Official regional and minority languages (A-E): Abaza: Karachay–Cherkessia(state language; with Cherkess, Karachay, Nogai and Russian)[54] Adyghe: Adygea(state language; with Russian)[55] Aghul: Dagestan(as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[56] Albanian: Serbia(in Kosovo and several municipalities in Central-Serbia) Macedonia(in some municipalities) Albanian: Montenegro(withMontenegrin,Serbian,BosnianandCroatian) Altay: Altay, Republic of(state language; with Russian)[57] AraneseseeOccitan Armenian: Nagorno Karabagh Assamese: India(withHindi,English{as a"subsidiary official language"} and20 other official languages) Assam Avar: Dagestan(as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[56] Azeri: Dagestan(as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[56] Balkar: Kabardino-Balkaria(state language; with Kabardian and Russian)[58] Bashkir: Bashkortostan(state language; with Russian)[59] Basque: Basque Autonomous Community(with Spanish) Navarre(in some areas with Spanish) Bengali: India(withHindi,English{as a"subsidiary official language"} and20 other official languages; second most spoken Indian Language) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Assam Tripura West Bengal Bosnian: part ofSerbia Sandžakregion Montenegro(withMontenegrin,Albanian,CroatianandSerbian) Buryat: Buryatia(state language; with Russian)[60] Zabaykalsky Krai Agin-Buryat Okrug(authorized language)[61] Cantonese Chinese: Hong Kong(forChinese language, both Cantonese andMandarinare spoken de facto; co-official with English) Macau(for Chinese language, both Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken de facto; co-official with Portuguese) Catalan: parts of Spain Balearic Islands(with Spanish) Catalonia(with Spanish) Valencia(named asValencian, with Spanish) parts of France Pyrénées Orientales parts of Italy Alguero Chechen: Chechnya(state language; with Russian)[62] Dagestan(as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[56] Cherkess: Karachay–Cherkessia(state language; with Abaza, Karachay, Nogai and Russian)[54] Chipewyan: Northwest Territories(with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib)) Chukchi: Sakha(local official language; in localities with Chukchi population)[63] Chuvash Chuvashia(state language; with Russian)[64] Cree: Northwest Territories(with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib)) Crimean Tatar Crimea(with Russian and Ukrainian) Croatian: part ofAustria Burgenland(withGermanandHungarian)*part ofItaly Molise[citation needed] part ofSerbia Vojvodina(withHungarian,Pannonian Rusyn,Romanian,SerbianandSlovak) Montenegro(withMontenegrin,Albanian,BosnianandSerbian) Dargwa: Dagestan(as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[56] Dolgan: Sakha(local official language; in localities with Dolgan population)[63] Dutch: TheNord-Pas-de-Calais(France) (Flemish LanguagewithFrench,Englishfor some part of the region) English: parts of Canada: See also:Official language by province and [[:l1=Official language by province]] Alberta British Columbia Manitoba(with French) Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan New Brunswick(with French) Northwest Territories(with Chipewyan, Cree, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Slavey (North and South) and Tłįchǫ) Nunavut(with Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and French) Yukon(with French) The United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Isle of Man(withManx Gaelic) Guernsey(with French) Jersey(with French) parts of the United States. SeeEnglish-only movement. English is an official language in the following states and territories: Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii(withHawaiian language) Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Puerto Rico(with Spanish) South Carolina South Dakota Texas Tennessee U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Erzya: Mordovia(state language; with Moksha and Russian)[65] Even: Sakha(local official language; in localities with Even population)[63] Evenki: Sakha(local official language; in localities with Evenki population)[63]

