List of official languages

List of official languages (sorted alphabetically by language). In addition, those countries were taken into account that have not defined an official language, but have quasi-official languages.

In those cases in which a language is only the official language in part of a state, the name of the state is followed by a colon, and the sub-area or areas to which this applies are listed in the following lines.

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A.

Abasin is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (together with Russian, Karachay and Kabardian)

Adygean is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Adygea (together with Russian)

Afrikaans is the official language in:

• South Africa (with English, Süd-Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Albanian is the official language in:

• Albania
• Kosovo
• Montenegro (according to the constitution also in official use alongside Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian)
• North Macedonia

Amharic is the official language in:

• Ethiopia

Arabic is the official language in:

• Egypt
• Algeria (with Tamazight)
• Bahrain
• Djibouti (with French)
• Eritrea (with Tigrinja)
• Iraq (with Kurdish)
• Israel (with Hebrew)
• Yemen
• Jordan
• Qatar
• Comoros (with French and Comorian)
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Libya (with Tamazight)
• Morocco (with Tamazight)
• Mauritania
• Oman
• Palestine
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia (with Somali)
• Sudan (with English)
• Syria
• Chad (with French)
• Tunisia
• the United Arab Emirates

Aranese is the official language in:

• Spain :
  • in the Arantal in the region of Catalonia together with Catalan and Spanish

Araona is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Armenian is the official language in:

• Armenia
• Artsakh Republic

Azeri is the official language in:

• Azerbaijan
• Russia
  • Dagestan

Assamese is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Assam

Avar is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Dagestan (together with Russian)

Aymara is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Guaraní, Spanish and 33 other indigenous languages)
• Peru :
  • "In the zones where it predominates" (with Spanish, in some areas with Quechua)

B.

Balkar is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (together with Russian and Kabardian)

Basque is the official language in:

• Spain :
  • in the Basque Country and parts of Navarre (together with Spanish)

Bashkir is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan (together with Russian)

Bau is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Bengali is the official language in:

• Bangladesh
• India :
  • in the state of West Bengal
  • in the state of Tripura (together with Kokborok)
  • regional in parts of the state of Assam (together with Assamese)

Bésiro is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Bhutia is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Burmese is the official language in:

• Myanmar

Bislama (English Creole) is the official language in:

• Vanuatu

Bodo is the official language in:

• India :
  • regional in parts of the state of Assam (together with Assamese)

Bosnian is the official language in:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (together with Serbian and Croatian)
• Kosovo (regional)

Bulgarian is the official language in:

• Bulgaria

Burgenland-Croatian is the official language in:

• Austria :
  • as a minority language in Burgenland together with German and Hungarian

Buryat is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Buryatia (together with Russian)

C.

Canichana is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Cavineño is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Cayubaba is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Chácobo is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Khakass is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Khakassia (together with Russian)

Chamorro is the official language in:

• Guam (with English and Carolinian)
• Northern Mariana Islands (with English and Carolinian)

Chichewa is the official language in:

• Malawi (together with English)

Chimán is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

(High) Chinese ( Putonghua ) is the official language in:

• of the People's Republic of China
  • at the state level
  • in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (together with English)
  • in the Macau Special Administrative Region (together with Portuguese)
• of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Singapore (together with English, Malay and Tamil)

Chipaya is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Chuukesian is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • in the state of Chuuk (together with English)

Cook Islands Maori is the official language in:

• the Cook Islands (together with English)

D.

Danish is the official language in:

• Denmark
• Germany :
  • in areas of the Danish minority in southern Schleswig (together with German)
• the Faroe Islands (together with Faroese)

German is the official language in:

• Belgium :
  • at the national level (together with Dutch and French)
  • in the area of ​​the German-speaking community
• Brazil :
  • in 9 municipalities in the states of Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (together with Portuguese)
• Germany
• Italy :
  • in South Tyrol (together with Italian and partly also Ladin )
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg (together with Luxembourgish and French)
• Austria
• Switzerland :
  • at the national level (together with French, Italian and Romansh)
  • in German-speaking Switzerland :
    • in the 17 fully German-speaking cantons
    • in the cantons of Bern , Friborg and Valais (together with French)
    • in the canton of Graubünden (together with Italian and Romansh)
    • in the municipality of Ederswiler at municipality level in the otherwise French-speaking canton of Jura
• Poland (as a national minority language)
• Slovakia :
  • in the municipality of Krahule (together with Slovak)

Dhivehi is the official language in:

• Maldives

Dogri is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Kashmiri, Hindi and Urdu)

Dzongkha is the official language in:

• Bhutan

E.

