Help: Nations and their Languages

This information is from the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the Information Please Almanac, and the CIA's World Factbook.

An asterisk * indicates the language has been designated as official. In some cases, no official language has been designated. Where there are many official languages, only the best known are listed.

Country Language
Afghanistan Pashto *
Dari *
Albania Albanian *
Greek *
Algeria Arabic *
French
Andorra Catalan *
French
Castilian
Angola Portuguese *
Bantu
Antigua & Barbuda English *
Argentina Spanish *
English
Italian
Armenia Armenian *
Australia English *
Austria German *
Azerbaijan Azeri *
Russian
Armenian
Bahamas English *
Creole
Bahrain Arabic *
English
Farsi
Urdu
Bangladesh Bangla *
English
Barbados English *
Belarus Belarussian *
Russian
Belgium Flemish *
French *
German *
Belize English *
Spanish
Benin French *
Bhutan Dzongkha *
Tibetan
Bolivia Spanish *
Bosnia Serbo-Croatian *
Botswana English *
Brazil Portuguese *
Spanish
English
French
Brunei Malay *
English
Chinese
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Turkish
Burkina Faso French
Burma (Myanmar) Burmese *
Burundi Kirundi *
French *
Swahili
Cambodia Khmer *
French
Cameroon English *
French *
Canada English *
French *
Cape Verde Portuguese *
Central African Republic French *
Arabic
Swahili
Chad French *
Arabic *
Chile Spanish *
China Mandarin *
Cantonese
Colombia Spanish *
Comoros Arabic *
French *
Comoran *
Congo (Zaire) French *
Congo Republic French *
Costa Rica Spanish *
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) French *
Croatia Croatian *
Cuba Spanish *
Cyprus Greek *
Turkish *
English
Czech Republic Czech *
Slovak
Denmark Danish * N
Djibouti French *
Arabic *
Dominica English *
French
Dominican Republic Spanish *
Ecuador Spanish *
Egypt Arabic *
English
French
El Salvador Spanish *
Equitorial Guinea Spanish *
Eritrea Tigrigna
Estonia Estonian *
Latvian
Lithuanian
Russian
Ethiopia Amharic *
Tigrigna
Fiji English *
Finland Finnish *
Swedish *
France French *
Gabon French *
(The) Gambia English *
Georgia Georgian *
Russian
Germany German *
Ghana English *
Greece Greek *
English
French
Grenada English *
French
Guatemala Spanish *
Guinea French *
Guinea- Bissau Portuguese *
Guyana English *
Haiti Creole *
French *
Honduras Spanish *
Hungary Hungarian *
Iceland Icelandic *
India Hindi *
English
Indonesia Indonesian *
Iran Farsi *
Turkish
Kurdish
Iraq Arabic *
Kurdish
Ireland English *
Gaelic *
Israel Hebrew *
Arabic *
English
Italy Italian *
German
French
Slovene
Japan Japanese
Jordan Arabic *
Kazakhstan Kazakh *
Russian
Kenya Swahili *
English *
Kiribati English *
Korea (North & South) Korean *
Kuwait Arabic *
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgya *
Russian *
Laos Lao *
French
English
Latvia Latvian *
Lithuanian
Russian
Lebanon Arabic *
French *
Lesotho English *
Sesotho
Liberia English *
Libya Arabic *
Italian
English
Liechtenstein German *
Lithuania Lithuanian *
Polish
Russian
Luxembourg French
German
Macedonia Macedonian *
Albanian
Turkish
Serbo-Croatian
Madagascar Malagasy *
French *
Malawi English *
Chichewa *
Malaysia Malay *
English
Chinese
Maldives Divehi (Sinhalese dialect) *
Mali French *
Malta Maltese *
English *
Marshall Islands English *
Mauritania Arabic *
Wolof *
Mauritius English *
French
Creole
Hindi
Mexico Spanish *
Micronesia English *
Moldova Moldovan *
Russian
Monaco French *
English
Italian
Mozambique Portuguese
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese *
Namibia Afrikaans *
English *
German *
Nauru Nauruan *
English
Nepal Nepali *
Netherlands Dutch *
New Zealand English *
Maori
Nicaragua Spanish *
Niger French *
Hausa
Nigeria English *
Hausa
Norway Norwegian *
Oman Arabic *
Pakistan Urdu *
English *
Pashto
Palau English *
Palauan *
Panama Spanish *
English
Papua New Guinea English *
Paraguay Spanish *
Peru Spanish *
Quechua
Philippines Pilipino *
English *
Poland Polish *
Portugal Portuguese *
Qatar Arabic *
English
Romania Romanian *
Hungarian
German
Russia Russian *
Rwanda French *
Kinyarwanda *
St. Kitts & Nevis English *
St. Lucia English *
French
St. Vincent & Grenadines English *
French
Samoa Samoan *
English *
San Marino Italian
Sao Tome & Principe Portuguese *
Saudi Arabia Arabic *
Senegal French *
Seychelles English * French *
Sierra Leone English *
Singapore Chinese *
Malay *
Tamil *
English *
Slovakia Slovak *
Hungarian
Slovenia Slovenian *
Serbo-Croatian
Solomon Islands English *
Somalia Somali *
Arabic
Italian
English
South Africa Afrikaans *
English *
Spain Spanish *
Sri Lanka Sinhala *
Tamil *
English
Sudan Arabic *
Suriname Dutch *
English
Swaziland Siswati *
English *
Sweden Swedish *
Switzerland German *
French *
Italian *
Syria Arabic *
Kurdish
Armenian
Taiwan Chinese (Mandarin) *
Taiwanese
Tajikistan Tajik *
Russian
Tanzania Swahili *
English *
Thailand Thai *
English
Lao
Chinese
Malay
Togo French *
Tonga Tongan *
English *
Trinidad & Tobago English *
Hindi
French
Spanish
Tunisia Arabic *
French
Turkey Turkish *
Kurdish
Arabic
Turkmenistan Turkmen *
Russian
Uzbek
Tuvalu Tuvaluan
English
Uganda English *
Swahili
Ukraine Ukrainian
Russian
United Arab Emirates Arabic *
Farsi
English
Hindi
United Kingdom English
Welsh
Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic
United States English
Uruguay Spanish *
Uzbekistan Uzbek *
Russian
Vanuatu French *
English
Vatican City Italian
Latin
Venezuela Spanish *
Vietnam Vietnamese *
French
Chinese
Yemen Arabic *
Yugoslavia (Former) Serbo-Croatian *
Albanian
Zambia English *
Zimbabwe English *