Languages by Country
The following is a list of languages matched with countries that they are spoken. The languages did not necessarily originate in those countries but do have a presence there. When possible, percentage of population that speaks the language is included next to the language.
Afghanistan
- Afghan Persian or Dari (official)
- lingua franca) 77%
- Pashto (official) 48%
- Uzbeki 11%
- English 6%
- Turkmani 3%
- Urdu 3%
- Pachaie 1%
- Nuristani 1%
- Arabic 1%
- Balochi 1%
Akrotiri
- English
- Greek
Albania
- Albanian 98.8% (official – derived from Tosk dialect)
- Greek 0.5%
- other 0.6% (including Macedonian)
- Romani
- Vlach
- Turkish
- Italian
- Serbo-Croatian
Algeria
- Arabic (official)
- French (lingua franca)
- Berber or Tamazight (official); dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit)
- Shawiya Berber (Tacawit)
- Mzab Berber
- Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)
American Samoa
- Samoan 88.6%
- English 3.9%
- Tongan 2.7%
Andorra
- Catalan (official)
- French
- Castilian
- Portuguese
Angola
- Portuguese 71.2% (official)
- Umbundu 23%
- Kikongo 8.2%
- Kimbundu 7.8%
- Chokwe 6.5%
- Nhaneca 3.4%
- Nganguela 3.1%
- Fiote 2.4%
- Kwanhama 2.3%
- Muhumbi 2.1%
- Luvale 1%
Anguilla
- English (official)
Antigua and Barbuda
- English (official)
- Antiguan creole
Argentina
- Spanish (official)
- Italian
- English
- German
- French
- (Mapudungun
- Quechua
Armenia
- Armenian (official) 97.9%
- Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%
Aruba
- Papiamento (official)
- Dutch
- English
- Frenchas
- Spanish 13.7%
- English (widely spoken) 7.1%
- Dutch (official) 6.1%
- Chinese 1.5%
Australia
- English 72.7%
- Mandarin 2.5%
- Arabic 1.4%
- Cantonese 1.2%
- Vietnamese 1.2%
- Italian 1.2%
- Greek 1%
Austria
- German (official nationwide) 88.6%
- Turkish 2.3%
- Serbian 2.2%
- Croatian
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%
- Russian 1.4%
- Armenian 1.4%
Bahamas
- English (official)
- Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
- Bahrain
- Arabic (official)
- English
- Farsi
- Urdu
Bangladesh
- Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali)
Barbados
- English (official)
- Bajan
Belarus
- Russian (official) 70.2%
- Belarusian (official) 23.4%
Belgium
- Dutch (official) 60%
- French (official) 40%
- German (official) less than 1%
Belize
- English 62.9% (official)
- Spanish 56.6%
- Creole 44.6%
- Maya 10.5%
- German 3.2%
- Garifuna 2.9%
Benin
- French (official)
- Fon (a Gbe language) and
- Yoruba
- Bariba
- Fulfulde
Bermuda
- English (official)
- Portuguese
Bhutan
- Sharchopkha 28%
- Dzongkha (official) 24%
- Lhotshamkha 22%
Bolivia
- Spanish (official) 60.7%
- Quechua (official) 21.2%
- Aymara (official) 14.6%
- Guarani (official) 0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnian (official) 52.9%
- Serbian (official) 30.8%
- Croatian (official) 14.6%
Botswana
- Setswana 77.3%
- Sekalanga 7.4%
- Shekgalagadi 3.4%
- English (official) 2.8%
- Zezuru/Shona 2%
- Sesarwa 1.7%
- Sembukushu 1.6%
- Ndebele 1%
- other 2.8%
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
- English (official)
Brunei
- Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (official)
- English
- Chinese dialects
Bulgaria
- Bulgarian (official) 76.8%
- Turkish 8.2%
- Romani 3.8%
Burkina Faso
- French (official)
Burma
- Burmese (official)
Burundi
- Kirundi (official)
- French (official)
- Swahili
- English (official)
Cabo Verde
- Portuguese (official)
- Krioulo
- Khmer (official) 95.8%
- minority languages 2.9%