English is the official language in:

• American Samoa (with Samoan)
• American Virgin Islands
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• Botswana (with Setswana)
• Cayman Islands
• Cook Islands (with Cook Islands Maori)
• British Virgin Islands
• Curacao
• Dominica
• Falkland Islands
• Fiji (with Fiji as mother tongue , but it is not defined as an official language)
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Guam (with Chamorro and Carolinian)
• Guyana
• Hong Kong (with Chinese)
• India :
  • at the level of the entire state (together with Hindi)
  • in the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland (only official language)
  • in the Union Territory of Chandigarh (together with Hindi)
  • in the Andaman and Nicobar Union Territory (together with Hindi)
• Ireland (with Irish)
• Isle of Man (with Manx)
• Jamaica
• Cameroon (with French)
• Canada :
  • at the level of the state as a whole (together with French)
  • in all provinces and territories with the exception of Québec (in New Brunswick together with French, in Nunavut together with French and Inuktitut )
• the Channel Islands (together with French)
• Kenya (with Kiswahili, plus over 60 tribal languages ​​and dialects. But no official language is defined)
• Kiribati (with Kiribati, but no official language is defined)
• Coconut islands
• Lesotho (with Sesotho)
• Liberia
• Malawi (with Chichewa)
• Malta (together with Maltese)
• Marshall Islands (with Marshallese, but no official language is defined)
• Mauritius (de facto together with French, no official language defined)
• Micronesia (together with Pohnpean, Chuuke, Kosrean, Yapese, Ulithic and Woleaian)
• Montserrat
• Namibia
• Nauru (with Nauru, but no official language is defined)
• New Zealand (together with Maori and New Zealand Sign Language)
• Nigeria
• Niue (with Niuean)
• Northern Mariana Islands (with Chamorro and Carolinian)
• Norfolk Island
• Pakistan (with Urdu)
• Palau (with Palauic, but no official language is defined)
• Papua New Guinea (with Hiri Motu and Tok Pisin)
• Philippines (together with Filipino)
• Pitcairn Islands
• Rwanda (with Kinyarwanda and French)
• Solomon Islands
• Zambia
• Samoa (with Samoan)
• Seychelles (together with Seychelles Creole and French)
• Sierra Leone
• Zimbabwe
• Singapore (with Malay, Tamil and Standard Chinese)
• St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sint Maarten
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, Süd-Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
• South Sudan
• Swaziland (with Siswati, but no official language is defined)
• Tanzania (with Kiswahili )
• Tokelau
• Tonga (with Tonga, but no official language is defined)
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu (with Tuvaluan)
• Uganda
• Vanuatu (with French and Bislama (English Creole))
• United Kingdom (in Wales together with Welsh )
• There is no official federal language in the United States of America , but the constitution and all laws, administrative acts and court decisions are written in English.
  • The following states have also officially set English as an official language: Alabama (1990), Alaska (1998), Arkansas (1987), Colorado (1988), Florida (1988), Georgia (1996), Illinois (1969), Indiana (1984), Iowa (2002), California (1986), Kentucky (1984), Louisiana (1811), Massachusetts (1975), Mississippi (1987), Missouri (1998), Montana (1995), Nebraska (1920), New Hampshire (1995) , North Carolina (1987), North Dakota (1987), South Carolina (1988), South Dakota (1995), Tennessee (1984), Utah (2000), Virginia (1996), Wyoming (1996); the corresponding Arizona Act (1988) was annulled by the court in 1998
  • in Hawai'i , English is the official language along with Hawaiian
  • in New Mexico , English is an official language along with Spanish
  • in the Associated State of Puerto Rico , English is the official language along with Spanish
• Christmas Island (Australia)

Ese ejja is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Estonian is the official language in:

• Estonia

F.

