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List of official languages by country and territory

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For each country are listed the languages that have official status countrywide or regionally. See also: List of official languages

  • Bolivia
    • Spanish
    • Central Aymara
    • Quechua


  • Chad
    • French
    • Standard Arabic
  • Egypt
    • Egyptian Arabic
    • Standard Arabic
  • Fiji
    • English
    • Fijian
    • Fijian Hindustani
  • Ghana
    • Akuapim Twi (official, used in formal education)
    • Asante Twi (official, used in formal education)
    • Buli (official, used in non-formal education)
    • Dagaari (official, used in formal education)
    • Dagbani (official, used in formal education)
    • English (national)
    • Fante (official, used in formal education)
    • Frafra (official, used in non-formal education)
    • Ga-Adangme (official, used in formal education)
    • Gonja (official, used in non-formal education)
    • Kasem (official, used in formal education)
    • Kusaal (official, used in non-formal education)
    • Nzema (official, used in formal education)
    • Sisaala (official, used in non-formal education)
    • Éwé (official, used in formal education)
  • Guam
    • Chamorro
    • English
  • Guinea
    • French (official)
    • Fuuta Jalon (national)
  • Haiti
    • French
    • Haitian Creole
  • India
    • Assamese (Assam)
    • Bengali (West Bengal)
    • Bodo (Assam)
    • Dogri (Jammu & Kashmir)
    • English (associate official)
    • Goanese Konkani (Goa)
    • Gujarati (Gujarat)
    • Hindi
    • Kannada (Karnataka)
    • Kashmiri (Jammu & Kashmir)
    • Maithili
    • Malayalam (Kerala)
    • Marathi (Maharashtra)
    • Oriya (Orissa)
    • Panjabi (Punjab)
    • Sanskrit
    • Santali
    • Sindhi
    • Tamil (Tamil Nadu)
    • Telugu (Andhra Pradesh)
    • Urdu (Jammu & Kashmir)
  • Iraq
    • Kurdi
    • Mesopotamian Arabic
    • Standard Arabic
  • Israel
    • English (official)
    • Hebrew (national)
    • Standard Arabic (national)
  • Mali
    • Bamanankan
    • Bomu
    • Bozo
    • Dogoso
    • French
    • Fulfulde
    • Hasanya
    • Mamara
    • Maninkakan
    • Soninke
    • Sonoy
    • Syenara
    • Tamasayt
    • Xaasongaxanno
  • Micronesia
    • Chuuk
    • English
    • Kosraean
    • Ponapean
    • Ulithian
    • Yapese
  • Namibia
    • Diriku
    • English
    • Herero
    • Kwangali
    • Kwanyama
    • Lozi
    • Mbukushu
    • Nama
    • Ndonga
  • Niger
    • Arabic
    • French
    • Fulfulde
    • Gourmanchéma
    • Hausa
    • Kanuri
    • Tamajaq
    • Tubu
    • Zarma
  • Nigeria
    • Adamawa Fulfulde
    • Edo
    • Efik
    • English
    • Hausa
    • Idoma
    • Igbo
    • Yerwa Kanuri
    • Yoruba
  • Norway
    • Bokmål Norwegian
    • Nynorsk Norwegian
  • Oman
    • Standard Arabic
  • Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
    • Standard Arabic (official purposes)
  • Russia
    • Adyghe (Adyghea)
    • Altai (Altay Republic)
    • Avar (Dagestan)
    • Balkar (Kabardino-Balkaria)
    • Bashkir (Bashkortostan)
    • Buriat (Buryatia/Agin Buryatia/Ust-Ordyn Buryatia)
    • Chechen (Chechnya)
    • Cherkess (Karachay-Cherkessia)
    • Chukot (Chukotka)
    • Chuvash (Chuvashia)
    • Dolgan (Taymyria)
    • Erzya (Mordovia)
    • Evenki (Evenkia)
    • Ingush (Ingushetia)
    • Kabardian (in Kabardino-Balkaria)
    • Kalmyk-Oirat (Kalmykia)
    • Karachay (Karachay-Cherkessia)
    • Karelian (Karelia)
    • Kazan Tatar (Tatarstan)
    • Khakas (Khakassia)
    • Khanty (Khanty-Mansia)
    • Komi-Permyak (Permyak Komi)
    • Komi-Zyrian (Komia)
    • Koryak (Koryakia)
    • Mansi (Khanty-Mansia)
    • Mari (Mari Republic)
    • Moksha (Mordovia)
    • Nenets (Nenetsia)
    • Osetin (Alania-North Ossetia)
    • Russian (nationwide)
    • Tuvin (Tuva)
    • Udmurt (Udmurtia)
    • Yakut (Sakha)
    • Yiddish (Jewish Autonomous Region)
  • Rwanda
    • English
    • French
    • Kinyarwanda
  • Senegal
    • French
    • Jola-Fogny
    • Malinke
    • Mandinka
    • Pulaar
    • Serere-Sine
    • Soninke
    • Wolof
  • Singapore
    • Bengali
    • English
    • Malay
    • Mandarin Chinese
    • Tamil
  • Slovenia
    • Hungarian (official, part of Slovenia)
    • Italian (official, part of Slovenia)
    • Slovenian (national)
  • Somalia
    • English
    • Somali
    • Standard Arabic
  • South Africa
    • Afrikaans
    • English
    • Ndebele
    • Pedi
    • Sotho
    • Swazi
    • Tsonga
    • Tswana
    • Venda
    • Xhosa
    • Zulu
  • Spain
    • Aranese
    • Asturian
    • Basque
    • Catalan
    • Galician
    • Spanish
  • Togo
    • Éwé
    • French
    • Kabiye
No official language
  • United States
    • English (many states)
    • French (in Louisiana)
    • Hawaiian (in Hawai'i)
    • Spanish (in New Mexico)
Note: No official language at the national federal level