- Chinese 0.6%
- Vietnamese 0.5%
Cameroon
- 24 major African language groups
- English (official)
- French (official)
Canada
- English (official) 58.7%
- French (official) 22%
- Punjabi 1.4%
- Italian 1.3%
- Spanish 1.3%
- German 1.3%
- Cantonese 1.2%
- Tagalog 1.2%
- Arabic 1.1%
Cayman Islands
- English (official) 90.9%
- Spanish 4%
- Filipino 3.3%
Central African Republic
- French (official)
- Sangho
Chad
- French (official)
- Arabic (official)
- Sara
Chile
- Spanish 99.5% (official)
- English 10.2%
- Mapudungun
- Aymara
- Quechua
- Rapa Nui
China
- Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official)
- Yue (Cantonese)
- Wu (Shanghainese)
- Minbei (Fuzhou)
- Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese)
- Xiang
- Gan
- Hakka dialects
- Zhuang
- Mongolian
- lUighur
- Kyrgyz
- Tibetan
Christmas Island
- English (official) 27.6%
- Mandarin 17.2%
- Malay 17.1%
- Cantonese 3.9%
- Min Nan 1.6%
- Tagalog 1%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Malay (Cocos dialect) 68.8%
- English 22.3%
Colombia
- Spanish (official)
Comoros
- Arabic (official)
- French (official)
- Shikomoro (official)
- Comorian
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- French (official)
- Lingala
- Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili)
- Kikongo
- Tshiluba
Congo, Republic of the
- French (official)
- French Lingala
- Monokutuba
- Kikongo
Cook Islands
- English (official) 86.4%
- Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%
Costa Rica
- Spanish (official)
- English
Cote d’Ivoire
- French (official)
- Dioula
Croatia
- Croatian (official) 95.6%
- Serbian 1.2%
- Hungarian
- Czech
- Slovak
- Albanian
Cuba
- Spanish (official)
Curacao
- Papiamento (official)
- Dutch (official) 8.8%
- Spanish 5.6%
- English (official) 3.1%
Cyprus
- Greek (official) 80.9%
- Turkish (official) 0.2%
- English 4.1%
- Romanian 2.9%
- Russian 2.5%
- Bulgarian 2.2%
- Arabic 1.2%
- Filipino 1.1%
Czechia
- Czech (official) 88.4%
- Slovak 1.5%
Denmark
- Danish
- Faroese
- Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)
- German
- English
Dhekelia
- English
- Greek
Djibouti
- French (official)
- Arabic (official)
- Somali
- Afar
Dominica
- English (official)
- French patois
Dominican Republic
- Spanish (official)
Ecuador
- Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official)
- Quechua 4.1%
Egypt
- Arabic (official)
- English
- French
El Salvador
- Spanish (official)
- Nawat
Equatorial Guinea
- Spanish (official)
- Fang
- Bubi
- Portuguese (official)
- French (official)
- Portuguese
Eritrea
- Tigrinya (official)
- Arabic (official)
- English (official)
- Tigre
- Kunama
- Afar
Estonia
- Estonian (official) 68.5%
- Russian 29.6%
- Ukrainian 0.6%
Eswatini
- English (official)
- siSwati (official)
Ethiopia
- Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%
- Amharic (official national language) 29.3%
- Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%
- Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%
- Sidamo 4%
- Wolaytta 2.2%
- Gurage 2%
- Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%
- Hadiyya 1.7%
- Gamo 1.5%
- Gedeo 1.3%
- Opuuo 1.2%
- Kafa 1.1%
- other 8.1%
- English (major foreign language taught in schools)
- Arabic
European Union
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Irish
- Italian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Maltese
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Swedish
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- English 89%
- Spanish 7.7%
- other 3.3% (2006 est.)
- Faroe Islands
- Faroese 93.8% (derived from Old Norse)
- Danish 3.2%
Fiji
- English (official)
- iTaukei (official)
- Fiji Hindi (official)
- Finland
- Finnish (official) 86.5%
- Swedish (official) 5.2%
- Russian 1.6%
France
- French (official) 100%
- declining regional dialects and languages
- Provencal
- Breton
- Alsatian
- Corsican
- Catalan
- Basque
- Flemish
- Occitan
- Picard;
- Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)
French Polynesia
- French (official) 73.5%
- Tahitian 20.1%
- Marquesan 2.6%
- Austral languages 1.2%
- Paumotu 1%
Gabon
- French (official)
- Fang
- Myene
- Nzebi
- Bapounou/Eschira
- Bandjabi
- Gambia
- English (official)
- Mandinka
- Wolof
- Fula
Gaza Strip
- Arabic
- Hebrew
- English
Georgia
- Georgian (official) 87.6%
- Azeri 6.2%
- Armenian 3.9%
- Russian 1.2%
Germany
- German (official); note – Danish
- Frisian
- Sorbian
- Low German
- Danish
- North Frisian
- Sater Frisian
- Lower Sorbian
- Upper Sorbian
- Romani
Ghana
- Asante 16%
- Ewe 14%
- Fante 11.6%
- Boron (Brong) 4.9%
- Dagomba 4.4%
- Dangme 4.2%
- Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.9%
- Kokomba 3.5%
- Akyem 3.2%
- Ga 3.1%
Gibraltar
- English
- Spanish
- Italian
- Portuguese
Greece
- Greek (official) 99%
- English
- French
Greenland
- Greenlandic (West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language)
- Danish
- English
Grenada
- English (official)
- French patois
Guam
- English 43.6%
- Filipino 21.2%
- Chamorro 17.8%
- Asian languages 6.3%
Guatemala
- Spanish (official) 69.9%
- Maya languages 29.7%
- Q’eqchi’ 8.3%
- K’iche 7.8%
- Mam 4.4%
- Kaqchikel 3%
- Q’anjob’al 1.2%
- Poqomchi’ 1%
- Xinca
- Garifuna
Guernsey
- English
- French
- Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Guinea
- French (official)
- Pular
- Maninka
- Susuother native languages
Guinea-Bissau
- Portuguese-based Creole
- Portuguese (official)
- Pular (a Fula language)
- Mandingo
Guyana
- English (official)
- Guyanese Creole
- Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi)
- Chinese
Haiti
- French (official)
- Creole (official)
Holy See (Vatican City)
- Italian
- Latin
- French
Honduras
- Spanish (official)
- Amerindian dialects
Hong Kong
- Cantonese (official) 88.9%
- English (official) 4.3%
- Mandarin (official) 1.9%
Hungary
- Hungarian (official) 99.6%
- English 16%
- German 11.2%
- Russian 1.6%
- Romanian 1.3%
- French 1.2%
Iceland
- Icelandic
- English
- Nordic languages
- German
India
- Hindi 43.6%
- Bengali 8%
- Marathi 6.9%
- Telugu 6.7%
- Tamil 5.7%
- Gujarati 4.6%
- Urdu 4.2%
- Kannada 3.6%
- Odia 3.1%
- Malayalam 2.9%
- Punjabi 2.7%
- Assamese 1.3%
- Maithili 1.1%
- English
- 22 other officially recognized languages:
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Dogri
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Maithili
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Nepali
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Santali
- Sindhi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
- Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu
Indonesia
- Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay)
- English
- Dutch
Iran
- Persian Farsi (official)
- Azeri
- Kurdish
- Gilaki
- Mazandarani
- Luri
- Balochi
- Arabic
Iraq
- Arabic (official)
- Kurdish (official)
- Turkmen (a Turkish dialect)
- Syriac
- Neo-Aramaic
- Armenian
Ireland
- English (official)
- Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (officia)
- Isle of Man
- English
- Manx Gaelic
Israel
- Hebrew (official)
- Arabic (special status under Israeli law)
- English
Italy
- Italian (official)
- German
- French
- Slovene
Jamaica
- English
- English patois
Japan
- Japanese
Jersey
- English (official) 94.5%
- Portuguese 4.6%
- French (official)
- Jerriais
Jordan
- Arabic (official)
- English
Kazakhstan
- Kazakh (officialQazaq)
- Russian
- English
Kenya
- English (official)
- Kiswahili (official)
Korea, North
- Korean
Korea, South
- Korean
- English
Kosovo
- Albanian (official) 94.5%
- Bosnian 1.7%
- Serbian (official) 1.6%
- Turkish 1.1%
- Romani
Kuwait
- Arabic (official)
- English
Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyz (official) 71.4%
- Uzbek 14.4%
- Russian (official) 9%
Laos
- Lao (official)
- French
- English
Latvia
- Latvian (official) 56.3%
- Russian 33.8%
- Polish
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
Lebanon
- Arabic (official)
- French
- English
- Armenian
Lesotho
- Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho)
- English (official)
- Zulu
- Xhosa
Liberia
- English 20% (official)
Libya
- Arabic (official)
- Italian
- English (all widely understood in the major cities);
- Berber
- Nafusi
- Ghadamis
- Suknah
- Awjilah
- Tamasheq
Liechtenstein
- German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect)
- Italian 1.5%
- Turkish 1.3%
- Portuguese 1.1%
Lithuania
- Lithuanian (official) 85.3%
- Russian 6.8%
- Polish 5.1%
Luxembourg
- Luxembourgish (official)
- Portuguese 15.7%
- French
- German
- Italian 2.9%
- English 2.1%
Macau
Madagascar
- Malagasy (official) 99.9%
- French (official) 23.6%
- English 8.2%
Malawi
- English (official)
- Chewa (common)
- Lambya
- Lomwe
- Ngoni
- Nkhonde
- Nyakyusa
- Nyanja
- Sena
- Tonga
- Tumbuka
- Yao
Malaysia
- Bahasa Malaysia (official)
- English
- Chinese
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
- Hokkien
- Hakka
- Hainan
- Foochow
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Panjabi
- Thai;
Maldives
- Dhivehi (official)
- English
Mali
- French (official)
- Bambara 46.3%
- Peuhl/Foulfoulbe 9.4%
- Dogon 7.2%
- Maraka/Soninke 6.4%
- Malinke 5.6%
- Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%
- Minianka 4.3%
- Tamacheq 3.5%
- Senoufo 2.6%
- Bobo 2.1%
Malta
- Maltese (official) 90.1%
- English (official) 6%
Marshall Islands
- Marshallese (official) 98.2%
Mauritania
- Arabic (official)
- Pular
- Soninke
- Wolof
- French
Mauritius
- Creole 86.5%
- Bhojpuri 5.3%
- French 4.1%
- Englishone
Mexico
- Spanish
- Mayan
- Nahuatl
MicronesiaFederated States of
- English (officia)
- Chuukese
- Kosrean
- Pohnpeian
- Yapese
- Ulithian
- Woleaian
- Nukuoro
- Kapingamarangi
- Moldova
Monaco
- French (official)
- English
- Italian
- Monegasque
Mongolia
- Mongolian 90% (official) (Khalkha dialect is predominant)
- Turkic
- Russian
Montenegro
- Serbian 42.9%
- Montenegrin (official) 37%
- Bosnian 5.3%
- Albanian 5.3%
- Serbo-Croat 2%
Montserrat
- English
Morocco
- Arabic (official)
- Berber languages
- Tamazight (official)
- Tachelhit
- Tarifit
- French
Mozambique
- Makhuwa 26.1%
- Portuguese (official) 16.6%
- Tsonga 8.6%
- Nyanja 8.1
- Sena 7.1%
- Lomwe 7.1%
- Chuwabo 4.7%
- Ndau 3.8%
- Tswa 3.8%
Namibia
- Oshiwambo languages 49.7%
- Nama/Damara 11%
- Kavango languages 10.4%
- Afrikaans
- Herero languages 9.2%
- Zambezi languages 4.9%
- English (official) 2.3%
Nauru
- Nauruan 93%
- English 2%
- Kiribati
- Chinese
Nepal
- Nepali (official) 44.6%
- Maithali 11.7%
- Bhojpuri 6%
- Tharu 5.8%
- Tamang 5.1%
- Newar 3.2%
- Bajjika 3%
- Magar 3%
- Doteli 3%
- Urdu 2.6%
- Avadhi 1.9%
- Limbu 1.3%
- Gurung 1.2%
- Baitadeli 1%
Netherlands
- Dutch (official)
- Frisian
- Low Saxon
- Limburgish
- Romani
- Yiddish
- English
- Papiamento
New Caledonia
- French (official)
New Zealand
- English (de facto official) 95.4%
- Maori (de jure official) 4%
- Samoan 2.2%
- Northern Chinese 2%
- Hindi 1.5%
- French 1.2%
- Yue 1.1%
- New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official) 0.5%
Nicaragua
- Spanish (official) 95.3%
- Miskito 2.2%
- Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%
Niger
- French (official)
- Hausa
- Djerma
Nigeria
- English (official)
- Hausa
- Yoruba
- Igbo (Ibo)
- Fulani
Niue
- Niuean (official) 46%
- English (official) 11%
- Niuean
Norfolk Island
- English (official) 44.9%
- Norfolk (also known as Norfuk or Norf’k)
- Fijian 1.8%
North Macedonia
- Macedonian (official) 61.4%
- Albanian (official) 24.3%
- Turkish 3.4%
- Romani 1.7%
- Aromanian (Vlach)
- Bosnian) 2%
Northern Mariana Islands
- Philippine languages 32.8%
- Chamorro (official) 24.1%
- English (official) 17%
- Carolinian (official)
- Chinese 6.8%
Norway
- Bokmal Norwegian (official)
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official)
- Sami
- Sami has three dialects:
- Lule
- North Sami
- South Sami
Oman
- Arabic (official)
- English
- Baluchi
- Swahili
- Urdu
Pakistan
- Punjabi 48%
- Sindhi 12%
- Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%
- Pashto (alternate name
- Pashtu) 8%
- Urdu (official) 8%
- Balochi 3%
- Hindko 2%
- Brahui 1%
- English (official)
- Burushaski
Palau
- Palauan (official on most islands) 65.2%
- English (official) 19.1%
- Filipino 9.9%
- Chinese 1.2%
Panama
- Spanish (official)
- indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi)
- Buglere
- Kuna
- Embera
- Wounaan
- Naso (or Teribe)
- and Bri Bri)
- Panamanian English Creole
- English
- Chinese (Yue and Hakka)
- Arabic
- French Creole
- Yiddish
- Hebrew
- Korean
- Japanese
Papua New Guinea
- Tok Pisin (official)
- English (official)
- Hiri Motu (official)
Paraguay
- Spanish (official)
- Guarani 34%
- Spanish 15.2%
- Portuguese
- German
Peru
Spanish (official) 82.9%
Quechua (official) 13.6%
Aymara (official) 1.6%
Ashaninka 0.3%
Philippines
- Filipino (official); based on Tagalog
- eight major dialects
- Tagalog
- Cebuano
- Ilocano
- Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
- Bicol
- Waray
- Pampango
- Pangasinan
- English (official)
Pitcairn Islands
- English (official)
- Pitkern (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)
Poland
- Polish (official) 98.2%
- Silesian 1.4%
- Kashub
- Czech
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Belarusian
- Lithuanian
- German
- Armenian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Ukrainian
- Karaim
- Lemko
- Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma)
- Tatar
Portugal
- Portuguese (official)
- Mirandese (officialbut locally used)
Puerto Rico
- Spanish
- English
Qatar
- Arabic (official)
- English
Romania
- Romanian (official) 85.4%
- Hungarian 6.3%
- Romani 1.2%
Russia
- Russian (official) 85.7%
- Tatar 3.2%
- Chechen 1%
Rwanda
