List of countries by spoken languages

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Contents 1 Afro-Asiatic languages 1.1 Semitic languages 1.1.1 Arabic 1.1.2 Hebrew 2 Indo-European languages 2.1 Albanian 2.2 Armenian 2.3 Baltic 2.3.1 Latgalian 2.3.2 Latvian 2.3.3 Lithuanian 2.4 Celtic 2.4.1 Breton 2.4.2 Cornish 2.4.3 Irish 2.4.4 Manx 2.4.5 Scottish Gaelic 2.4.6 Welsh 2.5 Germanic 2.5.1 Afrikaans 2.5.2 Danish 2.5.3 Dutch 2.5.4 English 2.5.4.1 Countries 2.5.4.2 Dependent entities 2.5.5 Faroese 2.5.6 Frisian 2.5.7 German 2.5.8 Icelandic 2.5.9 Low Saxon 2.5.10 Norwegian 2.5.11 Swedish 2.6 Greek 2.7 Indo-Iranian 2.7.1 Angika 2.7.2 Assamese 2.7.3 Awadhi 2.7.4 Balochi 2.7.5 Bengali 2.7.6 Bhojpuri 2.7.7 Chhattisgarhi 2.7.8 Chittagonian 2.7.9 Dhivehi 2.7.10 Dogri 2.7.11 Domari 2.7.12 Persian 2.7.13 Gujarati 2.7.14 Halbi 2.7.15 Hindi 2.7.16 Kashmiri 2.7.17 Khowar 2.7.18 Konkani 2.7.19 Kumaoni 2.7.20 Kurdish 2.7.21 Magadhi 2.7.22 Maithili 2.7.23 Marathi 2.7.24 Marwari 2.7.25 Mazandarani 2.7.26 Nepali 2.7.27 Oriya 2.7.28 Pashto 2.7.29 Punjabi 2.7.30 Rajasthani 2.7.31 Romany 2.7.32 Sindhi 2.7.33 Sinhalese 2.7.34 Tajik 2.7.35 Urdu 2.8 Romance languages 2.8.1 Catalan 2.8.2 French 2.8.3 Galician 2.8.4 Italian 2.8.5 Jèrriais 2.8.6 Latin 2.8.7 Portuguese 2.8.8 Romanian 2.8.9 Romansh 2.8.10 Sardinian 2.8.11 Sicilian 2.8.12 Spanish 2.9 Slavic 2.9.1 Belarusian 2.9.2 Bosnian 2.9.3 Bulgarian 2.9.4 Croatian 2.9.5 Czech 2.9.6 Kashubian 2.9.7 Macedonian 2.9.8 Polish 2.9.9 Russian 2.9.10 Rusyn 2.9.11 Serbian 2.9.12 Slovak 2.9.13 Slovene 2.9.14 Sorbian, Lower 2.9.15 Sorbian, Upper 2.9.16 Ukrainian 3 Language isolate 3.1 Basque 4 Notes and References

[edit] Afro-Asiatic languages

[edit] Semitic languages

[edit] Arabic

See also: List of countries where Arabic is an official language

• Africa
  •  Algeria (co-official with French)
  •  Comoros (co-official with French)
  •  Chad (co-official with French)
  •  Djibouti (co-official with French)
  •  Egypt (official)
  •  Eritrea (co-official with Tigrinya and English)
  •  Libya (official)
  •  Mauritania (official)
  •  Morocco (official)
  •  Somalia (co-official with Somali)
  •  Sudan (official)
  •  Tunisia (co-official with French)
  •  Western Sahara (co-official with Spanish)

• Asia
  •  Bahrain (official)
  •  Iraq (co-official with Kurdish)
  •  Israel (co-official with Hebrew)
  •  Jordan (official)
  •  Kuwait (official)
  •  Lebanon (co-official with French)
  •  Oman (official)
  •  Qatar (official)
  •  Saudi Arabia (official)
  •  Syria (official)
  •  United Arab Emirates (official)
  •  Yemen (official)

