Languages Flashcards

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Afghanistan

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Dari (Afghan Persian) and Pashto

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Albania

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Albanian: Tosk (main, south) Gheg (north) many Albanians speak Italian, Greek, French, German, English

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Algeria

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72% Algerian Arabic, 27.4% Berber (Spoken in Algeria, Morocco, Libya) French, though it has no official status, is widely used in government, culture, media, and education (from primary school), due to Algeria’s colonial history.

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Andorra

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CatalΓ‘n (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

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Angola

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Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

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Antigua and Barbuda

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English (official), local dialects

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Argentina

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Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

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Armenia

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Armenian 98%, Yezidi, Russian

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Australia

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English 79%, native and other languages

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Austria

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German (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)

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Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijani Turkic 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)

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Bahamas

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English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

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Bahrain

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Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu

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Bangladesh

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Bangla (official), English

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Barbados

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English

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Belarus

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Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other

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Belgium

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Dutch (Flemish) 60%, French 40%, German less than 1% (all official)

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Belize

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English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole

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Benin

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French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages

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Bhutan

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Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese)

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Bolivia

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Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

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Botswana

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English 2% (official), Setswana 78%, Kalanga 8%, Sekgalagadi 3%, other (2001)

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Brazil

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Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

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Brunei

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Malay (official), English, Chinese

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Bulgaria

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Bulgarian 85%, Turkish 10%, Roma 4%

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Burkina Faso

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French (official); native African (Sudanic) languages 90%

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Burundi

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Kirundi and French (official), Swahili

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Cambodia

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Khmer 95% (official), French, English

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Cameroon

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French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups

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Canada

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English 59.3%, French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5%

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Cape Verde

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Portuguese, Criuolo

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Central African Republic

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French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages

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Chad

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French, Arabic (both official); Sara; more than 120 languages and dialects

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35
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Chile

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Spanish

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36
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China

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Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

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37
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Colombia

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Spanish

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Comoros

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Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)

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Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba

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Congo, Republic of

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French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects

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41
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Costa Rica

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Spanish (official), English

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CΓ΄te d’Ivoire

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French (official) and African languages (Dioula esp.)

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Croatia

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Croatian 96% (official), other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German)

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44
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Cuba

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Spanish

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45
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Cyprus

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Greek, Turkish (both official); English

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46
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Czech Republic

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Czech

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47
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Denmark

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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language

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Djibouti

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French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar

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49
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Dominica

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English (official) and French patois

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50
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Dominican Republic

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Spanish

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51
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East Timor

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Tetum, Portuguese (official); Bahasa Indonesia, English; other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak

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52
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Ecuador

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Spanish (official), Quechua, other Amerindian languages

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53
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Egypt

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Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

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54
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El Salvador

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Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)

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Equatorial Guinea

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Spanish, French (both official); pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

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Eritrea

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Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

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Estonia

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Estonian 67% (official), Russian 30%, other (2000)

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Ethiopia

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Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others

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Fiji

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English (official), Fijian, Hindustani

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Finland

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Finnish 92%, Swedish 6% (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities

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France

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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

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Gabon

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French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

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Gambia

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English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous

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Georgia

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Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia)

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Germany

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German

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Ghana

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English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)

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Greece

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Greek 99% (official), English, French

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Grenada

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English (official), French patois

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69
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Guatemala

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Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)

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Guinea

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French (official), native tongues (MalinkΓ©, Susu, Fulani)

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Guinea-Bissau

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Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages

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Guyana

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English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

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Haiti

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Creole and French (both official)

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Honduras

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Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects; English widely spoken in business

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75
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Hungary

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Magyar (Hungarian) 94%, other 6%

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Iceland

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Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

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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

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Indonesia

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Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects

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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%

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Iraq

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Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

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Ireland

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English, Irish (Gaelic) (both official)

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Israel

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Hebrew (official), Arabic, English

83
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Italy

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Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities

84
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Jamaica

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English, Jamaican Creole

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Japan

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Japanese

86
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Jordan

A

Arabic (official), English

87
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Kazakhstan

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Kazak (Qazaq, state language) 64%; Russian (official, used in everyday business) 95% (2001 est.)

88
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Kenya

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English (official), Swahili (national), and numerous indigenous languages

89
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Kiribati

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English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)

90
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Korea, North

A

Korean

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Korea, South

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Korean, English widely taught

92
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Kosovo

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Albanian (official), Serbian (official), Bosnian, Turkish, Roma

93
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Kuwait

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Arabic (official), English

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Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyz, Russian (both official)

95
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Laos

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Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages

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Latvia

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Latvian 58% (official), Russian 38%, Lithuanian, other (2000)

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Lebanon

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Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian

98
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Lesotho

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English, Sesotho (both official); Zulu, Xhosa

99
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Liberia

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English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages

100
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Libya

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Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities

101
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Liechtenstein

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German (official), Alemannic dialect

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Lithuania

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Lithuanian 82% (official), Russian 8%, Polish 6% (2001)

103
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Luxembourg

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Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)

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Macedonia

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Macedonian 67%, Albanian 25% (both official); Turkish 4%, Roma 2%, Serbian 1% (2002)

