List Of Official Languages

Official languages of sovereign countries

• South Africa (with English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Albania
• Macedonia
• Part of Serbia and Montenegro
• Kosovo

• Algeria
• Bahrain
• Chad (with French)
• Comoros (with French and Shikomor)
• Djibouti (with French)
• Egypt
• Eritrea (with Tigrignan)
• Iraq (with Kurdish)
• Israel (with Hebrew)
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• Syria
• The United Arab Emirates
• Tunisia
• Yemen

• Armenia

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Assam

• Bolivia (with Spanish and Quechua)
• Peru (with Spanish and Quechua)

• Azerbaijan

• Indonesia

• Belarus

• Bangladesh
• India (with English, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Sanskrit, Sindhi)
• Tripura
• West Bengal

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Croatian, Serbian)

• Bulgaria

• Andorra
• parts of Spain
• Balearic Islands (with Spanish)
• Catalonia (with Spanish)
• Valencia (named as Valencian, with Spanish)

• the People's Republic of China
• Mainland China (Mandarin)
• Hong Kong (with English, Cantonese spoken de facto with Mandarin)
• Macau (with Portuguese, Cantonese spoken de facto with Mandarin)
• the Republic of China (Taiwan) (Mandarin)
• Singapore (with Malay, English and Tamil)

• some municipalities in Austria (with German)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Bosnian, Serbian)
• Croatia
• part of Serbia and Montenegro
• Vojvodina (with Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

• Denmark
• Faroe Islands (with Faroese)
• Greenland (with Inuktitut)

• Afghanistan (with Pashtu)

• Maldives

• Belgium (with French and German)
• The Netherlands (with Frisian)
• Suriname
• The Netherlands Antilles
• Aruba

• Bhutan

• Australia
• Bahamas
• Belize
• Botswana (but the national language is Setswana)
• Canada (federally, with French)
• New Brunswick (with French)
• Nunavut (with French, Inuktitut, and Inuvialuktun)
• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey)
• Yukon (with French)
• Fiji (with Bau Fijian and Hindustani)
• part of the People's Republic of China
• Hong Kong (with Chinese)
• Guyana
• India (with Hindi and 14 other languages)
• Kenya (with Kiswahili)
• Kiribati
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea (with Tok Pisin and Motu)
• Republic of Ireland (with Irish)
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
• New Zealand (an official language by custom; the other by law is Māori)
• Singapore (with Malay, Tamil and Mandarin Chinese)
• Philippines (but the national language is Filipino)
• The Gambia
• parts of the United States. The USA Federal Government does not have an official language; English is the first language by custom, not law. See English-only movement. English is official language in the following states and territories:
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii (with Hawaiian language)
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Louisiana (with French)
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico (with Spanish)
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Puerto Rico (with Spanish)
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Utah
• Virginia
• Wyoming
• Zambia

• Fiji (with English and Hindustani)

• Philippines (with English)

• Finland (with Swedish)

• Belgium (with Dutch and German)
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi (with Kirundi and Swahili)
• Cameroon (with English)
• Canada (federally, with English)
• New Brunswick (with English)
• Quebec
• Nunavut (with English, Inuktitut, and Inuvialuktun)
• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey)
• Yukon (with English)
• Central African Republic
• Chad (with Arabic)
• Comoros (with Arabic and Comorian)
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Congo-Kinshasa
• Cte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti (with Arabic)
• Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish)
• France
• Gabon
• Haiti (with Haitian Creole)
• part of Italy
• the Aosta Valley (with Italian)
• Madagascar (with Malagasy)
• Mali
• Mauritius (with English)
• Monaco
• Rwanda (with English and Kinyarwanda)
• Senegal
• Seychelles (with English)
• Switzerland (with German, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)
• Geneva
• Vaud
• Valais
• Jura
• Neuchtel
• Fribourg, Bern (with German)
• Togo
• part of the United States
• Louisiana (with English)
• Vanuatu (with Bislama and English)

• The Netherlands (with Dutch)

• Austria
• Belgium (with Dutch and French)
• Germany
• Liechtenstein
• part of Italy
• South Tyrol (with Italian)
• Switzerland (with French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)
• 17 of the 26 cantons (unilingually German)
• Graubnden (with Italian and Romansh)
• Bern, Fribourg (with French)

• Greece
• Cyprus (with Turkish)

• Paraguay (with Spanish)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• Daman and Diu
• Gujarat

• Haiti (with French)

• Israel (with Arabic)

• India (with English and 14 other languages)
• Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to cover Urdu, as well as Hindi.)