- Kinyarwanda (official universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%
- French (official) <0.1
- English (official) <0.1
- Swahili/Kiswahili (official)
Saint Barthelemy
- French (primary)
- English
Saint HelenaAscensionand Tristan da Cunha
- English
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- English (official)
Saint Lucia
- English (official)
- Saint Lucian Creole
Saint Martin
- French (official)
- Dutch
- English
- Guadeloupian Creole
- Haitian Creole
- Italian
- Martiniquan Creole
- Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)
- Spanish
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- French (official)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English
- Vincentian Creole English
- French patois
Samoa
- Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%
- Samoan/English 6.7%
- English (official) 0.5%
San Marino
- Italian
Sao Tome and Principe
- Portuguese 98.4% (official)
- Forro 36.2%
- Cabo Verdian 8.5%
- French 6.8%
- Angolar 6.6%
- English 4.9%
- Lunguie 1%
Saudi Arabia
- Arabic (official)
Senegal
- French (official)
- Wolof
- Pular
- Jola
- Mandinka
- Serer
- Soninke
Serbia
- Serbian (official) 88.1%,
- Hungarian 3.4%,
- Bosnian 1.9%,
- Romani 1.4%
Seychelles
- Seychellois Creole (official) 89.1%
- English (official) 5.1%
- French (official) 0.7%
Sierra Leone
- English (official)
- Mende
- Temne
- Krio (English-based Creole)
Singapore
- English (official) 48.3%
- Mandarin (official) 29.9%
- Chinese dialects
- Hokkien
- Cantonese
- Teochew
- Hakka) 8.7%
- Malay (official) 9.2%
- Tamil (official) 2.5%
Sint Maarten
- English (official) 67.5%
- Spanish 12.9%
- Creole 8.2%
- Dutch (official) 4.2%
- Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%
- French 1.5%
Slovakia
- Slovak (official) 81.8%
- Hungarian 8.5%
- Roma 1.8%
Slovenia
- Slovene (official) 87.7%
- Croatian 2.8%
- Serbo-Croatian 1.8%
- Bosnian 1.6%
- Serbian 1.6%
- Hungarian
- Italian
Solomon Islands
- Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca)
- English (official)
Somalia
- Somali (official)
- Arabic (official)
- Italian
- English
South Africa
- isiZulu (official) 25.3%
- isiXhosa (official) 14.8%
- Afrikaans (official) 12.2%
- Sepedi (official) 10.1%
- Setswana (official) 9.1%
- English (official) 8.1%
- Sesotho (official) 7.9%
- Xitsonga (official) 3.6%
- siSwati (official) 2.8%
- Tshivenda (official) 2.5%
- isiNdebele (official) 1.6%
- Khoi
- Nama
- San languages
South Sudan
- English (official)
- Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants)
- ethnic languages include Dinka
- Nuer
- Bari
- Zande
- Shilluk
Spain
- Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%
- Catalan (official in Cataloniathe Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%
- Galician (official in Galicia) 7%
- Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%
- Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d’Aran) along with Catalan)
- Aragonese
- Aranese Asturian
- Basque
- Calo
- Catalan
- Galician
- Valencian
Sri Lanka
- Sinhala (official and national language) 87%
- Tamil (official and national language) 28.5%
- English
Sudan
- Arabic (official)
- English (official)
- Nubian
- Ta Bedawie
- Fur
Suriname
- Dutch (official)
- English
- Sranang Tongo (Surinamesesometimes called Taki-Taki)
- Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi)
- Javanese
Svalbard
- Norwegian
- Russian
