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Official languages of sovereign countries (G-R): G[edit] Georgian: Georgia[2] South Ossetia(with Ossetian and Russian)[35] Abkhazia(with Georgian according to the Georgian constitution)[2] German: Austria(withHungarian,Burgenland Croatian, andSlovene) Belgium(with Dutch andFrench) Germany Liechtenstein Luxembourg(withFrenchandLuxembourgish) Italy(in South Tyrol) Switzerland(withFrench,Italian, and Romansh)[34] 17 of the26 cantons(monolinguallyGerman) Graubünden(withItalianand Romansh) Bern(withFrench) Fribourg(withFrench) Valais(withFrench) Greek: Greece Cyprus(withTurkish)[36] Guaraní: Paraguay(withSpanish)[37] Bolivia(withSpanish,Quechuaand other 33languages)[11] H[edit] Haitian Creole: Haiti(withFrench)[32] Hausa: Nigeria[38] Hebrew: Israel(withArabic) Hindi: India("official language of the Union"; with English; 22 other regionallanguages)[39] Fiji(with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to coverUrdu, as well as Hindi)[25] Hiri Motu: Papua New Guinea(with English andTok Pisin) Hungarian: Hungary[40] I[edit] Ibo: Nigeria[38] Icelandic: Iceland Indonesian: Indonesia(a standardized dialect of Malay)[41] Irish: Republic of Ireland("national"; with English being"second official")[26] Italian: Italy Switzerland(withGermanandFrench)[34] Ticino Graubünden(withGermanandRomansh) San Marino Vatican City(withLatin) India(withHindi Bhojpuri) J[edit] Japanese: Japan(de facto) K[edit] Kazakh: Kazakhstan(with Russian)[42] Khmer: Cambodia[43] Kinyarwanda: Rwanda Kikongo: Democratic Republic of the Congo(with French, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba)[31] Kirundi: Burundi Kituba: Republic of the Congo(with French and Lingala)[33] Korean: North Korea[44] South Korea Kurdish: Iraq(withArabic)[7] Kyrgyz: Kyrgyzstan(with Russian)[45] L[edit] Lao: Laos Latin: Vatican City Latvian: Latvia Lingala: Democratic Republic of the Congo(with French, Kikongo, Swahili and Tshiluba)[31] Republic of the Congo(with French and Kituba)[33] Lithuanian: Lithuania Luxembourgish: Luxembourg(withFrenchandGerman) M[edit] Macedonian: Republic of Macedonia Malagasy: Madagascar(withFrench) Malay: Malaysia Brunei Singapore(with English,ChineseandTamil)[20] Indonesia(a standardized local dialect of Malay, but treated as the separate language in Indonesia)[41] Maltese: Malta(with English) Manx Gaelic: Isle of Man(with English) Māori: New Zealand(with English and New Zealand Sign Language) Moldovan Moldova(identical toRomanian; defined as Moldovan in the Moldovan constitution)[46] Transnistria(Cyrillic alphabetis used; with Russian and Ukrainian; independence is disputed)[47] Mongolian: Mongolia Montenegrin: Montenegro N[edit] Ndebele(SouthernandNorthern): South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Zimbabwe(with English andShona) Nepali: Nepal New Zealand Sign Language: New Zealand(alongside English and Maori) Northern Sotho: South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Norwegian: Norway(two official written forms - Bokmål and Nynorsk) O[edit] Ossetian: South Ossetia(with Russian and Georgian; independence is disputed)[35] P[edit] Punjabi India(official with 21 other languages)[48] Papiamento: Aruba(withDutch) Curaçao(with English andDutch) Pashtu: Afghanistan(withDariinAfghanistan)[22] Persian: Iran Afghanistan(withPashtoandDariinAfghanistan)[22] Tajikistan(calledTajikiinTajikistan)[49] Polish: Poland Portuguese: Angola Brazil Cape Verde East Timor(withTetum) Equatorial Guinea(withSpanishandFrench) Guinea-Bissau Macau(withCantonese) Mozambique Portugal São Tomé and Príncipe Q[edit] Quechua: Bolivia(withSpanish,Aymara, Guaraní and other 33 languages)[11] Peru(withSpanishand Aymara)[12] R[edit] Romanian: Romania Moldova(officially called Moldovan, although identical to Romanian according to the law of Moldova)[46] Romansh: Switzerland(withGerman,French, andItalian)[34] Graubünden(withGermanandItalian) Russian: Russia(in some regions together with regional languages)[50] Abkhazia(withAbkhazaccording to the Abkhazian constitution;[1]independence is disputed) Belarus(with Belarusian)[14] Kazakhstan(with Kazakh)[42] Kyrgyzstan(with Kyrgyz)[45] South Ossetia(with Ossetian and Georgian; independence is disputed)[35] Tajikistan("inter-ethnic communication"; with Tajik)[49] Transnistria(with Moldovan and Ukrainian; independence is disputed)[47]