• Europe
  •  France (minority)
  •  Germany (minority)
  •  Italy (minority)
  •  Netherlands (minority)
  •  Spain (minority)
  •  Sweden (minority)
  •  UK (minority)

• Liturgical language of Islam

[edit] Hebrew

•  Argentina (minority)
•  Australia (minority)
•  Belgium (minority)
•  Brazil (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  France (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Israel (official)
•  Russia (minority)
•  UK (minority)
•  Ukraine (minority)
•  US (minority)
• Gibraltar (minority)

• Liturgical language of Judaism

[edit] Indo-European languages

[edit] Albanian

•  Albania (official)
•  Greece (minority)
•  Italy (minority)
•  Kosovo (co-official with Serbian and English)
•  Macedonia (co-official with Macedonian)
•  Serbia (recognised regional language)
•  Turkey (significant minority)

[edit] Armenian

•  Armenia (official)
•  Azerbaijan (minority)
•  France (minority)
•  Georgia (significant minority)
•  Nagorno-Karabakh (official)
•  Russia (minority)
•  US (minority)

[edit] Baltic

[edit] Latgalian

•  Latvia (unofficial, spoken in Latgale)
•  Russia (significant minority in Siberia)

[edit] Latvian

•  Latvia (official)

[edit] Lithuanian

•  Latvia (minority)
•  Lithuania (official)
•  Poland (minority, majority in the city of Puńsk)

[edit] Celtic

[edit] Breton

•  France (minority language in Brittany, but unofficial)

[edit] Cornish

•  England (minority language in Cornwall, but unofficial)

[edit] Irish

•  Ireland (co-official with English)
•  United Kingdom (minority and official in Northern Ireland)

[edit] Manx

•  United Kingdom (minority on Isle of Man)

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

•  Canada (minority in Nova Scotia)
•  United Kingdom (significant minority in Scotland)

[edit] Welsh

•  Argentina (significant minority in Chubut)
•  United Kingdom (minority in Wales)

[edit] Germanic

[edit] Afrikaans

•  South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)
•  Namibia (not official)

[edit] Danish

•  Greenland (co-official alongside with Greenlandic)
•  Denmark (official)
•  Germany (in Schleswig-Holstein, not official)
•  Faroe Islands (co-official alongside with Faroese)

[edit] Dutch

• Europe
  •  Netherlands (official)
  •  Belgium (co-official with French and German)
  •  France (in French Flanders)
  •  Germany (in Low Rhine Country)

• South America
  •  Suriname (official)
  •  Netherlands Antilles (co-official with English and Papiamento)
  •  Aruba (co-official with Papiamento)
  •  French Guiana (unofficial, spoken in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni)

[edit] English

See also: List of countries where English is an official language and List of countries by English-speaking population

[edit] Countries

• Africa
  •  Botswana (co-official with Tswana)
  •  Cameroon (co-official with French)
  •  Gambia (official)
  •  Ghana (official)
  •  Kenya (co-official with Swahili)
  •  Lesotho (co-official with Sesotho)
  •  Liberia (official)
  •  Madagascar (co-official with French and Malagasy)
  •  Malawi (official)
  •  Mauritius (official)
  •  Namibia (official)
  •  Nigeria (official)
  •  Rwanda (co-official with Kinyarwanda and French)
  •  Seychelles (co-official with French and Seychellois Creole)
  •  Sierra Leone (official)
  •  South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)
  •  Swaziland (co-official with Swati)
  •  Uganda (co-official with Swahili)
  •  Zambia (official)
  •  Zimbabwe (official)

• Americas
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (official)
  •  Bahamas (official)
  •  Barbados (official)
  •  Belize (official)
  •  Canada (official, see Canadian English)
  •  Dominica (official)
  •  Grenada (official)
  •  Guyana (official)
  •  Jamaica (official, see Jamaican English)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (official)
  •  Saint Lucia (official)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (official)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (official)
  •  United States (de-facto, see American English)