Sweden
- Swedish (official)
Switzerland
- German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%
- French (official) 22.8%
- Italian (official) 8%
- English 5.7%
- Portuguese 3.5%
- Albanian 3.3%
- Serbo-Croatian 2.3%
- Spanish 2.3%
- Romansh (official) 0.5%
- German
- French
- Italian
- L’Almanacco dei fatti del mondo
- l’indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)
Syria
- Arabic (official)
- Kurdish
- Armenian
- Aramaic
- Circassian
- French
- English
Taiwan
- Mandarin (official)
- Taiwanese (Min Nan)
- Hakka dialects
Tajikistan
- Tajik (official) 84.4%
- Uzbek 11.9%
- Kyrgyz 0.8%
- Russian 0.5%
Tanzania
- Kiswahili or Swahili (official)
- Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar)
- English (official)
- Arabic
- Kiswahili (Swahili)
Thailand
- Thai (official) 90.7%
- Thai
- Malay
- Burmese
- English
Timor-Leste
- Tetun Prasa 30.6%
- Mambai 16.6%
- Makasai 10.5%
- Tetun Terik 6.1%
- Baikenu 5.9%
- Kemak 5.8%
- Bunak 5.5%
- Tokodede 4%
- Fataluku 3.5%
- Waima’a 1.8%
- Galoli 1.4%
- Naueti 1.4%
- Idate 1.2%
- Midiki 1.2%
Togo
- French (official)
- Ewe
- Mina
- Kabye (Kabiye)
- Dagomba
Tokelau
- Tokelauan 88.1%
- English 48.6%
- Samoan 26.7%
- Tuvaluan 11.2%
- Kiribati 1.5%
Tonga
- Tongan and English 76.8%
- Tongan
- English
- and other language 10.6%
- Tongan only (official) 8.7%
- English only (official) 0.7%
Trinidad and Tobago
- English (official)
- Trinidadian Creole English
- Tobagonian Creole English
- Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi)
- Trinidadian Creole French
- Spanish
- Chinese
Tunisia
- Arabic (official)
- French (commerce)
- Berber (Tamazight)
- French
Turkey (Turkiye)
- Turkish (official)
- Kurdish
Turkmenistan
- Turkmen (official) 72%
- Russian 12%
- Uzbek 9%
Turks and Caicos Islands
- English (official)
Tuvalu
- Tuvaluan (official)
- English (official)
- Samoan
- Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Uganda
- English (official
- Ganda or Luganda
- Nilo-Saharan languages
- Swahili (official)
- Arabic
Ukraine
- Ukrainian (official) 67.5%
- Russian 29.6%
United Arab Emirates
- Arabic (official)
- English
- Hindi
- Malayam
- Urdu
- Pashto
- Tagalog
- Persian
United Kingdom
- English
United States
- English only 78.2%
- Spanish 13.4%
- Chinese 1.1%
Uruguay
- Spanish (official)
Uzbekistan
- Uzbek (official) 74.3%
- Russian 14.2%
- Tajik 4.4%
Vanuatu
- Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%
- English (official) 2%
- French (official) 0.6%
Venezuela
- Spanish (official)
Vietnam
- Vietnamese (official)
- English
- some French
- Chinese
- Khmer
- Mon-Khmer
- Malayo-Polynesian
Virgin Islands
- English 71.6%
- Spanish or Spanish Creole 17.2%
- French or French Creole 8.6%
Wallis and Futuna
- Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) 58.9%
- Futunian 30.1%
- French (official) 10.8%
West Bank
- Arabic
- Hebrew
- English
Yemen
- Arabic (official)
- Socotri
- Archipelago; Mahri
Zambia
- Bemba 33.4%
- Nyanja 14.7%
- Tonga 11.4%
- Lozi 5.5%
- Chewa 4.5%
- Nsenga 2.9%
- Tumbuka 2.5%
- Lunda (North Western) 1.9%
- Kaonde 1.8%
- Lala 1.8%
- Lamba 1.8%
- English (official) 1.7%
- Luvale 1.5%
- Mambwe 1.3%
- Namwanga 1.2%
- Lenje 1.1%
- Bisa 1%
Zimbabwe
- Shona (official)
- Ndebele (official)
- English (official)
- Chewa
- Chibarwe
- Kalanga
- Koisan
- Nambya
- Ndau
- Shangani
- sign language
- Sotho
- Tonga
- Tswana
- Venda
- Xhosa