Official languages of sovereign countries (E-F): E[edit] English(see alsoList of countries where English is an official language): Antigua and Barbuda Australia(considered de facto as no official language is mentioned in the Australian Constitution, with many other Aboriginallanguages) The Bahamas Bangladesh(Official, de facto with Bangla which is officially de jure&de facto) Barbados Belize Botswana(but thenational languageisTswana) Cameroon(withFrench) Canada(withFrench) Ontario(de facto; with limitedFrench) Nova Scotia(de facto; with limitedFrench&Gaelic) New Brunswick(withFrench) British Columbia(de facto; with limitedFrench) Prince Edward Island(de facto; with limitedFrench) Saskatchewan(de facto; with limitedFrench) Alberta(de facto; with limitedFrench) Newfoundland and Labrador(de facto; with limitedFrench,Innu-aimun,&Inuttut) Northwest Territories(with 10 others) Yukon(withFrench) Nunavut(withInuit&French) Curaçao(withDutchandPapiamento) Dominica Eritrea(withTigrinyaandArabic) Fiji(withBau FijianandHindustani)[25] The Gambia Ghana Grenada(with French Creole) Guyana Hong Kong(withCantonese) India(with 22 other regionallanguages) Republic of Ireland("second official"; withIrish)[26] Jamaica Kenya(withSwahili) Kiribati Lesotho(withSotho) Liberia Malawi(withChichewa) Malaysia(de facto official language; still serve as official and national language with Malay in Sabah and Sarawak)[27] Malta(withMaltese) Marshall Islands(withMarshallese) Mauritius(withFrench)[28] Micronesia, Federated States of Namibia(Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are regional spoken)[29] Nauru(withNauruan) New Zealand(withMāoriandNew Zealand Sign Language) Nigeria Pakistan(withUrduas the national language) Palau(with Paluan and Japanese) Papua New Guinea(with Tok Pisin and Motu) Philippines(withFilipino) Rwanda(withFrenchandKinyarwanda) Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia(withFrench Creole) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(with French Creole) Samoa(with Samoan) Seychelles(with Creole,French) Sierra Leone Singapore(with Chinese,Malay, Tamil)[20] Sint Maarten(withDutch) Solomon Islands Somaliland(with Arabic and Somali) South Africa(withAfrikaans,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] South Sudan Sri Lanka(withTamilandSinhala) Sudan(withArabic) Swaziland(with Swati) Tanzania(withSwahili) Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda(withSwahili) United Kingdom(along withIrish,Ulster Scots,Scots,Scottish Gaelic,CornishandWelsh) United States of America(considered the de facto national language. It is the sole, but unofficial, language of the federal government. The English Language is the official language of 27 states; seeLanguagesof the United States#Official language status.) Vanuatu(with Bislama andFrench)[16] Zambia Zimbabwe(withShoneandNdebele) Estonian: Estonia F[edit] Fijian: Fiji(with English andHindustani)[25] Filipino: Philippines(with English) Finnish: Finland(withSwedish) French(see alsoList of countries where French is an official language): Belgium(with Dutch andGerman) Benin Burkina Faso Burundi(with Rundi) Cameroon(with English) Canada(with English) Quebec(with limitedEnglish) New Brunswick(withEnglish) Northwest Territories(with 10 others) Yukon(withEnglish) Nunavut(withInuit&English) Central African Republic[30] Chad(withArabic) Comoros(with Arabic and Comorian) Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo(with Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba)[31] Djibouti(withArabic) Equatorial Guinea(withSpanishandPortuguese) France French Guiana French Polynesia French Loyalty Islands French Southern and Antarctic Lands Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna (Adelie Land) (Clipperton Island) Gabon Guinea Haiti(withHaitian Creole)[32] Luxembourg(withGermanandLuxembourgish) Madagascar(withMalagasy) Mali Mauritius(withEnglish)[28] Monaco Niger Republic of the Congo[33] Rwanda(with English and Kinyarwanda) Senegal Seychelles(with English) Switzerland(withGerman,Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)[34] Geneva Vaud Jura Neuchâtel Fribourg(withGerman) Bern(withGerman) Valais(withGerman) Togo Vanuatu(with Bislama and English)[16]