• Asia
  •  India (co-official with many other languages)
  •  Pakistan (co-official with Urdu)
  •  Philippines (co-official with Filipino, and with regional languages as auxiliary official languages^[1]
•  Singapore (co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay)
  •  Sri Lanka (unofficial)
  •  Malaysia (co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay)
• Europe
  •  Ireland (co-official with Irish, see Hiberno-English)
  •  Malta (co-official with Maltese)
  •  United Kingdom (de-facto, see British English)

• Oceania
  •  Australia (de-facto, see Australian English)
  •  Fiji (co-official with Fijian and Hindustani)
  •  Kiribati (co-official with Kiribati)
  •  Marshall Islands (co-official with Marshallese)
  •  Micronesia
  •  Nauru (de-facto)
  •  New Zealand (de-facto, see New Zealand English)
  •  Palau (co-official with Palauan)
  •  Papua New Guinea (co-official with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu)
  •  Solomon Islands (official)
  •  Vanuatu (co-official with Bislama and French)

[edit] Dependent entities

•  American Samoa (co-official with Samoan)
•  British Indian Ocean Territory (de-facto)
•  Anguilla (official)
•  Bermuda (official)
•  British Virgin Islands (official)
•  Cayman Islands (official)
•  Christmas Island (official)
•  Cook Islands (co-official with Cook Islands Maori)
•  Falkland Islands (official)
•  Gibraltar (official)
•  Guam (co-official with Chamorro)
•  Guernsey (official)
•  Hong Kong (co-official with Chinese)
•  Isle of Man (official)
•  Jersey (official)
•  Montserrat (official)
•  Norfolk Island (co-official with Norfuk)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (co-official with Chamorro and Carolinian)
•  Pitcairn Islands (co-official with Pitkern)
•  Puerto Rico (co-official with Spanish)
•  Saint Helena (official)
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (official)
•  Tristan da Cunha (official)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (official)
•  United States Virgin Islands (official)

[edit] Faroese

•  Faroe Islands (co-official with Danish)
•  Denmark (not official)

[edit] Frisian

•  Denmark (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Netherlands (minority language in Friesland)

[edit] German

• Europe
  •  Austria (official)
  •  Belgium (official with French and Dutch)
  •  Czech Republic (minority)
  •  Denmark (minority)
  •  Germany (official)
  •  France (minority in Alsace and Lorrain)
  •  Hungary (co-official with Hungarian in the city of Sopron)
  •  Italy (co-official with Italian in Bolzano-Bozen)
  •  Liechtenstein (official)
  •  Luxembourg (co-official with French and Luxemburgish)
  •  Poland (co-official as auxiliary language in the Opole Voivodeship)
  •  Romania (minority)
  •  Russia (minority)
  •  Switzerland (official with other languages)
  •  Vatican City (official with other languages, language of the Swiss Guard)

• Other countries
  •  Argentina (minority)
  •  Brazil (minority)
  •  Kazakhstan (minority)
  •  Namibia (co-official as auxiliary language)
  •  United States (minority)

[edit] Icelandic

•  Iceland (official)
•  Denmark (minority)
•  Canada (minority)

[edit] Low Saxon

•  Germany (recognized as regional language)
•  Netherlands (recognized as regional language)
•  Belize (minority)
•  Brazil (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  Denmark (minority)
•  Kazakhstan (minority)
•  Mexico (minority)
•  Paraguay (minority)
•  Russia (minority)
•  United States (minority)

[edit] Norwegian

•  Norway (official, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

[edit] Swedish

•  Sweden (official)
•  Finland (co-official with Finnish, except in Åland, where Swedish is the sole official language)

[edit] Greek

•  Albania (minority)
•  Australia (minority)
•  Cyprus (co-official with Turkish)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Greece (official)
•  Italy (minority)
•  Russia (significant minority)
•  Turkey (minority
•  Ukraine (significant minority)
•  US (minority)

