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
- Afghanistan
- Dari
- Southern Pashto
- Albania
- Tosk Albanian
- Algeria
- Standard Arabic
- Andorra
- Catalan
- Angola
- Portuguese
- Anguilla
- English
- Antigua & Barbuda
- English
- Argentina
- Spanish
- Armenia
- Armenian
- Aruba
- Dutch
- Australia
- English
- Austria
- German
- Azerbaijan
- North Azerbaijani
- Bahamas
- English
- Bahrain
- Standard Arabic
- Bangladesh
- Bengali
- Barbados
- English
- Belarus
- Belarusan
- Belgium
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Belize
- English
- Benin
- French
- Bermuda
- English
- Bhutan
- Dzongkha
- Bolivia
- Spanish
- Central Aymara
- Quechua
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Bosnian
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Botswana
- English
- Tswana
- Brazil
- Portuguese
- Brunei
- English
- Malay
- Bulgaria
- Bulgarian
- Burkina Faso
- French
- Fulfuldé
- Jula
- Mòoré
- Burundi
- French
- Rundi
- Cambodia
- Central Khmer
- Cameroon
- English
- French
- Canada
- English
- French
- Cape Verde
- Kabuverdianu
- Portuguese
- Cayman Islands
- English
- Central African Republic
- French
- Sängö
- Chad
- French
- Standard Arabic
- Chile
- Spanish
- China (PRC)
- Mandarin Chinese
- Colombia
- Spanish
- Comoros
- French
- Standard Arabic
- Congo, Republic of the
- French
- Lingala
- Munukutuba
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Congo Swahili
- French
- Kongo
- Lingala
- Luba-Kasai
- Cook Islands
- English
- Costa Rica
- Spanish
- Croatia
- Croatian
- Italian
- Cuba
- Spanish
- Cyprus
- Greek
- Turkish
- Czech Republic
- Czech
- Denmark
- Danish
- Djibouti
- French
- Standard Arabic
- Dominica
- English
- Dominican Republic
- Spanish
- East Timor
- Portuguese
- Tetun
- Ecuador
- Spanish
- Egypt
- Egyptian Arabic
- Standard Arabic
- El Salvador
- Spanish
- Equatorial Guinea
- Spanish
- Eritrea
- English
- Tigrinya
- Estonia
- Estonian
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
- English
- Tigrinya
- Falkland Islands
- English
- Faroe Islands
- Danish
- Faroese
- Fiji
- English
- Fijian
- Fijian Hindustani
- Finland
- Finnish
- Swedish
- France
- French
- French Guiana
- French
- French Polynesia
- French
- Tahitian
- Gabon
- French
- Gambia
- English
- Georgia
- Georgian
- Germany
- German
- 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)
- Gibraltar
- English
- Greece
- Greek
- Greenland
- Danish
- Greenlandic Inuktikut
- Grenada
- English
- Guadeloupe
- French
- Guam
- Chamorro
- English
- Guatemala
- Spanish
- Guinea
- French (official)
- Fuuta Jalon (national)
- Guinea Bissau
- Portuguese
- Guyana
- English
- Haiti
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Honduras
- Spanish
- Hungary
- Hungarian
- Iceland
- Icelandic
- 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)
- Indonesia
- Indonesian
- Iran
- Western Farsi
- Iraq
- Kurdi
- Mesopotamian Arabic
- Standard Arabic
- Republic of Ireland
- English
- Irish Gaelic
- Israel
- English (official)
- Hebrew (national)
- Standard Arabic (national)
- Italy
- Italian
- Ivory Coast
- French
- Jamaica
- English
- Japan
- Japanese
- Jordan
- Standard Arabic
- Kazakhstan
- Kazakh
- Russian
- Kenya
- English
- Swahili
- Kiribati
- English
- Kiribati
- Korea (North)
- Korean
- Korea (South)
- Korean
- Kuwait
- Standard Arabic
- Kyrgyzstan
- Kirghiz
- Laos
- Lao
- Latvia
- Latvian
- Lebanon
- French
- Standard Arabic
- Lesotho
- English
- Sotho
- Liberia
- English
- Libya
- Standard Arabic
- Liechtenstein
- German
- Lithuania
- Lithuanian
- Luxembourg
- French
- German
- Luxembourgeois
- Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonian
- Tosk Albanian
- Madagascar
- French
- Malagasy
- Malawi
- English
- Nyanja
- Tumbuka
- Malaysia
- Malay
- Maldives
- Maldivian
- Mali
- Bamanankan
- Bomu
- Bozo
- Dogoso
- French
- Fulfulde
- Hasanya
- Mamara
- Maninkakan
- Soninke
- Sonoy
- Syenara
- Tamasayt
- Xaasongaxanno
- Malta
- English
- Maltese
- Marshall Islands
- English
- Marshallese
- Martinique
- French
- Mauritania
- Standard Arabic
- Mauritius
- English
- Mayotte
- French
- Mexico
- Spanish
- Micronesia
- Chuuk
- English
- Kosraean
- Ponapean
- Ulithian
- Yapese
- Moldova
- Moldovan
- Monaco
- French
- Mongolia
- Khalkha Mongolian
- Montserrat
- English
- Morocco
- Standard Arabic
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
- Myanmar
- Burmese
- Namibia
- Diriku
- English
- Herero
- Kwangali
- Kwanyama
- Lozi
- Mbukushu
- Nama
- Ndonga
- Nauru
- English
- Nauruan
- Nepal
- Gurung
- Nepali
- Netherlands
- Dutch
- Netherlands Antilles
- Dutch
- Papiamentu
- New Caledonia
- French
- New Zealand
- English
- Maori
- Nicaragua
- Spanish
- Niger
- Arabic
- French
- Fulfulde
- Gourmanchéma
- Hausa
- Kanuri
- Tamajaq
- Tubu
- Zarma
- Nigeria
- Adamawa Fulfulde
- Edo
- Efik
- English
- Hausa
- Idoma
- Igbo
- Yerwa Kanuri
- Yoruba
- Niue
- English
- Norfolk Island
- Englsh
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Carolinian
- Chamorro
- English
- Norway
- Bokmål Norwegian
- Nynorsk Norwegian
- Oman
- Standard Arabic
- Pakistan
- English
- Sindhi
- Urdu
- Palau
- English
- Palauan
- Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
- Standard Arabic (official purposes)
- Panama
- Spanish
- Papua New Guinea
- English
- Hiri Motu
- Tok Pisin
- Paraguay
- Spanish
- Guaraní
- Peru
- Spanish
- Philippines
- Filipino
- English
- Poland
- Polish
- Portugal
- Portuguese
- Puerto Rico
- Spanish
- English
- Qatar
- Standard Arabic
- Réunion
- French
- Romania
- Romanian
- 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
- Saint Helena
- English
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- English
- Saint Lucia
- English
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- French
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English
- Samoa
- English
- Samoan
- San Marino
- Italian
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese
- Principense
- Sãotomense
- Saudi Arabia
- Standard Arabic
- Senegal
- French
- Jola-Fogny
- Malinke
- Mandinka
- Pulaar
- Serere-Sine
- Soninke
- Wolof
- Seychelles
- English
- French
- Sierra Leone
- English
- Singapore
- Bengali
- English
- Malay
- Mandarin Chinese
- Tamil
- Slovakia
- Slovak
- Slovenia
- Hungarian (official, part of Slovenia)
- Italian (official, part of Slovenia)
- Slovenian (national)
- Solomon Islands
- English
- 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
- Sri Lanka
- Sinhala
- Sudan
- Standard Arabic
- Suriname
- Dutch
- Swaziland
- English
- Swazi
- Sweden
- Swedish
- Switzerland
- French
- German
- Italian
- Rhaeto-Romance
- Syria
- Standard Arabic
- Taiwan (ROC)
- Mandarin Chinese
- Tajikistan
- Tajik
- Tanzania
- Swahili
- Thailand
- Thai
- Togo
- Éwé
- French
- Kabiye
- Tokelau
- English
- Tonga
- English
- Tongan
- Trinidad and Tobago
- English
- Tunisia
- Standard Arabic
- Turkey
- Turkish
- Turkmenistan
- Turkmen
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- English
- Tuvalu
- Tuvaluan
- Uganda
- English
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian
- United Arab Emirates
- Standard Arabic
- 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
- Uruguay
- Spanish
- Uzbekistan
- Northern Uzbek
- Vanuatu
- Bislama
- English
- French
- Vatican
- Italian
- Latin
- Venezuela
- Spanish
- Vietnam
- Vietnamese
- Wallis and Futuna
- French
- Yemen
- Standard Arabic
- Zambia
- English
- Zimbabwe
- English