LANGUAGES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Country |
Description Definition: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total populationspeaking that language. |
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| 1. | Cameroon | 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) |
| 2. | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.) |
| 3. | Albania | Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects |
| 4. | Armenia | Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2% |
| 5. | Burma | Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages |
| 6. | Belarus | Belarusian, Russian, other |
| 7. | Bulgaria | Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown |
| 8. | Denmark | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) (English is the predominant second language) |
| 9. | Estonia | Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other |
| 10. | Czech Republic | Czech |
| 11. | Finland | Finnish 93.4% (official), Swedish 5.9% (official), small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities |
| 12. | Faroe Islands | Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish |
| 13. | French Guiana | French |
| 14. | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | French (official) |
| 15. | Guadeloupe | French (official) 99%, Creole patois |
| 16. | New Caledonia | French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects |
| 17. | Cote d'Ivoire | French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken |
| 18. | Madagascar | French (official), Malagasy (official) |
| 19. | Djibouti | French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar |
| 20. | Chad | French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
| 21. | Monaco | French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque |
| 22. | Mali | French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages |
| 23. | Haiti | French (official), Creole (official) |
| 24. | Reunion | French (official), Creole widely used |
| 25. | Guinea | French (official), each ethnic group has its own language |
| 26. | Gabon | French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
| 27. | Benin | French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) |
| 28. | Niger | French (official), Hausa, Djerma |
| 29. | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| 30. | Congo, Republic of the | French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread) |
| 31. | Burkina Faso | French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population |
| 32. | Central African Republic | French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages |
| 33. | French Polynesia | French (official), Tahitian (official) |
| 34. | Senegal | French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka |
| 35. | France | French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
| 36. | Martinique | French, Creole patois |
| 37. | Georgia | Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia) |
| 38. | Greenland | Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English |
| 39. | Germany | German |
| 40. | Austria | German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland) |
| 41. | Liechtenstein | German (official), Alemannic dialect |
| 42. | Greece | Greek 99% (official), English, French |
| 43. | Cyprus | Greek, Turkish, English |
| 44. | Croatia | Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) |
| 45. | Hungary | Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8% |
| 46. | Iceland | Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
| 47. | San Marino | Italian |
| 48. | Italy | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) |
| 49. | Holy See (Vatican City) | Italian, Latin, French, various other languages |
| 50. | Japan | Japanese |
| 51. | Korea, North | Korean |
| 52. | Korea, South | Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school |
| 53. | Kiribati | I-Kiribati, English (official) |
| 54. | Latvia | Latvian (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other |
| 55. | Lithuania | Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian |
| 56. | Hong Kong | Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official |
| 57. | Moldova | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
| 58. | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | Macedonian 68%, Albanian 25%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 2%, other 2% |
| 59. | Malta | Maltese (official), English (official) |
| 60. | Maldives | Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials |
| 61. | Niue | Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English |
| 62. | Netherlands | Dutch (official language), Frisian (official language) |
| 63. | Belgium | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French) |
| 64. | Aruba | Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish |
| 65. | Netherlands Antilles | Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish |
| 66. | Nauru | Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes |
| 67. | Poland | Polish |
| 68. | Sao Tome and Principe | Portuguese (official) |
| 69. | Brazil | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
| 70. | Angola | Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages |
| 71. | Guinea-Bissau | Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages |
| 72. | Portugal | Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used) |
| 73. | Macau | Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese) |
| 74. | Cape Verde | Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words) |
| 75. | Romania | Romanian (official), Hungarian, German |
| 76. | Russia | Russian, other |
| 77. | American Samoa | Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English (most people are bilingual) |
| 78. | Samoa | Samoan (Polynesian), English |
| 79. | Ethiopia | Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools) |
| 80. | Saudi Arabia | Arabic |
| 81. | Comoros | Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) |
| 82. | Algeria | Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects |
| 83. | Lebanon | Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian |
| 84. | Morocco | Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy |
| 85. | Egypt | Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
| 86. | Qatar | Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language |
| 87. | Kuwait | Arabic (official), English widely spoken |
| 88. | Jordan | Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes |
| 89. | Oman | Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects |
| 90. | Mauritania | Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Hassaniya, Wolof |
| 91. | Libya | Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities |
| 92. | Bahrain | Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu |
| 93. | Gaza Strip | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood) |
| 94. | Iraq | Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian |
| 95. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |
| 96. | Cambodia | Khmer (official) 95%, French, English |
| 97. | Andorra | Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese |
| 98. | Montserrat | English |
| 99. | Cayman Islands | English |
| 100. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | English |
| 101. | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | English |
| 102. | Barbados | English |
| 103. | Saint Helena | English |
| 104. | Micronesia, Federated States of | English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi |
| 105. | Anguilla | English (official) |
| 106. | British Virgin Islands | English (official) |
| 107. | Fiji | English (official), Fijian, Hindustani |
| 108. | Jersey | English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts |
| 109. | Saint Lucia | English (official), French patois |
| 110. | Grenada | English (official), French patois |
| 111. | Dominica | English (official), French patois |
| 112. | Christmas Island | English (official), Chinese, Malay |
| 113. | Bermuda | English (official), Portuguese |
| 114. | Cook Islands | English (official), Maori |
| 115. | New Zealand | English (official), Maori (official) |
| 116. | Norfolk Island | English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian |
| 117. | Belize | English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole |
| 118. | Kenya | English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
| 119. | Ghana | English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga) |
| 120. | Malawi | English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally |
| 121. | Bahamas, The | English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
| 122. | Mauritius | English (official), Creole, French (official), Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bhojpuri |
| 123. | Nigeria | English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani |
| 124. | Antigua and Barbuda | English (official), local dialects |
| 125. | Gambia, The | English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars |
| 126. | Pitcairn Islands | English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect) |
| 127. | Botswana | English (official), Setswana |
| 128. | Gibraltar | English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| 129. | Marshall Islands | English (widely spoken as a second language, both English and Marshallese are official languages), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese |
| 130. | Liberia | English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence |
| 131. | Canada | English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other 17.5% |
| 132. | Namibia | English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama |
| 133. | Palau | English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official) |
| 134. | India | English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
| 135. | Ireland | English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard |
| 136. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | English, French patois |
| 137. | Guernsey | English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts |
| 138. | Man, Isle of | English, Manx Gaelic |
| 139. | Guyana | English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu |
| 140. | Guam | English, Chamorro, Japanese |
| 141. | Northern Mariana Islands | English, Chamorro, Carolinian (86% of population speaks a language other than English at home) |
| 142. | Australia | English, native languages |
| 143. | Jamaica | English, patois English |
| 144. | Israel | Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language |
| 145. | Kazakhstan | Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
| 146. | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz - official language, Russian - official language (in December 2001, the Kyrgyzstani legislature made Russian an official language, equal in status to Kyrgyz) |
| 147. | Laos | Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
| 148. | Luxembourg | Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language) |
| 149. | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Malay (Cocos dialect), English |
| 150. | Brunei | Malay (official), English, Chinese |
| 151. | Nepal | Nepali (official; spoken by 90% of the population), about a dozen other languages and about 30 major dialects; note - many in government and business also speak English (1995) |
| 152. | Iran | Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% |
| 153. | Pakistan | Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8% |
| 154. | Chile | Spanish |
| 155. | Colombia | Spanish |
| 156. | Cuba | Spanish |
| 157. | Dominican Republic | Spanish |
| 158. | Nicaragua | Spanish (official) (English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast) |
| 159. | Equatorial Guinea | Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo |
| 160. | Costa Rica | Spanish (official), English |
| 161. | Panama | Spanish (official), English 14% (many Panamanians bilingual) |
| 162. | Paraguay | Spanish (official), Guarani (official) |
| 163. | Bolivia | Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) |
| 164. | Peru | Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages |
| 165. | Ecuador | Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua) |
| 166. | Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
| 167. | Puerto Rico | Spanish, English |
| 168. | Honduras | Spanish, Amerindian dialects |
| 169. | El Salvador | Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
| 170. | Mexico | Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages |
| 171. | Eritrea | Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages |
| 172. | Indonesia | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese |
| 173. | Malaysia | Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest are Iban and Kadazan |
| 174. | Bangladesh | Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English |
| 175. | Norway | Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official) (small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities) |
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