[edit] Indo-Iranian

[edit] Angika

•  Cambodia (minority language)
•  India (majority in Anga, significant minority in the rest of the country)
•  Laos (minority language)
•  Malaysia(minority language)
•  Nepal(minority language)
•  Vietnam(minority language)

[edit] Assamese

•  Bangladesh (minority)
•  Bhutan (minority)
•  India (official language along with 21 others)

[edit] Awadhi

•  Bhutan (minority)
•  India (majority in Uttar Pradesh, minority in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi)

[edit] Balochi

•  Afghanistan (significant minority in Balochistan)
•  Iran (significant minority in Balochistan)
•  Pakistan (significant minority in Balochistan)

[edit] Bengali

•  Bangladesh (official)
•  India (official, along with 21 others, mostly in West Bengal)
•  United Kingdom (significant minority)
•  United States (significant minority)

[edit] Bhojpuri

•  Fiji (minority)
•  Guyana (minority)
•  India (in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh)
•  Mauritius (minority)
•  Nepal (minority)
•  United Kingdom (minority)

[edit] Chhattisgarhi

•  India (majority in Chhattisgarh, minority in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and Bihar)

[edit] Chittagonian

•  Bangladesh (significant minority)
•  Burma (minority)

[edit] Dhivehi

•  India (in Lakshadweep)
•  Maldives (official)

[edit] Dogri

•  India (in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh))
•  Pakistan (in Punjab)

[edit] Domari

•  Egypt (minority)
•  India (minority)
•  Iran (significant minority)
•  Iraq (minority)
•  Libya (minority)
•  Syria (minority)
•  Turkey (minority)

[edit] Persian

•  Afghanistan (co-official as Dari, with Pashto)
•  Bahrain (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Iran (official)
•  Iraq (significant minority)
•  Pakistan (minority)
•  Qatar (minority)
•  Russia (minority)
•  Tajikistan (official, as Tajik)
•  Turkey (significant minority)
•  United Arab Emirates (minority)
•  United States (minority)
•  Uzbekistan (minority)

[edit] Gujarati

•  Australia (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  India (official in Gujarat)
•  Pakistan (significant minority)
•  South Africa (significant minority)
•  Tanzania (minority)
•  Uganda (minority)
•  United Kingdom (significant minority)
•  United States (significant minority)
•  Zimbabwe (minority)

[edit] Halbi

•  India (in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh)

[edit] Hindi

•  India
•  Australia (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  Fiji (co-official as Hindustani, with Fijian and English)
•  India (co-official with 21 others)
•  Mauritius (significant minority}}
•  Nepal minority
•  South Africa (minority)
•  United Kingdom (minority)
•  United States (minority)

[edit] Kashmiri

•  India (official, spoken in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh)
•  Pakistan (in Azad Kashmir)

[edit] Khowar

•  Pakistan (majority in Chitral, minority in Gilgit)

[edit] Konkani

•  India (official in Konkan)

[edit] Kumaoni

•  India (majority in Uttarakhand)

[edit] Kurdish

•  Afghanistan (minority)
•  Armenia (minority)
•  Azerbaijan (minority)
•  France (minority)
•  Georgia (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Iran (significant minority)
•  Iraq (significant minority)
•  Lebanon (significant minority)
•  Sweden (minority)
•  Syria (significant minority)
•  Turkey (significant minority)
•  United Kingdom (minority)

[edit] Magadhi

•  India (official in Bihar)

[edit] Maithili

•  India (official in Bihar)
•  Nepal (significant minority in Terai)

[edit] Marathi

•  India (official, spoken in Maharashtra and Goa)
•  Israel (minority)
•  Mauritius (minority)

[edit] Marwari

•  India (primarily in Rajasthan and Gujarat)

[edit] Mazandarani

•  Iran (unofficial, in Mazandaran)

[edit] Nepali

•  Bhutan (unofficial)
•  India (official in Nikkim)
•  Nepal (official)

[edit] Oriya

•  Bangladesh (minority)
•  India (official in Orissa)

[edit] Pashto

•  Afghanistan (co-official as Pashto), with Dari)
•  Iran (minority)
•  Pakistan (significant minority)
•  United Arab Emirates (minority)

