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Below you can find the table with information about official languages in countires of the world
Before setting off on a journey, it is worth knowing what language applies in the destination country. It is also good to be aware of what language you will speak during any transfers you might have. See which languages are recognised as official in each country.
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Country |
Official language |
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Albania |
Albanian, |
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Alderney |
English, |
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Andorra |
Catalan, |
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Austria |
German, locally: Burgenland-Croatian and Slovenian |
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Azores |
Portuguese, |
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Belgium |
French, Dutch, German, |
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Belarus |
Belarusian, Russian, |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
none, de facto: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, |
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian, |
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Croatia |
Croatian, |
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Montenegro |
Montenegrin, |
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Czech Republic |
Czech, |
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Denmark |
Danish, |
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Estonia |
Estonian, |
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Finland |
Finnish, Swedish, |
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France |
French, |
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Gibraltar |
English, |
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Gran Canaria |
Spanish, |
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Greece |
Modern Greek, |
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Guernsey |
English, |
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Spain |
Spanish, locally: Catalan, Galician and Basque, |
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Netherlands |
Dutch, locally: Frisian, |
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Ireland |
English, Irish |
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Iceland |
Icelandic, |
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Jan Mayen |
Norwegian, |
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Jersey |
English, Jèrriais, |
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Kazakhstan |
Kazakh, Russian, |
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Kosovo |
Albanian, Serbian, |
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Lichtenstein |
German, |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian, |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourgish, French, German, |
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Latvia |
Latvian, |
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Northern Macedonia |
Macedonian, Albanian, |
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Madera |
Portuguese, |
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Malta |
Maltese, English, |
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Moldova |
Romanian, locally: Gagauz, Russian, Ukrainian, |
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Monaco |
French, |
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Transnistria |
Moldovan, Russian, Ukrainian, |
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Germany |
German, |
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Norway |
Norwegian, |
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Poland |
Polish, |
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Portugal |
Portuguese, |
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Russia |
Russian, |
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Romania |
Romanian, |
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San Marino |
Italian, |
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Serbia |
Serbian, |
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Slovakia |
Slovak, |
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Slovenia |
Slovene, locally: Hungarian and Italian, |
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Svalbard |
Norwegian, |
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Switzerland |
German, French, Italian, Romansh, |
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Sweden |
Swedish, |
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Tenerife |
Spanish, |
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Turkey |
Turkish, |
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Ukraine |
Ukrainian, |
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Vatican |
Latin, Italian, |
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Hungary |
Hungarian, |
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United Kingdom |
English, |
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Italy |
Italian, locally: French, Ladin, German, Sardinian and Slovenian |
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Isle of Man |
English, Manx, |
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Faroe Islands |
Danish, Faroese, |
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ASIA |
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Country |
Official language |
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Abkhazia |
Abkhazian, Russian, |
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Afghanistan |
Dari, Pashto, |
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Saudi Arabia |
Arabic, |
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Armenia |
Armenian, |
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Azerbaijan |
Azeri, |
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Bahrain |
Arabic, |
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Bangladesh |
Bengali, |
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Bhutan |
Dzongkha, |
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Brunei |
Dzongkha, |
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China |
Mandarin, |
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Cyprus |
Modern Greek, Turkish, |
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Northern Cyprus |
Turkish, |
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Philippines |
Filipino, English, |
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Nagorno-Karabakh |
Armenian, |
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Georgia |
Georgian, |
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India |
Hindi, English, |
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Indonesia |
Indonesian, |
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Iraq |
Arabic, Kurdish, |
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Iran |
Persian, |
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Israel |
Hebrew, |
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Japan |
Japanese, |
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Yemen |
Arabic, |
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Jordan |
Arabic, |
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Cambodia |
Khmer, |
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Qatar |
Arabic, |
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Kazakhstan |
Kazakh, Russian, |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyz, Russian, |
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South Korea |
Korean, Korean sign language |
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North Korea |
Korean, |
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Kuwait |
Arabic, |
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Laos |
Laotian, |
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Lebanon |
Arabic, |
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Maldives |
Maldivian, |
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Malaysia |
Malay, |
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Myanmar/Burma |
Burmese, |
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Mongolia |
Mongolian, |
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Nepal |
Nepali, |
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Oman |
Arabic, |
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South Ossetia |
Ossetian, Russian, |
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Pakistan |
Urdu, English, |
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Palestine |
Arabic, |
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Russia |
Russian, |
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Singapore |
English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, |
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Sri Lanka |
Sinhala, Tamil, English, |
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Syria |
Arabic, |
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Tajikistan |
Tajik, |
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Thailand |
Thai, |
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Taiwan |
Mandarin, |
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East Timor |
Tetum, Portuguese, |
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Turkey |
Turkish, |
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Turkmenistan |
Turkmen, |
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Uzbekistan |
Uzbek, |
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Vietnam |
Vietnamese, |
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United Arab Emirates |
Arabic, |
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NORTH AMERICA |
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Country |
Official language |
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Anguilla |
English, |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
English, |
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Aruba |
Dutch, Papiamento, |
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Bahamas |
English, |
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Barbados |
English, |
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Belize |
English, |
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Bermuda |
English, |
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British Virgin Islands |
English, |
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Curaçao |
Dutch, Papiamento, |
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Dominica |
English, |
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Dominican Republic |
Spanish, |
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Grenada |
English, |
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Greenland |
