afghan constitution; together with Pashto)[33]
Dendi:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Dhivehi:
Dioula:
Dogon:
Dutch:
-
sole official language in:
-
co-official language in:
Dzongkha:
English (see also List of countries where English is an official language):
- Australia
- The Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Botswana (but the national language is Tswana)
- Cameroon (with French)
- Canada (with French)
- Curaçao (with Dutch and Papiamento)
- Dominica
- England
- Eritrea (with Tigrinya and Arabic)
- Eswatini (with Swati)
- Fiji (with Bau Fijian and Fiji Hindi)[36]
- Gambia
- Ghana (with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema)
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Hong Kong (with Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese)
- India (with 22 regional languages)
- Republic of Ireland ("second official"; with Irish)[37]
- Jamaica
- Kenya (with Swahili)
- Kiribati
- Lesotho (with Sotho)
- Liberia
- Malawi (with Chichewa)
- Malaysia (de facto official language with Malay; still serves as official and national language with Malay in Sabah and Sarawak)[38]
- Malta (with Maltese)
- Marshall Islands (with Marshallese)
- Mauritius (with French)[39]
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Namibia (Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are spoken regionally)[40]
- Nauru (with Nauruan)
- New Zealand (with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language)
- Nigeria (with Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)
- Pakistan (with Urdu as the national language)
- Palau (with Palauan)
- Papua New Guinea (with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu)
- Philippines (with Filipino)
- Rwanda (with French and Kinyarwanda)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa (with Samoan)
- Seychelles (with Seychellois Creole and French)
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore (with Chinese, Malay, Tamil)[28]
- Sint Maarten (with Dutch)
- Solomon Islands
- Somaliland (with Arabic and Somali; independence is disputed)
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka (with Sinhala and Tamil)
- Sudan (with Arabic)
- Tanzania (with Swahili)
- Tonga (with Tongan)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu (with Tuvaluan)
- Uganda (with Swahili)
- United Kingdom (de facto; individual countries in the UK have statutorily defined official languages, but the UK as a whole does not)
- United States (de facto; the United States has no legislatively mandated official language)[41][42]
- Vanuatu (with Bislama and French)[22]
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe (with Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Ese Ejja:
Estonian:
Ewe-Gbe:
Fante:
Faroese:
Fijian:
Filipino:
Finnish:
Fon-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Foodo:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Formosan:
French (see also List of countries where French is an official language):
-
sole official language in:
-
co-official language in:
- Benin (with several national languages: Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba)
- Burkina Faso (with several national languages including Dioula, Fula, Mossi)
- Burundi (with Kirundi)
- Cameroon (with English)
- Canada (with English)
- Central African Republic (with Sango)[43]
- Chad (with Arabic)
- Comoros (with Arabic and Comorian)
- Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti (with Arabic)
- Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and Portuguese)
- France
- Gabon
- Guernsey (with English)
- Guinea (with several national languages: Fula, Kissi, Kpelle, Malinke, Susu, Toma, Oniyan, Wamey)
- Haiti (with Haitian Creole)[44]
- Italy
- Jersey (with English)
- Luxembourg (with German and Luxembourgish)
- Madagascar (with Malagasy)
- Mali (with several national languages: Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq)
- Mauritius (with English)[39]
- Monaco
- Niger (with Arabic, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
- Rwanda (with English and Kinyarwanda)
- Senegal (with several national languages: Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof)
- Seychelles (with Seychellois Creole and English)
- Switzerland (National and official language with German, Italian, and (Romansh))[45]
-
Official language in:
Fula:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
- Burkina Faso (a national language along with Dioula, Mossi and other languages, the official language is French)
- Guinea (a national language along with Kissi, Kpelle, Malinke, Susu, Toma, Oniyan, Wamey, the official language is French)
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
- Mauritania (a national language along with Soninke, Wolof, the official language is Arabic)
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Buduma, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Ga:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Gàidhlig:
Gbe:
Gen-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Georgian:
German:
-
sole official language in:
-
Official language in 21 cantons:
Gonja:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Gourmanché:
Greek:
Guaraní:
Guarayu:
Gujarati:
Gwichʼin:
Haitian Creole:
Hakka:
Hassaniya:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Hausa:
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
- Nigeria (with English, Igbo and Yoruba)[51]
Hebrew:
Hindi:
- India ("official language of the Union"; with English; 21 other regional languages namely Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Meitei (Manipuri), Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu[52])[53]
- Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Fiji Hindi as an umbrella term to cover Standard Hindi, Urdu, as well as other Hindustani dialects)[36]
Hiri Motu:
Hungarian:
Igbo:
Ignaciano Moxos:
Icelandic:
Indonesian:
Inuinnaqtun:
Inuit:
Inuktitut:
Inuvialuktun:
Irish:
Italian:
-
Official language in:
Itene:
Itonama:
Japanese:
- Japan (de facto)
- Palau (Angaur)
Javanese:
- native to Java; Indonesia
- Special region of Yogyakarta
Jèrriais:
Jola:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Kabye:
Kalanga:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Tshuwau ("Koisan"), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Kallawaya:
Kannada:
- India (Karnataka) (with 21 other regional Languages, Hindi and English as the languages of Union of India)
Kanuri:
Kasem:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Nzema, the official language is English)
Kazakh:
Khmer:
Kinyarwanda:
Kirundi:
Kissi:
Koisan (Tshuwau):
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Korean:
Korean Sign Language:
Kpelle:
Kurdish:
Kyrgyz:
Lao:
Latin:
Latvian:
Leco:
Lithuanian:
Lukpa:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Luxembourgish:
Macedonian:
Malagasy:
Malay:
Malinke:
Maltese:
Mamara:
Manding (Mandinka, Malinke):
Mandinka:
- see Manding
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Mandjak:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Mankanya:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Manx Gaelic:
Māori:
- New Zealand (with English and New Zealand Sign Language)
Marshallese:
Mauritian Creole:
Mbelime:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):
- India (along with 21 other scheduled languages recognised by the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution)
Mongolian:
Montenegrin:
Mosetén:
Mossi:
Movima:
Nambya:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Nateni:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Nauruan:
Navajo:
Ndau:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Ndebele (Northern):
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Ndebele (Southern):
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
Nepali:
New Zealand Sign Language:
- New Zealand (with English and Māori)
Noon:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
North Slavey:
Northern Sotho:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
Norwegian:
- Norway (two official written forms – Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Nzema:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Akan (Akuapem Twi, Ashante Twi, Fante), Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, the official language is English)
Oniyan:
Oriya:
- India (with 21 other regional Languages, and with English as a link language)
Oromo:
Ossetian:
Pakawara:
Palauan:
Papiamento:
Pashto:
Persian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Punjabi:
Puquina:
Quechua:
Romanian:
Romansh:
Russian:
Safen:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Samoan:
Sango:
Sena:
- Zimbabwe as Chirbawe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Scots:
Serbian:
Serer:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Seychellois Creole:
Shona:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Sinhala:
Sioux:
Sirionó:
Slovak:
Slovene:
Somali:
Songhay-Zarma:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
Soninke:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
- Mauritania (a national language along with Fula, Wolof, the official language is Arabic)
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Wolof, the official language is French)
Sonsorolese:
Sotho:
- Lesotho (with English)
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
South African Sign Language:
South Slavey:
Spanish:
Susu:
Swahili:
Swati:
- Eswatini (with English)
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
Swedish:
Syenara:
Tacana:
Taiwan Sign Language:
Taiwanese Hokkien:
Tajik:
Tagalog:
Tapieté:
Tamasheq:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, the official language is French)
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tasawaq, Tebu)[11]
Tamil:
Tammari:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Tasawaq:
Tebu:
Telugu:
Tetum:
Thai:
Tigrinya:
Tłı̨chǫ:
Tobian:
Tok Pisin:
Toma:
Tonga:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Tongan:
Toromono:
Trinitario Moxos:
Tsonga:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
Tswana:
- Botswana (with English)
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Turkish:
Turkmen:
Tuvaluan:
Ukrainian:
Urdu:
- Pakistan (with English)
- India (Urdu dialect and in script it is Sanscrit with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)
Uru-Chipaya:
Uzbek:
Venda:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Xhosa, Zulu)[3]
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Xhosa)[27]
Vietnamese:
Waama:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Waci-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Wamey:
Weenhayek:
Welsh:
Wolof:
- Mauritania (a national language along with Fula, Soninke, the official language is Arabic)
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, the official language is French)
Xhosa:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu)[3]
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda)[27]
Xwela-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Yaminawa:
Yobe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Yom:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Yoruba:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Xwela-Gbe, Yom, the official languages is French)
- Nigeria (with English, Hausa and Igbo)[51]
Yuki:
Yuracaré:
Zimbabwean sign language:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[27]
Zulu:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,[2] Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)[3]
List of languages by the number of countries in which they are the most widely used[edit]
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, co-official, an administrative or working language.[74]
List of languages by number of countries in which they are the official language[edit]
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.
Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk (*)
Language World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Countries English 58 23 14 4 3 14 United States, [b] United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India, Nigeria (See the full list)[75] French 26 18 2 – 5 1 France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Vanuatu (See the full list) Arabic 23–26* 12–14* – 11–12* – – Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine* (See the full list) Spanish 20 1 18 – 1 – Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico (See the full list)[76] Portuguese 9 6 1 1 1 – Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor (See the full list) German 6 – – – 6 – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein (See the full list) Russian 5–8* – – 3 2–5* – Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia*, South Ossetia*, Transnistria*. (See the full list) Swahili 5 5 – – – – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Serbo-Croatian 4–5* – – – 4–5* – Serbia (known as Serbian), Croatia (known as Croatian), Montenegro (known as Montenegrin), Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian), Kosovo* (known as Serbian) Italian 4 – – – 4 – Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City Malay 4 – – 4 – – Malaysia (known as Malaysian), Indonesia (known as Indonesian), Singapore, Brunei Dutch 3 – 1 – 2 – Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname Persian 3 – – 3 – – Iran, Afghanistan (known as Dari), Tajikistan (known as Tajik) Sotho 3 3 – – – – South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe Tswana 3 3 – – – – Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe Albanian 2–3* – – – 2–3* – Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia Standard Chinese 2–3* – – 2–3* – – China, Singapore, Taiwan* Romanian 2–3* – – – 2-3* – Romania, Moldova, Transnistria* Somali 2–3* 2–3* – – – – Somalia, Ethiopia, and Somaliland* Turkish 2–3* – – – 2–3* – Turkey, Northern Cyprus* and Cyprus Aymara 2 – 2 – – – Bolivia and Peru Berber 2 2 – – – – Algeria and Morocco Chichewa 2 2 – – – – Malawi and Zimbabwe Greek 2 – – – 2 – Greece and Cyprus Guarani 2 – 2 – – – Paraguay and Bolivia Hindi 2 – – 2 – – India, Fiji Quechua 2 – 2 – – – Bolivia and Peru Korean 2 – – 2 – – North Korea and South Korea Kurdish 2 – – 2 – – Iraq and Armenia Rwanda-Rundi 2 2 – – – – Burundi (known as Kirundi) & Rwanda (known as Kinyarwanda) Swati 2 2 – – – – Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa Swedish 2 – – – 2 – Sweden and Finland Tamil 2 – – 2 – – Sri Lanka and Singapore Tigrinya 2 2 – – – – Eritrea and Ethiopia Venda 2 2 – – – – South Africa and Zimbabwe Official regional and minority languages[edit]
Abaza:
Adyghe:
Aghul:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Aklanon:
- Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)[80]
Albanian:
Altay:
Arabic:
Aranese see Occitan
Armenian:
Aromanian:
Assamese:
Avar:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Azeri:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Balkar:
Bashkir:
Basque:
Bengali:
Bikol:
- Luzon and Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)[80]
Bosnian:
Buryat:
Cantonese Chinese:
Catalan:
- parts of Spain
- parts of France
- parts of Italy
Cebuano:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)[80]
Chavacano:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)[80]
Chechen:
Cherkess:
Cherokee:
Chipewyan:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Chukchi:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Chukchi population)[88]
Chuvash:
Cree:
- Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Crimean Tatar
- Crimea (with Russian and Ukrainian)
Croatian:
Dargwa:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Dolgan:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Dolgan population)[88]
Dutch:
English:
-
-
- parts of the United States. See English-only movement. English is an official language in the following states and territories:
Erzya:
Even:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Even population)[88]
Evenki:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Evenki population)[88]
Faroese:
Finnish:
- Karelia (authorized language; with Karelian and Veps)[91]
French:
-
Frisian (West):
Friulian:
- The Friuli region of northeastern Italy
Gagauz:
Galician:
German:
Greek:
- parts of south Albania
- parts of south Italy
Guaraní:
Gujarati:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Gwich'in:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Hawaiian:
Hiligaynon:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)[80]
Hindi:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Hungarian:
Ibanag:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)[80]
Ilocano:
- Luzon and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan.)[80]
Ingush:
Inuinnaqtun:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
- Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)
Inuktitut:
- Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuinnaqtun)
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Inuvialuktun:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Irish:
Italian:
Ivatan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)[80]
Japanese:
Kabardian:
Kalaallisut:
Kalmyk:
Kannada:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Kapampangan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ilocano, Ibanag, Ivatan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)[80]