[edit] Punjabi

•  India (official with others)
•  Pakistan (significant minority)
•  United Kingdom (significant minority)

[edit] Rajasthani

•  India (official along with others)
•  Pakistan (minority)

[edit] Romany

Main article: Romani people by country

• Asia
  •  Bangladesh (minority)
  •  India (minority)
  •  Pakistan (minority)

• Europe
  •  Albania (minority)
  •  Austria (minority)
  •  Belarus (minority)
  •  Belgium (minority)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (minority)
  •  Croatia (minority)
  •  Czech Republic (minority)
  •  Finland (officially-recognised minority language)
  •  France (minority)
  •  Germany (minority)
  •  Greece (minority)
  •  Hungary (minority)
  •  Italy (minority)
  •  Macedonia (official in Shuto Orizari)
  •  Moldova (minority)
  •  Montenegro (minority)
  •  Netherlands (minority)
  •  Poland (minority)
  •  Portugal (minority)
  •  Romania (co-official in 79 rural communes)
  •  Russia (minority)
  •  Serbia (minority)
  •  Slovakia (minority)
  •  Spain (minority)
  •  Sweden (officially-recognised minority language)
  •  Turkey (minority)
  •  Ukraine (minority)

[edit] Sindhi

•  Hong Kong (minority)
•  India (official with others)
•  Oman (minority)
•  Pakistan (majority)
•  Philippines (minority)^{[citation needed]}
•  Singapore (minority)
•  United Arab Emirates (minority)
•  United Kingdom (minority)
•  United States (minority)

[edit] Sinhalese

•  Sri Lanka (co-official with Tamil)

[edit] Tajik

•  Afghanistan (significant minority)
•  Iran (minority)
•  Kazakhstan (minority)
•  Kyrgyzstan (minority)
•  Pakistan (minority)
•  Tajikistan (official)
•  Uzbekistan (significant minority)
•  China (minority)
•  Turkmenistan (minority)

[edit] Urdu

•  Bangladesh (significant minority)
•  Fiji (co-official as Hindustani with English and Fijian)
•  India (co-official with 21 others)
•  Nepal (minority)
•  Mauritius (minority)
•  Oman (minority)
•  Pakistan (co-official with English)
•  Qatar (minority)
•  Saudi Arabia (minority)
•  South Africa (minority)
•  United Arab Emirates (minority)
•  United Kingdom (minority)
•  United States (minority)

[edit] Romance languages

[edit] Catalan

•  Andorra (official)
•  France (in Northern Catalonia)
•  Italy (a significant minority in Alghero)
•  Spain (co-official with Spanish in  Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and  Valencia. In El Carxe (Murcia) and La Franja (Aragón) it is not official).

[edit] French

See also: List of countries where French is an official language

• Europe
  •  Andorra (spoken, not official)
  •  Belgium (co-official with Dutch and German)
  •  France (official)
  •  Italy (co-official in the Aosta Valley)
  •  Luxembourg (co-official with German and Luxembourgish)
  •  Monaco (official)
  •  Switzerland (co-official with German, Italian, and Romansh)

• Africa
  •  Algeria (unofficial, but widely used)
  •  Benin (official)
  •  Burkina Faso (official)
  •  Burundi (co-official with Kirundi)
  •  Cameroon (co-official with English)
  •  Central African Republic (co-official with Sango)
  •  Chad (co-official with Arabic)
  •  Comoros (co-official with Arabic and Comorian)
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo (official)
  •  Republic of the Congo (official)
  •  Côte d'Ivoire (official)
  •  Djibouti (co-official with Arabic)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and Portuguese)
  •  Gabon (official)
  •  Guinea (official)
  •  Madagascar (co-official with Malagasy and English)
  •  Mali (official)
  •  Mauritania (de facto)
  •  Morocco (de facto)
  •  Niger (official)
  •  Rwanda (co-official with English and Kinyarwanda)
  •  Senegal (official; Wolof most widely spoken)
  •  Seychelles (co-official with English and Seychellois Creole)
  •  Togo (official)
  •  Tunisia (unofficial, but widely used)