Danish, Greenlandic, |
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Guatemala |
Spanish, |
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Guadeloupe |
French, |
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Haiti |
Haitian, French, |
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Caribbean Netherlands |
Dutch, Papiamento, English, |
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Honduras |
Spanish, |
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Jamaica |
English, Jamaican, |
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Canada |
English, French, |
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Cayman Islands |
English, |
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Costa Rica |
Spanish, |
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Cuba |
Spanish, |
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Martinique |
French, |
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Mexico |
none, de facto: Spanish, |
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Montserrat |
English, |
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Navassa |
English, |
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Nicaragua |
Spanish, |
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Panama |
Spanish, |
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Puerto Rico |
Spanish, English, |
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Saba |
Dutch, English, |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
English, Creole, |
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Saint Lucia |
English, |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
English, |
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Saint-Barthelemy |
French, |
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Saint-Martin |
French, |
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Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
French, |
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Sint Maarten |
Dutch, English, |
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El Salvador |
Spanish, |
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United States |
none, de facto: English, |
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Turks and Caicos |
English, |
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United States Virgin Islands |
English, |
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SOUTH AMERICA |
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Country |
Official language |
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Argentina |
Spanish, |
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Bolivia |
Spanish, |
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Brazil |
Portuguese, |
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Chile |
Spanish, |
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Ecuador |
Spanish, |
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Falkland Islands |
English, |
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Guiana |
English, |
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Columbia |
Spanish, |
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Paraguay |
Spanish, guarani, |
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Peru |
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, |
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Surinam |
Dutch, |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
English, |
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Uruguay |
Spanish, |
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Venezuela |
Spanish, |
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AUSTRALIA |
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Country |
Official language |
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Australia |
none, de facto: English, |
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Fiji |
English, Fijian |
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Guam |
English, Chamorro, |
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Kiribati |
English, Kiribati, |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
English, Chamorro, Carolingian, |
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Midway |
English, |
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Micronesia |
English, |
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Nauru |
English, Nauru, |
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Niue |
English, Niue, |
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Norfolk |
English, Norfuk, |
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New Caledonia |
French, |
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New Zealand |
English, Maori, New Zealand sign language, |
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Palau |
English, Palau, Japanese, |
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Papua New Guinea |
English, Tok pisin, Hiri motu, |
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Pitcairn |
English, Pitcairn, |
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French Polynesia |
French, |
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Samoa |
Samoan, English, |
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American Samoa |
English, Samoan, |
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Tokelau |
Tokelauan, English, |
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Tonga |
Tongan, English, |
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Tuvalu |
Tuvaluan, English, |
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Vanuatu |
Bislama, English, French, |
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Wake |
English, |
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Wallis and Futuna |
French, |
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Christmas Island |
English, |
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Cook Islands |
English, Maori, |
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Coconut Islands |
English, |
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Marshall Islands |
Marshallese, English, |
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Solomon Islands |
English, |
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AFRICA |
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Country |
Official language |
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Algeria |
Arabic, Berber, |
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Angola |
Portuguese, |
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Benin |
French, |
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Botswana |
English, Setswana, |
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Burkina Faso |
French, |
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Burundi |
Kirundi, French, English, |
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Chad |
Arabic, French, |
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Democratic Republic of Kongo |
French, |
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Djibouti |
Arabic, French, |
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Egypt |
Arabic, |
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Eritrea |
none, de facto: Arabic, English, Tigrinya, |
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Ethiopia |
Amharic, |
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Gabon |
French, |
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Gambia |
Arabic, English, |
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Ghana |
English, |
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Guinea |
French, |
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Guinea Bissau |
Portuguese, |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Spanish, French, Portuguese, |
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Cameroon |
English, French, |
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Kenia |
Swahili, English, |
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Comoros |
Arabic, French, Comorian, |
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Kongo |
French, |
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Lesotho |
Sotho, English, |
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Liberia |
English, |
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Libya |
Arabic, |
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Madagascar |
Malagasy, French, |
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Malawi |
English, Chichewa, |
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Mali |
French, |
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Morocco |
Arabic, Tamazight, |
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Mauretania |
Arabic, |
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Mauritius |
none, de facto: English and French, |
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Mozambique |
Portuguese, |
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Namibia |
English, |
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Niger |
French, |
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Nigeria |
English, |
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Republic of South Africa |
Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Ndebele, Pedi, Soto, Swaziland, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu, |
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Central African Republic |
French, Sango, |
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Cape Verde |
Portuguese, |
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Rwanda |
Ruanda, French, English, |
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Senegal |
French, |
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Seychelles |
Seychelles Creole, French, English, |
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Sierra Leone |
English, |
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Somalia |
Somali, Arabic, |
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Swaziland (Eswatini) |
Swazi, English, |
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Sudan |
Arabic, English, |
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South Sudan |
English, |
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Tanzania |
English, Swahili, |
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Togo |
French, |
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Tunisia |
Arabic, |
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Uganda |
English, Swahili, |
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Ivory Coast |
French, |
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
Portuguese, |
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Zambia |
English, |
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Zimbabwe |
English, |
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