Official languages of sovereign countries (A-D): A[edit] Abkhazian: Abkhazia(with Russian according to the Abkhazian constitution,[1]with Georgian according to the Georgian constitution[2]) Afrikaans: South Africa(withEnglish,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga, Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Albanian: Albania[4] Kosovo(with Serbian;[5]independence is disputed) Amharic: Ethiopia[6] Arabic(see alsoList of countries where Arabic is an official language): Algeria Bahrain Chad(withFrench) Comoros(withFrenchandComorian) Djibouti(withFrench) Egypt Eritrea(withTigrinyaandEnglish) Iraq(withKurdish)[7] Israel(withHebrew) Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco(with Berber)[8] Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Somaliland(withEnglishandSomali) Somalia(withSomali) Sudan(withEnglish) Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen Armenian: Armenia[9] Nagorno-Karabakh[10] Aymara: Bolivia(withSpanish,Quechua, Guaraní and other 33languages)[11] Peru(withSpanishandQuechuaand otherlanguages)[12] Azerbaijani: Azerbaijan[13] B[edit] Belarusian: Belarus(withRussian)[14] Bengali: Bangladesh[15] India(with other 22 regional Language, and with English as a link language) Berber: Morocco(with Arabic)[8] Bislama: Vanuatu[16] Bosnian: Bosnia and Herzegovina(withCroatian,Serbian) Bulgarian: Bulgaria[17] Burmese: Burma(called Myanmar in the constitution)[18] C[edit] Cantonese: Hong Kong(usingTraditional Chinese characters); withEnglish Macau(usingTraditional Chinese characters); withPortuguese Catalan: Andorra,[19]co-official in some autonomous communities ofSpain Chinese, Mandarin: China(usingSimplified Hanscript) Taiwan(usingTraditional Hanscript) Singapore(usingSimplified Hanscript; withEnglish,MalayandTamil)[20] Chichewa: Malawi Croatian: Croatia[21] Bosnia and Herzegovina(withBosnianandSerbian) Czech: Czech Republic Slovakia(legislation states that a person using Czech language at a Slovak institution must be treated as if using Slovak language) D[edit] Danish: Denmark Faroe Islands(withFaroese) Dari: Afghanistan(a local variant of Persian, but defined as"Dari"in the Afghan constitution)[22] Dhivehi: Maldives[23] Dutch: Belgium(sole official language inFlanders, along withFrenchinBrussels) TheNetherlands(sole official language in every province exceptFriesland, whereWest Frisianis co-official and theBES islands, where Papiamento and English are co-official) Aruba(withPapiamento) Curaçao(withPapiamentoandEnglish) Sint Maarten(withEnglish) Suriname Dzongkha: Bhutan[24]

ICC World cup results by country: National team Final appearances WinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up Australia642 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 1975, 1996 India321 1983, 2011 2003 West Indies321 1975, 1979 1983 Sri Lanka312 1996 2007, 2011 Pakistan211 1992 1999 England303– 1979, 1987, 1992

List of ICC World cup finals: Key to list of finals The final was played as a day/night game. The final was decided by the Duckworth–Lewis method. The "Year" column refers to the year the World Cup was held, and links to the article about that tournament. The links in the "Result" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national cricket teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries. List of finals, along with the host nation and location and result of the final YearWinnerResultRunner-upFinal venueHost nation(s) [ 2 ] 1975 West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) West Indies won by 17 runs [ 12 ] Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs) Lord's, LondonEngland 1979 West Indies 286/9 (60 overs) West Indies won by 92 runs [ 17 ] England 194 all out (51 overs) Lord's, LondonEngland 1983 India 183 all out (54.4 overs) India won by 43 runs [ 21 ] West Indies 140 all out (52 overs) Lord's, LondonEngland 1987 Australia 253/5 (50 overs) Australia won by 7 runs [ 22 ] England 246/8 (50 overs) Eden Gardens, Kolkata, IndiaIndia, Pakistan 1992 Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) Pakistan won by 22 runs [ 24 ] England 227 all out (49.2 overs) MCG, Melbourne, AustraliaAustralia, New Zealand 1996 Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets [ 26 ] Australia 241/7 (50 overs) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, PakistanIndia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 1999 Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs) Australia won by 8 wickets [ 29 ] Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs) Lord's, LondonEngland, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands 2003 Australia 359/2 (50 overs) Australia won by 125 runs [ 31 ] India 234 all out (39.2 overs) Wanderers, Johannesburg, South AfricaKenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe 2007 Australia 281/4 (38 overs) Australia won by 53 runs [ 33 ] Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs) Kensington Oval, BridgetownWest Indies 2011 India 277/4 (48.2 overs) India won by 6 wickets [ 35 ] Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, IndiaBangladesh, India, Sri Lanka