Karachay:
Karelian:
- Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Veps)[91]
Kashmiri:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Kazakh:
Khakas:
Khanty:
Kinaray-a:
- Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)[80]
Komi:
Komi-Permyak:
Korean:
Kumyk:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Kyrgyz:
Lak:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Lezgian:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Macedonian
Maguindanao:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)[80]
Malayalam:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Mansi:
Maranao:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)[80]
Marathi:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Mari (Hill and Meadow):
Mayan:
Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):
Mi'kmaq:
- Nova Scotia ("first language"; with English (de facto), French, Scottish Gaelic)
Moksha:
Mongolian:
- part of the People's Republic of China
- Inner Mongolia, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Haixi, with Tibetan and Chinese (Mandarin)
- Bortala, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Bayin'gholin, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Dorbod, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Qian Gorlos, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Harqin Left, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Fuxin, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Weichang, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Subei, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Henan, with Chinese (Mandarin)
Náhuatl:
- Mexico (*only recognized)
- El Salvador (*only recognized)
Nenets:
Nepali:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Nogai:
Occitan:
Odia:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Ossetic (Digor and Iron dialects):
Pangasinan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Sambal, and Tagalog)[80]
Portuguese:
Punjabi:
- Pakistan
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Romanian:
- Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak and Ruthenian)
Russian. Russian is fixed as a state language in the Constitutions of the republics of the Russian Federation:
Rusyn:
- Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak)
- Ukraine
- Zakarapts'ka region (with Ukrainian, Hungarian)
Rutul:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Sakha:
Sambal:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, and Tagalog)[80]
Sami:
- Finland (in four municipalities)
- Norway (in six municipalities in two provinces)
- Sweden (in four municipalities and surrounding municipalities)
Sanskrit:
Saraiki
Sarikoli:
Selkup:
Serbian:
- Croatia-Co-official minority language in municipalities: Borovo,[107] Trpinja,[107] Markušica,[107] Negoslavci,[107] Vukovar,[108] Šodolovci,[107] Erdut,[108] Darda,[109] Jagodnjak,[107] Kneževi Vinogradi,[109] Dvor,[107] Gvozd,[107] Biskupija,[108] Ervenik,[108] Kistanje,[108] Gračac,[108] Udbina,[108] Vrbovsko,[108] Donji Kukuruzari[108] and Nijemci.[109]
Sindhi:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
- Pakistan (Official language in the province of Sindh along with Urdu and English)
North and South Slavey:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Slovak:
- part of Serbia
- Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)
Slovene:
- part of Italy
- part of Austria
Spanish:
Surigaonon:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)[80]
Tabasaran:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Tagalog:
- Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)[80]
Tahitian:
Tamil:
Tat:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Tatar:
Tausug:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Maranao, and Yakan)[80]
Telugu:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Tibetan:
- Tibet Autonomous Region (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Aba (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Garzê (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Dêqên (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Wenshan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Gannan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Haibai (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Hainan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Huangnan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Golog (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Gyêgu (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Haixi (with Mongolian and Chinese (Mandarin))
- Muli (with Chinese (Mandarin))
- Tianzhu (with Chinese (Mandarin))
Tłįchǫ:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, and South Slavey)
Tsakhur:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[79]
Tswana:
Turkish:
Tuvan:
Udmurt:
Urdu:
- Pakistan (with English as co-official language)
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Uyghur:
Veps:
- Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Karelian)[91]
Vietnamese:
Waray:
Welsh:
- Wales (United Kingdom) (with English)
Yakan:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Tausug)[80]
Yiddish:
Yukaghir:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Yukaghir population)[88]
Zhuang:
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