• Americas
  •  Canada (co-official with English, but generally only spoken in Quebec)
  •  French Guiana (official)
  •  Guadeloupe (official)
  •  Haiti (co-official with Haitian Creole)
  •  Martinique (official)
  •  Saint Barthelemy (official)
  •  Saint Martin (official)
  •  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (official)
  •  United States (minority language, especially in Louisiana, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire)

• Asia
  •  Cambodia (minority)
  •  Laos (administrative language)
  •  Lebanon (co-official with Arabic)
  •  India (in Puducherry, co-official with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam)

• Oceania
  •  French Polynesia (official)
  •  New Caledonia (official)
  •  Vanuatu (co-official with English and Bislama)
  •  Wallis and Futuna (official)

[edit] Galician

•  Galicia (co-official with Spanish)

[edit] Italian

• Europe
  •  Albania (minority)
  •  Belgium (minority)
  •  Croatia (official status in Istria)
  •  France (in Corsica)
  •  Germany (minority)
  •  Italy (official)
  •  Luxembourg (minority)
  •  Malta (minority)
  •  Monaco (unofficial, but widely spoken)
  •  San Marino (official)
  •  Slovenia (co-official in Koper, Izola and Piran)
  •  Switzerland (co-official with French, German, and Romansh)
  •  Vatican City (unofficial, but widely used)

• Africa
  •  Eritrea (minority)
  •  Libya (minority)
  •  Somalia (minority)

• Americas
  •  Argentina (minority)
  •  Brazil (minority)
  •  Canada (minority)
  •  Chile (minority)
  •  Uruguay (minority)
  •  US (minority)
  •  Venezuela (minority)

• Oceania
  •  Australia (minority)

[edit] Jèrriais

•  Jersey (unofficial)
•  Sark (unofficial)

[edit] Latin

•  Vatican City (official, but not spoken)

[edit] Portuguese

See also: List of countries where Portuguese is an official language

• Europe
  •  Portugal (official)
  •  Spain (significant minority in Galician Autonomous Region)
  •  France (significant minority)
  •  Luxembourg (significant minority)
  •  Switzerland (significant minority)
  •  Andorra (significant minority)
  •  Germany (minority)

• Africa
  •  Angola (official)
  •  Cape Verde (official)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and French)
  •  Guinea-Bissau (official)
  •  Mozambique (official)
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe (official)
  •  South Africa (minority)
  •  Namibia (minority)

• Americas
  •  Brazil (official)
  •  USA (significant minority)
  •  Paraguay (minority)
  •  Uruguay (minority; see Portuñol)

• Asia
  •  East Timor (co-official with Tetum)
  •  Macau (co-official with Chinese)
  •  India (minority in Goa State)

[edit] Romanian

•  Bulgaria (minority)
•  Italy (minority)
•  Moldova (official)
•  Romania (official)
•  Spain (minority)
•  Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

[edit] Romansh

•  Switzerland (co-official with French, Italian, and German)

[edit] Sardinian

•  Sardinia (unofficial)

[edit] Sicilian

•  Italy (not official but widely spoken in Sicily, Campania, Apulia, and Calabria)
•  US (minority)

[edit] Spanish

See also: List of countries where Spanish is an official language

• Europe
  •  Spain (official)
  •  Andorra (majority)

• Americas
  •  Argentina (official)
  •  Bolivia (co-official with Quechua and Aymara)
  •  Belize (majority, but unofficial)
  •  Chile (official)
  •  Colombia (official)
  •  Costa Rica (official)
  •  Cuba (official)
  •  Dominican Republic (official)
  •  Ecuador (official)
  •  El Salvador (official)
  •  Guatemala (official)
  •  Honduras (official)
  •  Mexico (official)
  •  Nicaragua (official)
  •  Panama (official)
  •  Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní)
  •  Peru (official)
  •  United States (co-official with English in New Mexico, significant minorities in Arizona and California)
  •  Uruguay (official)
  •  Venezuela (official)

• Other countries
  •  Equatorial Guinea (co-official with French and Portuguese)
  •  Philippines (former official language, spoken by a minority)

[edit] Slavic

[edit] Belarusian

•  Belarus (co-official with Russian)
•  Lithuania (minority)
•  Poland (minority)

[edit] Bosnian

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-official with Croatian and Serbian)
•  Croatia (significant minority minority)
•  Macedonia (minority)
•  Montenegro (minority) (minority, official in Sandžak)
•  Serbia (significant minority, official in Sandžak)

[edit] Bulgarian

•  Bulgaria (official)
•  Greece (minority)
•  Moldova (minority)
•  Romania (minority)
•  Serbia (minority)
•  Ukraine (minority)

[edit] Croatian

•  Austria (co-official with German and Hungarian in Burgenland)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-official with Bosnian and Serbian)
•  Croatia (official)
•  Italy (co-official in Molise)
•  Montenegro (co-official)
•  Romania (co-official in Caraşova)
•  Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

[edit] Czech

•  Austria (minority)
•  Croatia (minority)
•  Czech Republic (official)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Slovakia (minority)

[edit] Kashubian

•  Poland (official in Pomerania)

[edit] Macedonian

•  Albania (minority)
•  Greece (minority)
•  Macedonia (co-official with Albanian)

[edit] Polish

•  Belarus (significant minority)
•  Lithuania (significant minority)
•  Poland (official)
•  Ukraine (significant minority)

[edit] Russian

See also: List of countries where Russian is an official language

•  Armenia (significant minority)
•  Azerbaijan (significant minority)
•  Belarus (co-official with Belarusian)
•  Estonia (significant minority)
•  Georgia (official with Georgian and Abkhaz in  Abkhazia and with Ossetian in  South Ossetia, significant minority otherwise)
•  Israel (minority)
•  Kazakhstan (co-official with Kazakh)
•  Kyrgyzstan (co-official with Kyrgyz)
•  Latvia (significant minority)
•  Lithuania (minority)
•  Moldova (co-official with Ukrainian and Romanian in  Transnistria)
•  Mongolia (significant minority)
•  Russia (official)
•  Tajikistan (significant minority)
•  Turkmenistan (significant minority)
•  Ukraine (recognised regional language in Crimea)
•  Uzbekistan (significant minority)

[edit] Rusyn

•  Hungary (minority)
•  Poland (minority)
•  Romania (minority)
•  Ukraine (official in Zakarpattia)
•  Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

[edit] Serbian

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (official with Croatian and Bosnian)
•  Croatia (significant minority)
•  Kosovo (official)
•  Macedonia (minority)
•  Montenegro (official)
•  Serbia (official)

[edit] Slovak

•  Czech Republic (minority)
•  Serbia (minority)
•  Slovakia (official)
•  Vojvodina (official with 5 other languages)

[edit] Slovene

•  Austria (minority)
•  Croatia (minority)
•  Hungary (minority)
•  Italy (co-official in Friuli-Venezia Giulia with Friulian, Italian and German)
•  Slovenia (official)

[edit] Sorbian, Lower

•  Germany (regional language in Brandenburg)

[edit] Sorbian, Upper

•  Germany (regional language in Brandenburg and Saxony)

[edit] Ukrainian

•  Kazakhstan (minority)
•  Romania (significant minority)
•  Russia (significant minority)
•  Transnistria (co-official with Romanian and Russian)
•  Ukraine (official)
•  United States (minority)

[edit] Language isolate

[edit] Basque

See also: Basque Country (historical territory)

•  France (majority in Northern Basque Country)
•  Spain (co-official with Spanish in  Basque Country and in  Navarre)

[edit] Notes and References

1. ^ 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, Official website of the Republic of the Philippines, <http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/constitution.asp>. Retrieved on 20 February 2008  (Article XIV, Section 7)

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