• Hungary
• part of Slovenia
• part of Serbia and Montenegro
• Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

• Republic of Ireland (with English)

• Italy (with German, French, Ladin and Sardinian in some provinces)
• Switzerland (with German, French, and Rhaeto-Romansh)
• Ticino
• Graubnden (with German and Rhaeto-Romansh)
• San Marino
• part of Croatia
• Istria county (with Croatian)
• part of Slovenia
• Izola, Koper and Piran municipalities (with Slovene)

• Japan
• Palau (with Palauan and English)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Karnataka

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Sindhi, Sanskrit)

• Kazakhstan (with Russian)

• Cambodia

• North Korea
• South Korea

• Iraq (with Arabic)

• Kyrgyzstan (with Russian)

• Laos

• Holy See (Vatican City)

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Macedonia

• Malaysia (as Bahasa Melayu)
• Brunei
• Singapore (with English, Tamil and Mandarin Chinese)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Kerala
• Lakshadweep

• New Zealand (with English)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Maharashtra

• Moldova

• Papua New Guinea (with English and Tok Pisin)

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Nepal

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Norway (two official written forms - Bokml and Nynorsk)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Orissa

• Afghanistan (with Dari-Persian)

• Iran
• Afghanistan (called Dari-Persian in Afghanistan) (with Pashtu)
• Tajikistan (called Tajiki-Persian in Tajikistan)

• Poland

• Angola
• Brazil
• Cape Verde
• East Timor
• Guinea-Bissau
• part of the People's Republic of China
• Macau (with Chinese)
• Mozambique
• Portugal
• So Tom and Prncipe
• part of Spain
• Galicia, using the name Galician Galician, above. (with Spanish)

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Punjab

• Bolivia (with Spanish and Aymara)
• Peru (with Spanish and Aymara)

• Moldova (known locally as Moldovan, and asserted by nationalists to be a separate language, an assertion disputed by most professional linguists)
• Romania
• part of Serbia and Montenegro
• Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

• Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian)
• Graubnden (with German and Italian)

• Belarus (with Belarusian)
• Kazakhstan (with Kazakh)
• Kyrgyzstan (with Kyrgyz)
• Russia

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Bosnian, Croatian)
• Serbia and Montenegro

• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sanskrit)

• Sri Lanka (with Tamil, and with English as a link language)

• Slovakia
• part of Serbia and Montenegro
• Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)

• Slovenia

• Somalia

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Argentina
• Bolivia (with Aymara and Quecha)
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea (with French)
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Spain (Aranese, Basque, Catalan and Galician are co-official in some regions)
• Panama
• Paraguay (with Guarani)
• Peru (with Quechua)
• parts of the United States (co-official with English in New Mexico and Puerto Rico)
• Venezuela
• Uruguay

• Kenya (with English)
• Tanzania

• Swaziland (with English)
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Finland (with Finnish)
• land (unilingually Swedish) (an autonomous province under Finnish sovereignty)

• Singapore (with Malay, English and Mandarin Chinese)
• India (with English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Pondicherry
• Tamil Nadu
• Sri Lanka (with Sinhala, and with English as a link language)

• India (with English, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Andhra Pradesh

• Thailand

• Papua New Guinea (with English and Motu)

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Turkey
• Cyprus (with Greek (Hellenic))

• Ukraine

• India (with Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit)
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Pakistan

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Xhosa, Zulu)

• Vietnam

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu)

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)

Official languages at the level of state or provincial unit only

• Basque Country (with Spanish)
• Navarre (with Spanish)

• Hong Kong (spoken de facto, with English and Mandarin)
• Macao (spoken de facto, with English and Mandarin)

• Northwest Territories (with Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey)

• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey)

• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey)

• Galicia (with Spanish)

• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Inuktitut, and Slavey)

• Hawaii (with English)

• Greenland (with Danish)
• Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuvialuktun)
• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, and Slavey)

• Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)
• Northwest Territories (included in Inuktitut; with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, and Slavey)

• Val d'Aran (with Catalan and Spanish)

• Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak)

• Finland (in four municipalities)
• Norway (in six municipalities)

• Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, and Inuktitut)

• Wales (with English)

See also

• List of official languages by institution
• List of official languages by country
• List of national languages of India

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