Faroese is the official language in:

• the Faroe Islands (together with Danish)

Fiji is the official language in:

• Fiji (with English as mother tongue , but no official language is defined)

Filipino is the official language in:

• the Philippines (together with English)

Finnish is the official language in:

• Finland (with Swedish)

French is the official language in:

• Equatorial Guinea (together with Spanish and Portuguese)
• Belgium :
  • at the general government level (together with Dutch and German)
  • in the French Community of Belgium ( Brussels-Capital Region [together with Dutch] and the non -German-speaking part of the Walloon Region )
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi (with Kirundi)
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Djibouti (with Arabic)
• France
• Gabon
• Guernsey (with English)
• Guinea
• Haiti (with Haitian)
• Italy :
  • in the Aosta Valley (together with Italian)
• Jersey (with English)
• Cameroon (with English)
• Canada :
  • at the level of the state as a whole (together with English)
  • in the province of New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick (together with English)
  • in the province of Québec (as the only official language)
  • in the Northwest Territories
  • partly also in Nunavut (together with English and Inuktitut)
  • in the Yukon Territory (Territory)
• Comoros (with Arabic and Comorian)
• Republic of the Congo
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Luxembourg (with Luxembourgish and German)
• Madagascar (with Malagasy)
• Mali
• Mauritius (de facto together with English, no official language defined)
• Monaco
• Niger
• Rwanda (with Kinyarwanda and English)
• Switzerland :
  • at the state level (together with German, Italian and Romansh)
  • in the cantons of Geneva , Jura , Neuchâtel and Vaud
  • in the cantons of Bern , Friborg and Valais (together with German)
• Senegal
• Seychelles (together with Seychelles Creole and English)
• Togo
• Chad (with Arabic)
• Vanuatu (with Bislama (English Creole) and English, but no official language defined)
• United States :
  • Louisiana
• Central African Republic (with Sango)

G

Gagauz is the official language in:

• Moldova :
  • in the autonomous region of Gagauzia (together with Romanian and Russian)

Galician is the official language in:

• Spain :
  • in Galicia with Castilian

Garo is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Meghalaya (together with Khasi)

Gascognisch see Aranesisch

Georgian is the official language in:

• Georgia

Greek is the official language in:

• Greece
• Cyprus (with Turkish)

Greenlandic is the official language in:

• Greenland

Guaraní is the official language in:

• Argentina
  • Corrientes Province
• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Spanish and 33 other indigenous languages)
• Brazil
  • Tacuru ( Mato Grosso do Sul )
• Paraguay (with Spanish)

Guarayu is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Gujarati is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Gujarat
  • in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu (together with Konkani and Marathi)
  • in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (together with Gujarati, Hindi and English)

Gurung is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

H

Haitian is the official language in:

• Haiti (with French)

Hawaiian is the official language in:

• the United States :
  • Hawaii (with English)

Hebrew is the official language in:

• Israel (with Arabic)

Hindi is the official language in:

• India :
  • at the level of the state as a whole (together with English)
  • in the states of Madhya Pradesh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Chhattisgarh , Uttarakhand and Rajasthan (only official language)
  • in the state of Uttar Pradesh (together with Urdu)
  • in the state of Bihar (together with Urdu)
  • in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (together with Kashmiri, Dogri and Urdu)
  • in the Union Territory of Delhi (only official language)
  • in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (together with Gujarati, Marathi and English)
  • in the Union Territories of Chandigarh , Andaman and Nicobar Islands (together with English)

I.