Number of countries with the same official language: This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official. LanguageWorldAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaCountries English59 24 16 4 3 12India,United States,Pakistan,United Kingdom. Seethe full list French29 21 2 - 5 1 France,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Canada,Madagascar. See the full list Arabic26 14 - 12 - -Egypt,Lebanon,Saudi Arabia,Morocco. Seethe full list Spanish21 1 19 - 1 1 Spain,Mexico,Equatorial Guinea,Easter Islandin (Oceania). Seethe full list Portuguese10 6 1 1 1 -Brazil,Portugal,Mozambique,Angola. Seefull list Russian8 - - 3 5 - Russia,Kazakhstan,Belarus,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Abkhazia*,South Ossetia *,Transnistria*. See alsothe full list German8 1 - - 7 - Germany,Austria,Switzerland,Belgium,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg, Italy,Namibia Italian 4 - - - 4 -Italy,Switzerland,San Marino,Vatican City Malay- - 4 - -Malaysia,Indonesia,Singapore,Brunei Swahili4 - - - -Tanzania,Kenya,Uganda,Democratic Republic of the Congo Chinese, Mandarin 3 - - 3 - -China,Taiwan,Singapore Dutch- 1 - 2 -Netherlands,Belgium,Suriname Persian- - 3 - -Iran,Afghanistan(known asDari),Tajikistan(known asTajik) Romanian- - - 3 -Romania,Moldova,Transnistria* (usesCyrillic scriptthere) Serbian- - - 3 -Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Kosovo* Several languages are officially used in two countries, these are: Albanian-AlbaniaandKosovo* Armenian-ArmeniaandNagorno-Karabakh* Aymara,Quechua-BoliviaandPeru Chewa-MalawiandZambia Croatian-CroatiaandBosnia and Herzegovina Greek-GreeceandCyprus Korean-North KoreaandSouth Korea Slovak-SlovakiaandCzech Republic Sotho-South AfricaandLesotho Swati-South AfricaandSwaziland Swedish-SwedenandFinland Tamil-SingaporeandSri Lanka Tswana-South AfricaandBotswana Turkish-TurkeyandCyprus Ukrainian-UkraineandTransnistria* Note Asterisk shows the countries which independence is disputed

Official languages of sovereign countries (S-Z): S[edit] Sango Central African Republic[30] Serbian: Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina(with Bosnian, Croatian) Kosovo(independence is disputed; with Albanian) Seychellois Creole Seychelles Shona: Zimbabwe(with English andNdebele) Sinhala: Sri Lanka(with Tamil, and with English as a link language) Slovak: Slovakia Czech Republic[51] Slovene: Slovenia Somali: Somalia Somaliland(with Arabic andEnglish) Sotho: Lesotho(with English) South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Spanish: Argentina Bolivia(withAymara,Quechuaand Guaraní)[11] Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Bolivia(withAymara) Easter Island(withRapa Nui) Ecuador(de facto) El Salvador Equatorial Guinea(withFrenchandPortuguese) Guatemala Honduras Mexico(de facto) Nicaragua Panama Paraguay(withGuaraní)[37] Peru(withAymaraandQuechua)[12] Puerto Rico(withEnglish) Spain[52](Aranese,Basque,Catalan, andGalicianare co-official in some regions) Uruguay Venezuela Western Sahara(withArabic) Swahili: Democratic Republic of the Congo(with French, Kikongo, Lingala and Tshiluba)[31] Kenya(with English)[53] Tanzania(de facto) Uganda(since 2005; with English) Swati: Swaziland(with English) South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Swedish: Sweden Finland(withFinnish) Åland Islands(monolingually Swedish) (anautonomousprovince underFinnishsovereignty) T[edit] Tajik: Tajikistan(a variant of Persian written in Cyrillic)[49] Tagalog: seeFilipino Tamil: India(with other 22 regional Language, and with English as a link language)[citation needed] Singapore(with English,Chineseand Malay)[20] Sri Lanka(with Sinhala, and with English as a link language) Malaysia(with Malay, and with English as a link language)[citation needed] Mauritius(with English as a link language)[citation needed] Tetum: East Timor(withPortuguese) Thai: Thailand Tigrinya: Eritrea Tok Pisin: Papua New Guinea(with English and Hiri Motu) Tshiluba Democratic Republic of the Congo(with French, Kikongo, Lingala and Swahili)[31] Tsonga: South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Tswana: Botswana(with English) South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Venda,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Turkish: Turkey Cyprus(withGreek)[36] TRNC(independence disputed) Turkmen: Turkmenistan U[edit] Ukrainian: Ukraine Transnistria(with Moldovan and Russian; independence is disputed)[47] Urdu: Pakistan(with English) Fiji(with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to coverUrdu, as well as Hindi.) Uzbek: Uzbekistan V[edit] Venda: South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Xhosa,Zulu)[3] Vietnamese: Vietnam X[edit] Xhosa: South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Zulu)[3] Y[edit] Yoruba: Nigeria[38] Z[edit] Zulu: South Africa(withAfrikaans, English,Ndebele,Northern Sotho,Sotho,Swati,Tsonga,Tswana,Venda,Xhosa)[3]

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]