Countries and Languages

In this article, we will learn about Official languages of the world, World languages list, Countries and their languages and more.

Official Languages of the World

Languages with special recognition by a particular political region or area are known as official languages. All interactions with the government, including judicial proceedings, administrative proceedings, and written laws and the regulations, often take place in one of the official languages. The choice of an official language determines how the government will interact with the public, not how individuals may communicate. Approximately 101 nations have designated two or more official languages, and an additional 77 nations have chosen just one.

The most common languages which are used in the world are English, French and Arabic.

English

The most widely used official language in the world is English, which is the Official Language of 59 independent nations. 24 of these nations are in Africa, 16 are in the Americas, 12 are in Oceania, 4 are in Asia, and 3 are in Europe. It should be remembered that English is not the legal language in the nations where the bulk of English speakers live (the US, UK, Australia, & New Zealand). Because most of these nations were once a part of the British Empire, English has generally become the official language of the majority of them. But there are two countries that defy this generalisation which are Eritrea and Rwanda.

French

French is the second-most widely used official language in the world. 29 nations have made French one of their official languages. French is the sole official language in 13 of these nations; in the remaining 16, it shares this distinction with one or more other languages. According to its formal status, there are 21 countries in Africa, 5 countries in Europe, 2 countries in the Americas, and 1 country in Oceania. The combined population of these nations is 434,578,054. French is an official language in nations that were formerly French colonies, just like English. The official language of 12 dependent entities is specified as French.

Arabic

The third most widely used official language worldwide is Arabic. 27 nations have made it one of their official languages. Fourteen of these are in Africa, while thirteen are in Asia. Twenty-two of these nations are Arab League members. One of the top five most spoken languages worldwide is Arabic, which has 422 million native speakers. From around the ninth century until the fifteenth century AD, Arabic served as the official language of Spain and Portugal, and from the ninth century until the twelfth century AD, Sicily and Malta.