Indonesian is the official language in:

• Indonesia

Ingush is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Ingushetia (together with Russian)

Inuinnaqtun is the official language in:

• Canada :
  • in the Northwest Territories
  • in the province of Nunavut along with English, French and Inuktitut

Inuktitut is the official language in:

• Canada :
  • Northwest Territories
  • in Nunavut Province along with English, French and Innuinaqtun

Irish is the official language in:

• Ireland (with English)

Icelandic is the official language in:

• Iceland

Italian is the official language in:

• Italy (in some regions and provinces together with German, French, Ladin, Slovenian)
• Croatia :
  • in parts of Istria along with Croatian
• San Marino
• Switzerland :
  • at the state level (together with German, French and Romansh)
  • in the canton of Ticino
  • in the canton of Graubünden (together with German and Romansh)
• Slovenia :
  • in the Slovenian coastal area together with Slovenian
• Vatican (together with Latin)

Itonama is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

J

Yakut is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Sakha (together with Russian)

Japanese is the official language in:

• Japan

K

Kabardian is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (together with Russian and Balkar)
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (together with Russian, Karachay and Abasin)

Kalaallisut see Greenlandic

Kalmuck is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia (together with Russian)

Kannada is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Karnataka

Cantonese is the official language in:

• Hong Kong
• Macau

Karakalpak is the official language in:

• Uzbekistan :
  • in Karakalpakistan (together with Uzbek)

Karachay is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (together with Russian, Abasin and Kabardian)

Carolinian is the official language in:

• Guam (with English and Chamorro)
• Northern Mariana Islands (with English and Chamorro)

Kazakh is the official language in:

• Kazakhstan (together with Russian)
• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in parts of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region :
    • Kazakh Autonomous District of Ili
    • Kazakh Autonomous Okrug Barkol
    • Kazakh Autonomous Okrug Mori
  • in part of Gansu Province :
    • Aksay Autonomous Okrug of the Kazakhs

Kashmiri is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Dogri, Hindi and Urdu)

Castilian see Spanish

Catalan is the official language in:

• Andorra
• Spain :
  • in the Balearic Islands , Catalonia and Valencia along with Spanish

Khasi is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Meghalaya (together with Garo)

Khmer is the official language in:

• Cambodia

Kichwa see Quechua

Kinyarwanda is the official language in:

• Rwanda (with English and French)

Kyrgyz is the official language in:

• Kyrgyzstan
• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Kiribati is the official language in:

• Kiribati (with English, but no official language is defined)

Kirundi is the official language in:

• Burundi (together with French)

Kiswahili is the official language in:

• Kenya (with English)
• Tanzania (with English)
• Uganda (with English)

Kokborok is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Tripura (together with Bengali)

Komi is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Komi (together with Russian)

Konkani is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Goa
  • in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu (together with Marathi and Gujarati)

Korean is the official language in:

• North Korea
• South Korea
• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in parts of Jilin Province :
    • Koreans' Yonbyon Autonomous District
    • Changbaek Autonomous County of Koreans

Kosraean is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • in the state of Kosrae (together with English)

Croatian is the official language in:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (together with Bosnian and Serbian)
• Croatia
• Serbia :
  • in the autonomous province of Vojvodina (together with Serbian and 4 other languages)

L.

Ladin is the official language in:

• Italy
  • only in the Dolomites or South Tyrol (together with Italian and German)

Lao is the official language in:

• Laos

Latin is the official language in:

• Vatican (together with Italian)

Leco is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Lepcha is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Latvian is the official language in:

• Latvia

Limbu is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Lithuanian is the official language in:

• Lithuania

Luxembourgish is the official language in:

• Luxembourg (with French and German)

M.

Machajuyai-Kallawaya is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Machineri is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Malagasy is the official language in:

• Madagascar (with French)

Malay is the official language in:

• Brunei
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Singapore (with English, Tamil and Chinese)

Malayalam is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Kerala
  • in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep
  • in the Union Territory of Puducherry (together with Telugu, Tamil and English)

Maltese is the official language in:

• Malta (with English)

Mangar is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Maori is the official language in:

• New Zealand (along with English and New Zealand Sign Language)

Marathi is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Maharashtra
  • in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu (together with Konkani and Gujarati)
  • in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (together with Gujarati, Hindi and English)

Mari is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Mari El (together with Russian)

Moroccan Tamazight is the official language in:

• Morocco (with Arabic)

Maropa is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Marshallese is the official language in:

• Marshall Islands (with English, but no official language is defined)

Macedonian is the official language in:

• North Macedonia

Meitei is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Manipur (together with English)

Mizo is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Mizoram

Mojeño-trinitario is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Mojeño-ignaciano is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Moldovan : see Romanian

Mongolian is the official language in:

• of Mongolia
• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • in parts of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region :
    • Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous District
    • Mongolian Autonomous District of Bortala
    • Hoboksar Mongolian Autonomous County
  • in parts of Liaoning Province :
    • Fuxin Autonomous County of the Mongols
    • Harqin Autonomous County Left wing of the Mongols
  • in part of Jilin Province :
    • Front Gorlos Autonomous District of the Mongols
  • in part of Heilongjiang Province :
    • Dorbod Autonomous County of the Mongols
  • in part of Gansu Province :
    • Subei Autonomous Okrug of the Mongols
  • in part of Qinghai Province :
    • Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans
  • in part of Hebei Province :
    • Weichang Autonomous County of the Manju and Mongols

Montenegrin is the official language in:

• Montenegro

Mordovian is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Mordovia (together with Russian)

Moré is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Mosetén is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Movima is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

N

Nauruan is the official language in:

• Nauru (with English)

Ndebele is the official language in:

• South Ndebele : South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
• North Ndebele : Zimbabwe (with English, Shona)

Nepali is the official language in:

• Nepal
• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

New Zealand Sign Language is the official language in:

• New Zealand (with English and Maori)

Newari is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Low German

• in Germany
  • Bremen
  • Hamburg
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Lower Saxony
  • Schleswig-Holstein
• in Brazil locally
  • Canguçu
  • Domingos Martins
  • Espírito Santo
  • Laranja da Terra
  • Pancas
  • Pomerode
  • Santa Maria de Jetibá
  • Vila Pavão

Dutch is the official language in:

• Belgium :
  • at the state level (together with French and German)
  • in the Flemish Community ( Brussels-Capital Region [together with French] and Flanders Region )
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Aruba
  • Curacao
  • Netherlands
  • Sint Maarten
• Suriname

Lower Sorbian is the official language in:

• Germany :
  • as the second official language in the Sorbs / Wends settlement area in Brandenburg

Niuean is the official language in:

• Niue (with English)

North Sotho is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Norwegian is the official language in:

• Norway

O

Upper Sorbian is the official language in:

• Germany :
  • as the second official language in the Sorbian settlement area in Saxony

Occitan see Aranese

Oriya is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Odisha

Ossetian is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of North Ossetia (together with Russian)

P

Pacawara is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Palaui is the official language in:

• Palau (with English, but no official language is defined)

Punjabi is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Punjab

Papiamento is the official language in:

• Aruba
• Curacao

Pashto is the official language in:

• Afghanistan (with Dari)

Pauserna-Guarasug'wä is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Persian is the official language in:

• Afghanistan [under the name Dari ] (with Pashto)
• Iran [under the name Persian]

Pohnpeanisch is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • in the state of Pohnpei (together with English)

Polish is the official language in:

• Poland

Portuguese is the official language in:

• Equatorial Guinea (together with French and Spanish)
• Angola
• Brazil
• Guinea-Bissau
• Cape Verde
• China :
  • in the Macau Special Administrative Region (together with Chinese )
• Mozambique
• East Timor (together with Tetum )
• Portugal
• Sao Tome and Principe

Q

Quechua is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 33 other indigenous languages)
• Ecuador :
  • official language for "intercultural relations" and "matter of indigenous communities" (as Kichwa , with Spanish and Shuar)
• Peru :
  • "In the zones where it predominates" (with Spanish, regionally with Aymara)

R.

Rai is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar)

Rarotongan see Cook Islands Maori

Romansh is the official language in

• of Switzerland :
  • at the level of the state as a whole (national language together with German, French and Italian, official language in dealings with the Romansh-speaking population)
  • in the canton of Graubünden (official language at canton level together with German and Italian; the individual municipalities of the canton determine their respective official language (s) themselves)

Romanian is the official language in:

• Moldova ( called Moldavian in Transnistria )
• Romania
• Serbia :
  • in Vojvodina locally in areas with a Romanian minority (together with Serbian, Hungarian and other minority languages)

Russian is the official language in:

• Georgia :
  • in Abkhazia (with Abkhazian)
  • in South Ossetia (with Ossetian)
• Kazakhstan (with Kazakh)
• Kyrgyzstan (with Kyrgyz)
• Moldova :
  • in Gagauzia (together with Romanian and Gagauz)
  • in Transnistria (together with Romanian and Ukrainian)
• Russia (in the Autonomous Republics together with the language of the respective titular nation )
• Ukraine :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (together with Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar)
• Belarus (with Belarusian)

Russian is the official language in:

• Serbia :
  • in Vojvodina locally in areas with a Russian minority (together with Serbian, Hungarian and other minority languages)
• Slovakia :
  • in municipalities in which the Russian minority makes up over 20% of the population (together with Slovak)

S.

Samoan is the official language in:

• American Samoa (with English)
• Samoa (with English)

Sango is the official language in:

• Central African Republic (with French)

Santali is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Jharkhand (one of the associated official languages ​​besides the official language Hindi)

Scottish Gaelic is the official language in:

• United Kingdom :
  • Scotland (together with English)

Swedish is the official language in:

• Finland (with Finnish)
• Sweden

Serbian is the official language in:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (together with Bosnian and Croatian)
• Kosovo (with Albanian)
• Serbia (in addition regionally or locally in Vojvodina also Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Russian and Hungarian)

Serbo-Croatian see Bosnian , Croatian , Montenegrin , Serbian

Sesotho is the official language in:

• Lesotho (with English and Zulu, but no official language is defined)
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Seychelles Creole is the official language in:

• Seychelles (together with English and French)

Sherpa is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Tamang and Sunwar)

Shona is the official language in:

• Zimbabwe (with English and North Ndebele)

Shuar is the official language in:

• Ecuador :
  • official language for "intercultural relations" and "matter of indigenous communities" (with Spanish and Kichwa )

Sinhala is the official language in:

• Sri Lanka

Sirionó is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Siswati is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
• Swaziland (together with English)

Slovak is the official language in:

• Serbia :
  • in Vojvodina locally in areas with a Slovak minority (together with Serbian, Hungarian and other minority languages)
• Slovakia (with Hungarian, Ruthenian, Ukrainian and German as parallel official languages ​​in municipalities in which the minority is over 20%)

Slovenian is the official language in:

• Italy :
  • in the former provinces of Trieste and Gorizia along with Italian
• Austria :
  • as a minority language in Carinthia together with German
• Slovenia

Sorani is the official language in:

• Iraq
  • Kurdistan Autonomous Region

Sorbian, see Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian

Spanish (Castilian) is the official language in:

• Equatorial Guinea (together with French and Portuguese - see also Equatorial Guinean Spanish )
• Argentina
• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní and 33 other indigenous languages)
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay (with Guarani )
• Peru (together with Quechua and Aymara)
• Spain (in some regions, Aranese , Basque , Galician and Catalan are also official languages along with Spanish )
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• the United States :
  • in the state of New Mexico (together with English)
  • in the associated Free State of Puerto Rico (together with English)
• Western Sahara

Sunwar is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa and Tamang)

T

Tacana is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Tajik is the official language in:

• Tajikistan

Tamang is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Sikkim (with Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa and Sunwar)

Tamazight is the official language in:

• Algeria (with Arabic)

Tamil is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Tamil Nadu
  • in the Union Territory of Puducherry (together with Telugu, Malayalam and English)
• Singapore (with Malay, English and Mandarin)
• Sri Lanka (with Sinhala)

Tapiete is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Tatar is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Tatarstan (together with Russian)

Telugu is the official language in:

• India :
  • in the state of Andhra Pradesh
  • in the state of Telangana (together with Urdu)
  • in the Union Territory of Puducherry (together with Tamil, Malayalam and English)

Tetum is the official language in:

• East Timor (together with Portuguese)

Thai is the official language in:

• Thailand

Tibetan is the official language in:

• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in the Tibet Autonomous Region
  • in most of Qinghai Province :
    • Haibei Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans
    • Hainan Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Huangnan Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Golog Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Yushu Autonomous District of Tibetans
  • in parts of Sichuan Province :
    • Ngawa Autonomous District of the Tibetans and Qiang
    • Garzê Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Muli Autonomous County of Tibetans
  • in parts of Gansu Province :
    • Gannan Autonomous District of the Tibetans
    • Tianzhu Autonomous County of Tibetans
  • in part of Yunnan Province :
    • Dêqên Autonomous District of the Tibetans

Tigrinja is the official language in:

• Eritrea (with Arabic)

Tonga is the official language in:

• Tonga (with English, but no official language is defined)

Toromona is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Czech is the official language in:

• Czech Republic

Chechen is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Chechnya (together with Russian)

Chuvash is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Chuvashia (together with Russian)

Tsonga is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Tswana is the official language in:

• Botswana
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Turkish is the official language in:

• Northern Cyprus
• Turkey
• Cyprus (with Greek)

Turkmen is the official language in:

• Turkmenistan

Tuvaluan is the official language in:

• Tuvalu (with English)

Tuvinian is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Tuva (together with Russian)

U

Udmurt is the official language in:

• Russia :
  • in the Autonomous Republic of Udmurtia (together with Russian)

Uighur is the official language in:

• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Ukrainian is the official language in:

• Moldova :
  • in Transnistria (together with Russian and Romanian)
• Serbia (regional)
• Slovakia :
  • in municipalities where the Ukrainian minority makes up over 20% of the population (together with Slovak)
• Ukraine

Ulithic is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • on the Ulithi Atoll in the state of Yap (together with English)

Hungarian is the official language in:

• Austria :
  • as a minority language in Burgenland together with German and Croatian
• Serbia :
  • in the province of Vojvodina along with Serbian
• Slovakia :
  • in municipalities in which the Hungarian minority makes up more than 20% of the population (together with Slovak)
• Hungary

Urdu is the official language in:

• Pakistan
• India :
  • in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (together with Hindi, Kashmiri and Dogri)
  • in the state of Uttar Pradesh (together with Hindi)
  • in the state of Bihar (together with Hindi)
  • in the state of Telangana (together with Telugu)

Uzbek is the official language in:

• Uzbekistan

V

Venda is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Xhosa, Zulu)

Vietnamese is the official language in:

• Vietnam

W.

Welsh is the official language in:

• United Kingdom :
  • in Wales (together with English)

Weenhayek is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Belarusian is the official language in:

• Belarus (with Russian)

West Frisian is the official language in:

• the Netherlands :
  • in the province of Friesland (together with Dutch)

Woleaian is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • on the Atoll Woleai in the state of Yap (together with English)

X

Xhosa is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu)

Y

Yapese is the official language in:

• Micronesia :
  • in the state of Yap (together with English)

Yawanawá is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Yuki is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Yuracaré is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Z

Zamuco is the official language in:

• Bolivia (with Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Spanish and 32 other indigenous languages)

Zhuang is the official language in:

• of the People's Republic of China (along with Standard Chinese and other languages):
  • in the Guangxi Autonomous Region of the Zhuang Nationality
  • in part of Yunnan Province :
    • Wenshan Autonomous District of the Zhuang and Miao
  • in part of Guangdong Province :
    • Zhuang and Yao Lianshan Autonomous County

Zulu is the official language in:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to different legal conceptions in Germany as a whole or at least in Schleswig-Holstein ; see also: Languages ​​and dialects in Schleswig-Holstein

Web links

• Official languages ​​of all countries according to continents (Prof. Dr. Kausen) (Designation national languages ​​is by mistake of the author; MS Word ; 87 kB)
• MARC Code List of Languages ​​- Library of Congress (English)