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Madagascar

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Malagasy and French (both official)

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Malawi

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Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998)

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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

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Maldives

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Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials

109
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Mali

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French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages

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Malta

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Maltese and English (both official)

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Marshall Islands

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Marshallese 98% (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English widely spoken as a second language (both official); Japanese

112
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Mauritania

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Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof

113
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Mauritius

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English less than 1% (official), Creole 81%, Bojpoori 12%, French 3% (2000)

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Mexico

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Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

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Micronesia

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English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi

116
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Moldova

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Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

117
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Monaco

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French (official), English, Italian, MonΓ©gasque

118
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Mongolia

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Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic and Russian (1999)

119
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Montenegro

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Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialectβ€”official)

120
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Morocco

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Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government, and diplomacy

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Mozambique

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Portuguese 9% (official; second language of 27%), Emakhuwa 26%, Xichangana 11%, Elomwe 8%, Cisena 7%, Echuwabo 6%, other Mozambican languages 32% (1997)

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Myanmar

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Burmese, minority languages

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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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Nauru

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Nauruan (official), English

125
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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)

126
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Netherlands

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Dutch, Frisian (both official)

127
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New Zealand

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English, Maori (both official)

128
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Nicaragua

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Spanish 98% (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast (1995)

129
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Niger

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French (official), Hausa, Djerma

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Nigeria

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English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others

131
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Norway

A

BokmΓ₯l Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official); small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities (Sami is official in six municipalities)

132
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Oman

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Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects

133
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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%

134
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Palau

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Palauan 64.7%, English 9.4%, Sonsoralese, Tobi, Angaur (each official on some islands), Filipino 13.5%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000)

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Palestinian State (proposed)

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Arabic, Hebrew, English

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Panama

A

Spanish (official), English 14%, many bilingual

137
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Papua New Guinea

A

Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%–2%; 715 indigenous languages

138
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Paraguay

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Spanish, GuaranΓ­ (both official)

139
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Peru

A

Spanish, QuΓ©chua (both official); Aymara; many minor Amazonian languages

140
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Philippines

A

Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official); eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense

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Poland

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Polish 98% (2002)

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Portugal

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Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)

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Qatar

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Arabic (official); English a common second language

144
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Romania

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Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

145
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Russia

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Russian, others

146
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Rwanda

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Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centers

147
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St. Kitts and Nevis

A

English

148
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St. Lucia

A

English (official), French patois

149
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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English, French patois

150
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Samoa

A

Samoan, English

151
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San Marino

A

Italian

152
Q

SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe

A

Portuguese (official)

153
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Saudi Arabia

A

Arabic

154
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Senegal

A

French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

155
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Serbia

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Serbian (official); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)

156
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Seychelles

A

Seselwa Creole 92%, English 5%, French (all official) (2002)

157
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Sierra Leone

A

English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca)

158
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Singapore

A

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% (2000)

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Slovakia

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Slovak 84% (official), Hungarian 11%, Roma 2%, Ukrainian 1% (2001)

160
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Slovenia

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Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 5% (2002)

161
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Solomon Islands

A

English 1%–2% (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages

162
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Somalia

A

Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian

163
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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%

164
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South Sudan

A

English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants) (official), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk

165
Q

Spain

A

Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally)

166
Q

Sri Lanka

A

Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10%

167
Q

Sudan

A

Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English

168
Q

Suriname

A

Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese

169
Q

Swaziland

A

English, siSwati (both official)

170
Q

Sweden

A

Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

171
Q

Switzerland

A

German 64%, French 20%, Italian 7% (all official); Romansch 0.5% (national)

172
Q

Syria

A

Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood

173
Q

Taiwan

A

Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

174
Q

Tajikistan

A

Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

175
Q

Tanzania

A

Swahili, English (both official); Arabic; many local languages

176
Q

Thailand

A

Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

177
Q

Togo

A

French (official, commerce); EwΓ©, Mina (south); KabyΓ©, Dagomba (north); and many dialects

178
Q

Tonga

A

Tongan (an Austronesian language), English

179
Q

Trinidad and Tobago

A

English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese

180
Q

Tunisia

A

Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce)

181
Q

Turkey

A

Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian

182
Q

Turkmenistan

A

Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%, other 7%

183
Q

Tuvalu

A

Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)

184
Q

Uganda

A

English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

185
Q

Ukraine

A

Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

186
Q

United Arab Emirates

A

Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu

187
Q

United Kingdom

A

English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic

188
Q

United States

A

English 82%, Spanish 11% (2000)

189
Q

Uruguay

A

Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero

190
Q

Uzbekistan

A

Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

191
Q

Vanuatu

A

Bislama 23% (a Melanesian pidgin English), English 2%, French 1% (all 3 official); more than 100 local languages 73%

192
Q

Vatican City (Holy See)

A

Italian, Latin, French, various other languages

193
Q

Venezuela

A

Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects

194
Q

Vietnam

A

Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

195
Q

Western Sahara (proposed state)

A

Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

196
Q

Yemen

A

Arabic

197
Q

Zambia

A

English (official); major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga; about 70 other indigenous languages

198
Q

Zimbabwe

A

English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects