List of official languages

Afrikaans is an official language of:

• South Africa (with English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Albanian is an official language of:

• Albania

Arabic is an official language of:

• Algeria
• Bahrain
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Iraq (with Kurdish)
• Israel (with Hebrew)
• Lebanon
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• Syria
• The United Arab Emirates
• Yemen

Aranese is an official language of:

• Spain (co-official in Val d'Aran with Castilian Spanish)

Armenian is an official language of:

• Armenia

Azeri is an official language of:

• Azerbaijan

Basque is an official language of:

• Spain (co-official in Basque Country with Castilian Spanish)

Bulgarian is an official language of:

• Bulgaria

Catalan is an official language of:

• Andorra
• Spain (co-official in Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (as Valencian) with Castilian Spanish)

Dari is an official language of:

• Afghanistan (with Pashtu)

Dutch is an official language of:

• Belgium (with French and German)
• The Netherlands
• Suriname

English is an official language of:

• Australia
• Bahamas
• Botswana(but the national language is Setswana)
• Canada (with French)
• Fiji (but the national language is Fijian)
• Kenya (with Kiswahili)
• Kiribati
• Nigeria
• Republic of Ireland (but secondary to Irish)
• South Africa (with Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
• New Zealand
• The Philippines
• The Gambia
• in United States: (See English-only movement; English is not federally official, but is in the following states:)
  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii (with Hawaiian)
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico (with Spanish)
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Puerto Rico (with Spanish)
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
  • Wyoming

Finnish is the official language of:

• Finland (with Swedish)

French is an official language of:

• Belgium (with Dutch and German)
• Canada (with English)
  • New Brunswick (with English)
  • Quebec
• Chad
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Congo-Kinshasa
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti
• France
• Haiti (with Haitian Creole)
• Italy (in Valle d'Aosta, along with Italian and German, Ladin and Sardinian in some other provinces)
• Monaco
• Haiti
• Switzerland (with German, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)

Galician is an official language of:

• Spain (co-official in Galicia with Castilian Spanish)

German is an official language of:

• Austria
• Belgium (with Dutch and French)
• Germany
• Italy (in Bolzano province, along with Italian and French, Ladin and Sardinian in some other provinces)
• Switzerland (with French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)

Haitian Creole is an official langauge of:

• Haiti (with French)

Hawaiian is an official language in:

• United States:
  • Hawaii (with English)

Hebrew is an official language of:

• Israel (with Arabic)

Irish is the first official language of:

• Republic of Ireland (with English as a secondary official language)

Italian is an official language of:

• Italy (with German, French, Ladin and Sardinian in some provinces)
• Switzerland (with German, French, and Rhaeto-Romansch)
• San Marino

Japanese is an official language of:

• Japan

Kazakh is an official language of:

• Kazakhstan

Kiswahili is an official language of:

• Kenya (with English)

Korean is an official language of:

• Korea

Kurdish is an official language of:

• Iraq (only in Kurdish regions, elsewhere Arabic is official)

Ladin is an official language of:

• Italy (only in the Dolomite Mountains, along with Italian and French, German and Sardinian in some provinces)

Latin is an official language of:

• Vatican City

Latvian is an official language of:

• Latvia

Mandarin Chinese is an official language of:

• the People's Republic of China
• Taiwan

Moldovan is an official language of:

• Moldova

Ndebele is an official language of:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Nepali is an official language of:

• Nepal

Northern Sotho is an official language of:

• South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Pashtu is an official language of:

• Afghanistan (with Dari)

Portuguese is an official language of:

• Brazil
• Mozambique

Rhaeto-Romansch is an official language of:

• Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian)

Russian is an official language of:

• Kazakhstan (with Kazakh)
• Russia

Sardinian is an official language of:

• Italy (partially official on Sardinia, along with Italian and French, German and Ladin in some other provinces)

Sotho is an official language of:

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

Spanish is an official language of:

• Argentina
• Bolivia (with Aymara and Quecha)
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea(with Bubi and Fang)
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Spain (Aranese, Basque, Catalan and Galician are co-official in some regions)
• Panama
• Paraguay(with Guarani)
• Peru
• in United States:
  • New Mexico (with English)
  • Puerto Rico (with English)
• Venezuela
• Uruguay

Swazi is an official language of:

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

Swedish is an official language of:

• Finland (with Finnish)
  • Åland (unilingually Swedish)

Tsonga is an official language of:

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

Tswana is an official language of:

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

Turkish is an official language of:

• Turkey

Venda is an official language of:

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

Vietnamese is an official language of:

• Vietnam

Xhosa is an official language of:

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

Zulu is an official language of:

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