World Languages List

1	Afghanistan	Dari, Pashto
2	Albania	Albanian
3	Algeria	Arabic, Berber
4	Andorra	Catalan
5	Angola	Kongo, Portuguese
6	Antigua and Barbuda	English
7	Argentina	Spanish
8	Armenia	Armenian
9	Australia	English
10	Austria	German
11	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani
12	The Bahamas	English
13	Bahrain	Arabic, Berber
14	Bangladesh	Bengali
15	Barbados	English
16	Belarus	Belarusian
17	Belgium	Dutch, French, German
18	Belize	English
19	Benin	French
20	Bhutan	Dzongkha
21	Bolivia	Aymara, Guaraní, Quechua, Spanish
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian
23	Botswana	English, Tswana
24	Brazil	Portuguese
25	Brunei	Malay
26	Bulgaria	Bulgarian
27	Burkina Faso	French
28	Burundi	French, Kirundi
29	Cambodia	Khmer
30	Cameroon	English, French
31	Canada	English, French
32	Cape Verde	Portuguese
33	Central African Republic	French, sango
34	Chad	Arabic, French
35	Chile	Spanish
36	China	Mandarin Chinese
37	Colombia	Spanish
38	Comoros	Arabic, French, Shikomor
39	Republic of the Congo	French, Lingala
40	Democratic Republic of the Congo	French, Lingala, Swahili
41	Costa Rica	Spanish
42	Côte d’Ivoire	French
43	Croatia	Croatian
44	Cuba	Spanish
45	Cyprus	Greek, Turkish
46	Czechia	Czech
47	Denmark	Danish
48	Djibuti	Arabic, French
49	Dominica Republic	Spanish
50	East Timor	Portuguese, Tetum
51	Ecuador	Spanish
52	Egypt	Arabic
53	El Salvador	Spanish
54	Equatorial Guinea	Spanish
55	Eritrea	Arabic, Tigrinya
56	Estonia	Estonian
57	Eswatini	English, Swazi
58	Ethiopia	Amharic
59	Fiji	English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
60	Finland	Finnish, Swedish
61	France	French
62	Gabon	French
63	The Gambia	English
64	Georgia	Georgian
65	Germany	German
66	Ghana	Akan, English, Ewe, Twi
67	Greece	Greek
68	Grenada	English
69	Guatemala	Spanish
70	Guinea	French, Manika, Pular
71	Guyana	English
72	Haiti	French, Haitian Creole
73	Honduras	Spanish
74	Hong Kong	English, Cantonese
75	Hungary	Hungarian
76	Iceland	Icelandic
77	India	English, Hindi
78	Indonesia	Bahasa Indonesia
79	Iran	Persian
80	Iraq	Arabic, Kurdish
81	Ireland	English, Irish
82	Israel	Arabic, Hebrew
83	Italy	Italian
84	Jamaica	English
85	Japan	Japanese
86	Jordan	Arabic
87	Kazakhstan	Kazakh, Russian
88	Kenya	English, Swahili
89	North Korea	Korean
90	South Korea	Korean
91	Kosovo	Albanian, Serbian
92	Kuwait	Arabic
93	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz, Russian
94	Laos	Lao
95	Latvia	Latvia
96	Lebanon	Arabic, French
97	Lesotho	English, Sesotho
98	Libya	Berber, Arabic
99	Liechtenstein	German
100	Lithuania	Lithuanian
101	Luxembourg	French, German, Luxembourgish
102	Madagascar	French, Malagasy
103	Malawi	Chichewa, English
104	Malaysia	Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil
105	Maldives	Dhivehi
106	Mali	Bambara, French
107	Malta	English, Maltese
108	Marshall Islands	English, Marshallese
109	Mauritania	Arabic, Berer
110	Mauritius	English, French, Mauritian Creole
111	Mexico	Nahuatl, Spanish
112	Federated States of Micronesia	English
113	Moldova	Romanian
114	Monaco	French, Monégasque
115	Mongolia	Mongolia
116	Montenegro	Montenegrin
117	Morocco	Arabic, Berber
118	Mozambique	Portuguese
119	Myanmar	Burmese
120	Namibia	Afrikaans, English, Damara, German, Herero
121	Nepal	Davanagari, Nepalese
122	The Netherlands	Dutch, West Frisian
123	New Zealand	English, Māori
124	Nicaragua	Spanish
125	Niger	French
126	Nigeria	English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
127	North Macedonia	Macedonian
128	Norway	Norwegian
129	Oman	Arabic
130	Pakistan	English, Urdu
131	Palau	English, Palauan
132	Palestine	Arabic
133	Panama	Spanish
134	Papua New Guinea	English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
135	Paraguay	Guaraní, Spanish
136	Peru	Aymara, Spanish
137	Philippines	English, Filipino
138	Poland	Polish
139	Portugal	Portuguese
140	Qatar	Arabic
141	Romania	Romanian
142	Russia	Russian
143	Rwanda	English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	English
145	Saint Lucia	English
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	English
147	Samoa	English, Samoan
148	San Marino	Italian
149	São Tomé and Príncipe	Portuguese
150	Saudi Arabia	Arabic
151	Senegal	French
152	Serbia	Serbian
153	Seychelles	English, French, Seychellois Creole
154	Sierra Leone	English
155	Singapore	English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil
156	Slovakia	Slovak
157	Slovenia	Slovene
158	Solomon Islands	English, Neo-Solomonic
159	Somalia	Arabic, Somali
160	South Africa	Afrikaans, English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Pedi, Sotho, Tswana, Venda, Tsonga, Swazi, Ndebele
161	South Sudan	English, Dinka, Swahili
162	Spain	Spanish, Catalan, Basque
163	Sri Lanka	Sinhala, Tamil
164	Sudan	Arabic
165	Sweden	Swedish
166	Switzerland	French, German, Italian, Romansh
167	Syria	Arabic
168	Tajikistan	Tajiki-Persian
169	Tanzania	English, Swahili
170	Thailand	Thai
171	Togo	Ewe, French, Kabiye
172	Tonga	English, Tongan
173	Trinidad and Tobago	English
174	Tunisia	Arabic,Berber
175	Turkmenistan	Turkmen
176	Tuvalu	English, Tuvaluan
177	Uganda	English, Swahili
178	Ukraine	Ukrainian
179	United Arab Emirates	Arabic
180	United Kingdom	English, Welsh, Scots, Irish
181	United States	English, Spanish
182	Uruguay	Spanish
183	Uzbekistan	Uzbek
184	Vanuatu	French
185	Vatican City	Italian, latin
186	Venezuela	Spanish
187	Vietnam	Vietnamese
188	Yemen	Arabic
189	Zambia	Bemba, Chewa, English
190	Zimbabwe	English, Shona

Conclusion

The United Nations currently has more than 190 members, including Vatican City, which is also acknowledged as a sovereign state. In addition, there are more nations whose status is either non-existent or only partially recognised. Depending on the national language, each of these nations has both an English name and its native name.

Today, official languages are quite widespread around the world. An official language is typically just the language of the government, though the precise function they serve varies from nation to nation.

In this article, we discussed the official language of all countries.