COUNTRIES

&
THEIR LANGUAGE

AMRITANSHU
 Countries Languages
Afghanistan Pashtu, Farsi, Dari, Hazaragi, other Turkic
and minor
Languages

Albania Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect),

Greek
Algeria Arabic, French, Berber dialects

Andorra Catalán, French, Castilian, Portuguese

Angola Portuguese, Bantu and other African

languages
Antigua and Barbuda English, local dialects

Argentina Spanish, English, Italian, German, French

Armenia Armenian, Russian

Australia English, Indigenous languages

Austria German, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian

Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Turkic, Russian, Armenian,

other
 Chile Spanish
Bahamas English, Creole
Bahrain Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Bangladesh Bangla, English
Barbados English
Belarus Belorussian (White Russian), Russian,
other
Belize English, Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna
(Carib), Creole
Benin French, Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
Bhutan Dzongkha, Tibetan and Nepalese dialects
Bolivia Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly
known as
Serbo-Croatian); written languages use
Latin and
Cyrillic script
Botswana English, Setswana
 Brazil Portuguese, Spanish, English, French
Brunei Darussalam Malay, English, Chinese
Bulgaria Bulgarian; secondary ethnic languages
Burkina Faso French, Indigenous African (Sudanic)
languages
Burundi Kirundi, French, Swahili
Cambodia Khmer, French, English
Cameroon French, English; 24 major African
language groups
Canada English, French; Indigenous languages
Cape Verde Portuguese, Criuolo
Central African Republic French, Sangho, Arabic, Hansa, Swahili

Chad French, Arabic, Sara, more than 120

languages and
dialects
 China (PRC) Cantonese, Mandarin, also local
dialects (Daur, Kalmyk- Oirat, Lu,
Peripheral Mongolian, Central
Tibetan, Uyghur,
Xibe, Zhuang)
Colombia Spanish
Comoros Arabic and French, Shikomoro
(Swahili/Arabic blend)
Congo, Republic of French, Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo,
many
local languages and dialects
Congo (DRC) French, Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo,
Tshiluba
Costa Rica Spanish, English
Côte d’Ivoire French, African languages (Diaula esp.)
Croatia Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly
known as Serbo- Croatian), Italian,
Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German, and
other languages
Cuba Spanish
Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English
Czech Republic Czech
Denmark
Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (Inuit
dialect),
German, English
Djibouti French, Arabic, Somali, Afar Dominica:
English,
French patois
Dominican Republic Spanish

East Timor Tetum, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, English,

other Indigenous languages, including Tetum,
Galole, Mambae,
and Kemak
Ecuador Spanish, Quechua, other Amerindian languages

Egypt Arabic, English, French

El Salvador Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)

Equatorial Guinea Spanish, French, pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other
Eritrea Cushitic
languages
Estonia Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other
Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna,
Ethiopia Somali, Arabic,
English, 70 others
Fiji English, Fijian, Hindustani

Finland Finnish, Swedish, small Sami (Lapp), Russian

French regional dialects (Provençal, Breton,

France Alsatian,
Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
 Gabon French, Fang, Myene, Bateke,
Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Gambia, The: English, Mandinka,
Wolof, Fula, Serer-Sine, Sarahole,
Pulaar, Maninkakan, Mandjaque,
Mandingo, Jola-Fonyi, Creole
Georgia Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani,
Abkhaz
Germany German
Ghana English, Indigenous languages (Brong
Ahafo, Twi, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani)
Greece Greek, English, French
Grenada English, French patois
Guatemala Spanish, Amerindian languages (23
officially recognised Amerindian
languages, including Quiche,
Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and
Xinca)
Guinea French, Indigenous languages (Malinké,
Susu, Fulani)
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese, Criolo, African languages
Guyana English, Amerindian dialects, Creole,
Hindi, Urdu
Haiti Creole, French
Honduras Honduras: Spanish, Amerindian dialects,
Hong Kong Special
Administration Cantonese, Mandarin
Region
(SAR)
Hungary Magyar (Hungarian), other

Iceland Icelandic, English, Nordic languages,

German
India Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri,
Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil,
Telugu, Urdu, Kannada,
Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi, and 1600+
dialects

Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch,

Javanese, and 580+
languages/dialects
Iran Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic

Iraq Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian Neo Aramaic

Ireland English, Irish Gaelic

Italy Italian, German, French, Slovene

Iran Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic

Iraq Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian Neo Aramaic

 Ireland English, Irish Gaelic
Israel Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian
Italy Italian, German, French, Slovene
Iran Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic
Jamaica English, Jamaican Creole
Japan Japanese
Jordan Arabic, English
Kazakhstan Kazak (Qazaq), Russian
Kenya English, Swahili, 25 ethnic group languages
Kiribati English, I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
Korea, North Korean, South: Korean Kuwait: Arabic,
English
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz, Russian
 Laos Lao, French, English
Latvia Latvian, Russian
Lebanon Arabic, French, English
Lesotho English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa
Liberia English, tribal dialects
Libya Arabic, Italian, English
Liechtenstein German, Alemmanic dialect Lithuania:
Lithuanian,
Polish,Russian
Luxembourg Luxermbourgish, French, German

Macedonia, former Macedonian (uses the Cyrillic alphabet),

Albanian,
Yugoslav Republic of
Turkish, other
Madagascar Malagasy, French
Malawi English, Chichewa

Malaysia Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English

 Maldives Dhivehi, Arabic, Hindi, English
Mali French, African languages
Malta Maltese, English
Marshall Islands Marshallese, English
Mauritania Arabic, Wolof, French
Mauritius English, French, Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,
Bojpoori
Mexico: Spanish, Spanish, Indian languages
Indian
Languages
Liberia: English, English, tribal dialects
tribal
Dialects
Libya: Arabic, Italian, Arabic, Italian, English
English
German, Alemmanic dialect Lithuania:
Liechtenstein Lithuanian,
Polish,Russian
Micronesia English, Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase,
Kosrean
Moldovan (similar to Romanian), Russian,
Moldova Gagauz
(Turkish dialect)
 Monaco French, English, Italian, Monégasque

Mongolia Mongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese

Morocco Arabic, French, Berber dialects, Spanish

Mozambique Portuguese, Bantu languages

The Myanmar language (formerly
Myanmar Burmese), Karen,
Chin,Rohingya
Namibia Afrikaans, German, English, several
Indigenous
languages
Nauru Nauruan, English

Mongolia Mongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese

Morocco Arabic, French, Berber dialects, Spanish

Nepal: Nepali, Newar, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu,
Tamang,
and others
The Netherlands Dutch, Frisian

New Zealand English, Maori Nicaragua: Spanish

 Niger French, Hausa; Songhai; Arabic

Nigeria English, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, 200+ others

Norway Bokmål, Nynorsk (forms of Norwegian)

Oman Arabic, English, Indian languages

Pakistan Punjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (Punjabi variant),

Pashtu,Urdu,
Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, English,
Burushaski, and
others
Palau Palau

Palestinian Arabic, Hebrew, English, French

territories
Spanish, English Spanish, English

Papua New Guinea: English, Tok Pisin (Melanesian Creole

English), Hiri
Motu,and 717 distinct Indigenous
languages
Nepal Nepali, Newar, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu,
Tamang,
andothers
The Netherlands Dutch, Frisian

New Zealand English, Maori Nicaragua: Spanish

 Peru Peru
The Philippines The Philippines
Poland Poland
Portugal Portugal
Qatar Qatar
Romania Romania
Russia Russia
Rwanda Rwanda
Paraguay Spanish, Guaraní
 The Philippines Filipino (based on Tagalog),
English,
regionallanguages: Tagalog,
Ilocano,
Cebuano, others
Poland Polish

St. Kitts and Nevis English

St. Lucia English, Patois

St. Vincent/the English, French patois

Grenadines:
Samoa Samoan, English

San Marino Italian

São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese

Saudi Arabia Arabic, English widely spoken

Senegal French, Wolof, Serer, other ethnic

dialects
Serbia and Montenegro Serbian, Albanian (once known as
Serbo-
Croatian);written language uses Latin
and Cyrillic
script
 Seychelles English, French, Seselwa (a creole)

Sierra Leone English, Mende, Temne, Krio

Singapore Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English

Slovakia Slovak, Hungarian

Slovenia Slovenian; Serbo-Croatian

Solomon Islands English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin),

60
Indigenous Melanesian languages
Somalia Somali, Arabic, English, Italian

South Africa Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Ndebele,

Sesotho sa
Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana,
Tshivenda
South Sudan English, Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, Zande

Spain Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician,

Basque Sri
Lanka:Sinhala, Tamil, English
Sudan Arabic, English, Dinka, tribal dialects

Suriname Dutch, Surinamese (lingua franca), English

widely spoken
 Swaziland English, Swazi

Sweden Swedish

Switzerland German, French, Italian, Romansch

Syria Arabic, Kurdish, French and English widely

understood
Taiwan Chinese (Mandarin)

Tajikistan Tajik, Russian, Uzbek

Tanzania Swahili, English, local languages

Thailand Thai (Siamese), Chinese, English

Togo French, Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, Cotocoli

(north),
and many dialects
Tonga Tongan (an Austronesian language), English

Trinidad and Tobago English, Hindi, French, Spanish

Tunisia Arabic, French

 Turkey: Turkish, Turkish, Kurdish
Kurdish
Turkmenistan Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
Tuvalu Tuvaluan, English
Uganda English, Swahili, Luganda, Ateso, Luo
Ukraine Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates Arabic, English as a second language
United Kingdom English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
United States English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority
Uruguay Spanish
Uzbekistan Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, other
Vanuatu Bislama ( Melanesian pidgin English),
English, French
Vatican City Latin, Italian, and various other languages
 Venezuela Spanish, various Indigenous
languages in the
remote interior
Vietnam Vietnamese, French, English, Khmer,
Chinese
Western Sahara Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
region
Yemen Arabic

Zambia English, local dialects