The table below lists the official language of each country(state). It includes official languages status either statewide or in a part of the state.
Country/State | Official Language(s) |
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Afghanistan | Pashto, Dari, and some other languages in areas where spoken by majority of population |
Albania | Albanian (based on Tosk dialect) |
Algeria | Arabic (official and national), Tamazight (national) |
Andorra | Catalan |
Angola | Portuguese |
Antigua and Barbuda | English (de facto official) |
Argentina | Spanish (de facto), Guaraní (co-official in Corrientes Province) |
Armenia | Armenian, Russian (Minority language) |
Australia | English (de facto) |
Austria | German (official statewide), and other languages like Groation, Slovene, Czech for some areas. |
Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabagh) |
Bahamas | English |
Bahrain | Arabic |
Bangladesh | Bengali |
Barbados | English |
Belarus | Belarusian, Russian |
Belgium | Dutch, French, German |
Belize | English |
Benin | French |
Bhutan | Dzongkha |
Bolivia | Spanish, Aymara, Quechua |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |
Botswana | English, Tswana (national) |
Brazil | Portuguese (national), German, Nheengatu, Baniwa and Tucano in some areas. |
Brunei | Malay |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian |
Burkina Faso | French, Fula, Jula, More |
Burundi | French, Kirundi |
Cambodia | Khmer |
Cameroon | English, French |
Canada | English, French, and some other languages like Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłiné), Cree, Dogrib (Tłįchǫ) in some Territories]] |
Cape Verde | Portuguese (official), Cape Verdean Creole (national) |
Central African Republic | French, Sango (national) |
Chad | Arabic, French |
Chile | Spanish (de facto) |
Colombia | Spanish (the languages and dialects of ethnic groups are also official in their territories) |
Comoros | Arabic, Comorian, French |
Costa Rica | Spanish |
Côte d'Ivoire | French |
Croatia | Croatian |
Cuba | Spanish |
Cyprus | Greek, Turkish, Armenian (minority language) |
Czech Republic | Czech |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | French, Lingala/Kikongo/Swahili/Tshiluba (national) |
Denmark | Danish, and Faroese, German, Kalaallisut in some areas. |
Djibouti | Arabic, French |
Dominica | English |
Dominican Republic | Spanish |
East Timor | Portuguese, Tetum, Indonesian |
Ecuador | Spanish (Quechua and Shuar, ancient languages are official in some territories.) |
Egypt | Arabic, Coptic (de jure language of the Coptic Church) |
El Salvador | Spanish |
Equatorial Guinea | Spanish, French |
Eritrea | Arabic, Tigrinya (working language) |
Estonia | Estonian, Russian (de jure minority language) |
Ethiopia | Amharic (working language) |
Federated States of Micronesia | English, Chuukese (in Chuuk), Kosraean (in Kosrae), Pohnpeian (in Pohnpei), Ulithian (in Yap), Yapese (in Yap) |
Fiji | English, Fijian, Hindustani |
Finland | Finnish, Swedish, Sami |
France | French (statewide), Corsican (in Corsica), Breton (in Brittany) |
Gabon | French |
Gambia | English |
Georgia | Georgian (statewide), Abkhaz (in Abkhazia), Ossetic (in South Ossetia), Russian (in Abkhazia and South Ossetia) |
Germany | German (de facto) |
Ghana | English, and some other languages in some territories. |
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, and Garifuna, English, Miskito in some territories. |
Hong Kong | Cantonese, English |
Hungary | Hungarian |
Iceland | Icelandic, Icelandic Sign Language |
India | English (statewide), Hindi, and some other languages in some territories. |
Indonesia | Indonesian (national and official), and some other languages in some territories. |
Iran | Persian (statewide), and some other languages in some territories. |
Iraq | Arabic statewide, (Kurdish, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Iraqi Turkmen in some areas) |
Ireland | Irish (national), English (national) |
Israel | Hebrew (de facto official), Arabic (co-official) |
Italy | Italian, and some other languages in some territories. |
Jamaica | English, Jamaican patois (national language) |
Japan | Japanese (de facto) |
Jordan | Arabic |
Kazakhstan | Kazakh (national), Russian |
Kenya | English, Swahili (national) |
Kiribati | English, Kiribati (national) |
Kuwait | Arabic |
Kyrgyzstan | Kirghiz (national), Russian |
Laos | Lao |
Latvia | Latvian, Russian (minority language), Latgalian (regional language in Latgale) |
Lebanon | Arabic, French, Armenian (regional in Bourj Hammoud) |
Lesotho | English, Sotho (national) |
Liberia | English |
Libya | Arabic |
Liechtenstein | German |
Lithuania | Lithuanian |
Luxembourg | French, German, Luxembourgish (national) |
Macau | Cantonese, Portuguese |
Macedonia | Macedonian (statewide) |
Madagascar | French(official), Malagasy (national) |
Malawi | Chichewa (national), English(official) |
Malaysia | Malay (national), English (official for some purposes) |
Maldives | Dhivehi |
Mali | French |
Malta | Maltese (national), English |
Marshall Islands | English, Marshallese (national) |
Mauritania | Arabic (national), French, Fula (national), Soninke (national), Wolof (national) |
Mauritius | English |
Mexico | Spanish de facto |
Moldova | Romanian, and Gagauz/Russian/Ukrainian are regional languages |
Monaco | French |
Mongolia | Mongolian |
Montenegro | Montenegrin (national), Albanian/Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian are regional languages. |
Morocco | Amazigh, Arabic |
Mozambique | Portuguese |
Myanmar | Burmese |
Namibia | English, Afrikaans (national), German(regional), Oshiwambo (regional) |
Nauru | English, Nauruan |
Nepal | Nepali |
Netherlands | Dutch (statewide), and some other languages in some territories. |
New Zealand | English(de facto) |
Nicaragua | Spanish |
Niger | French, (Hausa/Fulfulde/Gulmancema etc. are national languages) |
Nigeria | English |
North Korea | Korean |
Norway | Norwegian, Sami, Kven, Romani, Scandoromani |
Oman | Arabic |
Pakistan | Urdu (national), English (official), Sindhi (co-official in Sindh province) |
Palau | English, Palauan, Sonsorolese (in Sonsorol), Tobian (in Hatohobei), Japanese (in Angaur) |
Palestine | Arabic |
Panama | Spanish |
Papua New Guinea | English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin |
Paraguay | Spanish, Guaraní |
People's Republic of China | Simplified Chinese(written) Mandarin(spoken), and some other minority languages in some areas. |
Peru | Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, All native languages in areas where they are spoken by the majority of people |
Philippines | English, Filipino(national), and some other languages in some territories. |
Poland | Polish (sole official language of state) |
Portugal | Portuguese (official), Mirandese (regional) |
Qatar | Arabic |
Republic of China | Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese (regional) |
Republic of the Congo | French, Lingala (national), Munukutuba (national) |
Romania | Romanian (statewide), and other minority languages. |
Russia | Russian (federal; official), and some other languages in some territories. |
Rwanda | English, French, Kinyarwanda |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Arabic, Spanish |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | English |
Saint Lucia | English |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | English |
Samoa | English (official), Samoan (national) |
San Marino | Italian |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Portuguese |
Saudi Arabia | Arabic |
Senegal | French, Jola-Fogny (national), Mandinka (national), Pulaar (national), Serer-Sine (national), Wolof (national) |
Serbia | Serbian (statewide), and some other languages in some territories. |
Seychelles | English, French, Seychellois Creole |
Sierra Leone | English |
Singapore | English, Malay (national), Chinese, Tamil |
Slovakia | Slovak |
Slovenia | Slovene (statewide), Hungarian/Italian/Serbo-Croatian in some territories. |
Solomon Islands | English |
Somalia | Somali (national)., Arabic |
South Africa | Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
South Korea | Korean |
Spain | Spanish (statewide), and some other languages in some territories. |
Sri Lanka | Sinhala (national), Tamil |
Sudan | Arabic, English |
Suriname | Dutch |
Swaziland | English, Swazi |
Sweden | Swedish, and some other languages like Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani in some territories. |
Switzerland | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
Syria | Arabic |
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, Russian (regional), Crimean Tatar (regional) |
United Arab Emirates | Arabic |
United Kingdom | English, and some other languages in some territories. |
United States | English (de facto) |
Uruguay | Spanish |
Uzbekistan | Uzbek (national), Russian (for interethnic communication) |
Vanuatu | Bislama (national), English, French |
Vatican City | Italian (de facto). |
Venezuela | Spanish |
Vietnam | Vietnamese |
Yemen | Arabic |
Zambia | English |
Zimbabwe | English, Shona, Northern Ndebele |