Languages in Afghanistan
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Dari Persian, Pashtu |
Languages in Albania
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Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek |
Languages in Algeria
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Arabic, French, Berber dialects |
Languages in Andorra
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Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese |
Languages in Angola
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Portuguese (official), Bantu |
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Languages in Argentina
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Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French |
Languages in Armenia
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Armenian 95%, Yezidi, Russian |
Languages in Australia
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English 80%, native |
Languages in Austria
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German (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region) |
Languages in Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijani Turkic 90%, Russian 2%, Armenian 2% |
Languages in Bahamas
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English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
Languages in Bahrain
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Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu |
Languages in Bangladesh
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Bangla (official), English |
Languages in Barbados
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English |
Languages in Belarus
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Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other |
Languages in Belgium
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Dutch (Flemish) 60%, French 40%, German less than 1% |
Languages in Belize
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English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole |
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Languages in Bhutan
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Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese) |
Languages in Bolivia
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Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official) |
Languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |
Languages in Botswana
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English 1% (official), Setswana 79%, Kalanga 8%, Sekgalagadi 3% |
Languages in Brazil
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Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
Languages in Brunei
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Malay (official), English, Chinese |
Languages in Bulgaria
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Bulgarian 85%, Turkish 10%, Roma 5% |
Languages in Burkina Faso
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French (official); native African (Sudanic) languages 90% |
Languages in Burundi
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Kirundi and French (official), Swahili |
Languages in Cambodia
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Khmer 95% (official), French, English |
Languages in Cameroon
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French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups |
Languages in Canada
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English 59.3%, French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5% |
Languages in Cape Verde
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Portuguese, Criuolo |
Languages in Central African Republic
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French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages |
Languages in Chad
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French, Arabic (both official); Sara; more than 120 languages and dialects |
Languages in Chile
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Spanish |
Languages in China
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Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages |
Languages in Colombia
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Spanish |
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Languages in Congo
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French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba |
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Languages in Costa Rica
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Spanish (official), English |
Languages in Côte d’Ivoire
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French (official) and African languages |
Languages in Croatia
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Croatian 96% (official), other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German) |
Languages in Cuba
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Spanish |
Languages in Cyprus
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Greek, Turkish (both official); English |
Languages in Czech Republic
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Czech |
Languages in Denmark
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language |
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Languages in Ecuador
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Spanish (official), Quechua, other Amerindian languages |
Languages in Egypt
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Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
Languages in El Salvador
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Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
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Languages in Estonia
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Estonian 67% (official), Russian 30% |
Languages in Ethiopia
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Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others |
Languages in Fiji
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English (official), Fijian, Hindustani |
Languages in Finland
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Finnish 92%, Swedish 6% (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities |
Languages in France
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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
Languages in Gabon
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French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
Languages in Gambia
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English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous |
Languages in Georgia
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Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia) |
Languages in Germany
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German |
Languages in Ghana
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English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga) |
Languages in Greece
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Greek 99% (official), English, French |
Languages in Grenada
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English (official), French patois |
Languages in Guatemala
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Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
Languages in Guinea
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French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani) |
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Languages in Haiti
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Creole and French (both official) |
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Languages in Hungary
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Magyar (Hungarian) 95%, other 5% |
Languages in Iceland
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Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
Languages in India
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Hindi 30%, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official); Hindi/Urdu; 1,600+ dialects |
Languages in Indonesia
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Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects |
Languages in Iran
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Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% |
Languages in Iraq
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Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian |
Languages in Ireland
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English, Irish (Gaelic) (both official) |
Languages in Israel
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Hebrew (official), Arabic, English |
Languages in Italy
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Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities |
Languages in Jamaica
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English, Jamaican Creole |
Languages in Japan
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Japanese |
Languages in Jordan
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Arabic (official), English |
Languages in Kazakhstan
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Kazak (Qazaq, state language) 64%; Russian (official, used in everyday business) 95% |
Languages in Kenya
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English (official), Swahili (national), and numerous indigenous languages |
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Languages in South Korea
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Korean, English widely taught |
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Languages in Kuwait
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Arabic (official), English |
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Languages in Laos
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Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages |
Languages in Latvia
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Latvian 58% (official), Russian 38%, Lithuanian, other (2000) |
Languages in Lebanon
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Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian |
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Languages in Liberia
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English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages |
Languages in Libya
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Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities |
Languages in Liechtenstein
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German (official), Alemannic dialect |
Languages in Lithuania
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Lithuanian 82% (official), Russian 8%, Polish 6% (2001) |
Languages in Luxembourg
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Luxembourgish (national) French, German (both administrative) |
Languages in Macedonia
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Macedonian 67%, Albanian 25% (both official); Turkish 4%, Roma 2%, Serbian 1% (2002) |
Languages in Madagascar
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Malagasy and French (both official) |
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Languages in Malaysia
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Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; several indigenous languages (including Iban, Kadazan) in East Malaysia |
Languages in Maldives
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Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials |
Languages in Mali
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French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages |
Languages in Malta
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Maltese and English (both official) |
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Languages in Mauritius
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English less than 1% (official), Creole 81%, Bojpoori 12%, French 3% |
Languages in Mexico
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Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl |
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Languages in Moldova
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Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
Languages in Monaco
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French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque |
Languages in Mongolia
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Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic and Russian |
Languages in Montenegro
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Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialect—official) |
Languages in Morocco
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Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government, and diplomacy |
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Languages in Namibia
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English 7% (official), Afrikaans is common language of most of the population and of about 60% of the white population, German 32%; indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama |
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Languages in Nepal
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Nepali 48% (official), Maithali 12%, Bhojpuri 7%, Tharu 6%, Tamang 5%, others. English spoken by many in government and business (2001) |
Languages in Netherlands
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Dutch, Frisian (both official) |
Languages in New Zealand
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English, Maori (both official) |
Languages in Nicaragua
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Spanish 98% (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast (1995) |
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Languages in Nigeria
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English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others |
Languages in Norway
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Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official); small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities (Sami is official in six municipalities) |
Languages in Oman
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Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects |
Languages in Pakistan
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Urdu 8%, English (both official); Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, Burushaski, and others 8% |
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Languages in Palestinian State
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Arabic, Hebrew, English |
Languages in Panama
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Spanish (official), English 14%, many bilingual |
Languages in Papua New Guinea
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Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%–2%; 715 indigenous languages |
Languages in Paraguay
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Spanish, Guaraní (both official) |
Languages in Peru
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Spanish, Quéchua (both official); Aymara; many minor Amazonian languages |
Languages in Philippines
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Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official); eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense |
Languages in Poland
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Polish 98% |
Languages in Portugal
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Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used) |
Languages in Qatar
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Arabic (official); English a common second language |
Languages in Romania
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Romanian (official), Hungarian, German |
Languages in Russia
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Russian, others |
Languages in Rwanda
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Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centres |
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Languages in Samoa
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Samoan, English |
Languages in San Marino
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Italian |
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Languages in Saudi Arabia
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Arabic |
Languages in Senegal
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French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka |
Languages in Serbia
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Serbian (official); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo) |
Languages in Seychelles
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Seselwa Creole 92%, English 5%, French (all official) (2002) |
Languages in Sierra Leone
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English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca) |
Languages in Singapore
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Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% |
Languages in Slovakia
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Slovak 84% (official), Hungarian 11%, Roma 2%, Ukrainian 1% (2001) |
Languages in Slovenia
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Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 5% (2002) |
Languages in Solomon Islands
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English 1%–2% (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages |
Languages in Somalia
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Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian |
Languages in South Africa
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IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% |
Languages in South Sudan
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English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants) (official), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk |
Languages in Spain
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Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally) |
Languages in Sri Lanka
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Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10% |
Languages in Sudan
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Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English |
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Languages in Sweden
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Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities |
Languages in Switzerland
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German 64%, French 20%, Italian 7% (all official); Romansch 0.5% (national) |
Languages in Syria
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Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood |
Languages in Taiwan
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Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects |
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Languages in Tanzania
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Swahili, English (both official); Arabic; many local languages |
Languages in Thailand
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Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
Languages in Togo
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French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Dagomba (north); and many dialects |
Languages in Tonga
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Tongan (an Austronesian language), English |
Languages in Trinidad and Tobago
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English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese |
Languages in Tunisia
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Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce) |
Languages in Turkey
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Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian |
Languages in Turkmenistan
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Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%, other 7% |
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Languages in Uganda
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English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
Languages in Ukraine
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Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian |
Languages in UAE
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Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu |
Languages in UK
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English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic |
Languages in USA
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English 82%, Spanish 11% |
Languages in Uruguay
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Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero |
Languages in Uzbekistan
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Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% |
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Languages in Vatican City
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Italian, Latin, French, various other languages |
Languages in Venezuela
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Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects |
Languages in Vietnam
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Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
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Languages in Yemen
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Arabic |
Languages in Zambia
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English (official); major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga; about 70 other indigenous languages |
Languages in Zimbabwe
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English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects |