Language List by Country and Place



Language List by Country and PlaceAdapted from Improving the use of translation and interpreting services: A guide to Victorian Government policy and procedures, Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs, 2003. This is not an exhaustive list.CountryLanguageAfghanistanPashtu, Farsi, Dari, Hazaragi, other Turkic and minor languagesAlbaniaAlbanian (Tosk is the official dialect), GreekAlgeria Arabic, French, Berber dialectsAndorraCatalán, French, Castilian, PortugueseAngolaPortuguese, Bantu and other African languagesAntigua and BarbudaEnglish, local dialectsArgentinaSpanish, English, Italian, German, FrenchArmeniaArmenian, RussianAustraliaEnglish, Indigenous languagesAustriaGerman, Slovene, Croatian, HungarianAzerbaijanAzerbaijani Turkic, Russian, Armenian, otherBahamasEnglish, CreoleBahrainArabic, English, Farsi, UrduBangladeshBangla, EnglishBarbadosEnglishBelarusBelorussian (White Russian), Russian, otherBelizeEnglish, Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), CreoleBeninFrench, Fon, Yoruba, tribal languagesBhutanDzongkha, Tibetan and Nepalese dialectsBoliviaSpanish, Quechua, AymaraBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian); written languages use Latin and Cyrillic scriptBotswanaEnglish, SetswanaBrazilPortuguese, Spanish, English, French Brunei DarussalamMalay, English, ChineseBulgariaBulgarian; secondary ethnic languagesBurkina FasoFrench, Indigenous African (Sudanic) languagesBurundiKirundi, French, SwahiliCambodiaKhmer, French, EnglishCameroonFrench, English; 24 major African language groupsCanadaEnglish, French; Indigenous languagesCape VerdePortuguese, CriuoloCentral African RepublicFrench, Sangho, Arabic, Hansa, SwahiliChadFrench, Arabic, Sara, more than 120 languages and dialectsChileSpanishChina (PRC)Cantonese, Mandarin, also local dialects (Daur, Kalmyk-Oirat, Lu, Peripheral Mongolian, Central Tibetan, Uyghur, Xibe, Zhuang)ColombiaSpanishComorosArabic and French, Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)Congo, Republic ofFrench, Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialectsCongo (DRC)French, Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, TshilubaCosta RicaSpanish, EnglishC?te d’IvoireFrench, African languages (Diaula esp.)CroatiaBosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German, and other languagesCubaSpanishCyprusGreek, Turkish, EnglishCzech RepublicCzechDenmark Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German, EnglishDjiboutiFrench, Arabic, Somali, Afar Dominica: English, French patoisDominican RepublicSpanishEast TimorTetum, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, English, other Indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and KemakEcuadorSpanish, Quechua, other Amerindian languagesEgyptArabic, English, FrenchEl SalvadorSpanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)Equatorial GuineaSpanish, French, pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, IboEritreaAfar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languagesEstoniaEstonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, otherEthiopiaAmharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, 70 othersFijiEnglish, Fijian, HindustaniFinlandFinnish, Swedish, small Sami (Lapp), RussianFranceFrench regional dialects (Proven?al, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)GabonFrench, Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi Gambia, The: English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, Serer-Sine, Sarahole, Pulaar, Maninkakan, Mandjaque, Mandingo, Jola-Fonyi, CreoleGeorgiaGeorgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, AbkhazGermanyGermanGhanaEnglish, Indigenous languages (Brong Ahafo, Twi, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani)GreeceGreek, English, FrenchGrenadaEnglish, French patoisGuatemalaSpanish, Amerindian languages (23 officially recognised Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)GuineaFrench, Indigenous languages (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)Guinea-BissauPortuguese, Criolo, African languagesGuyanaEnglish, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, UrduHaitiCreole, FrenchHondurasHonduras: Spanish, Amerindian dialects, EnglishHong Kong Special Administration Region (SAR)Cantonese, MandarinHungaryMagyar (Hungarian), otherIcelandIcelandic, English, Nordic languages, GermanIndiaHindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi, and 1600+ dialectsIndonesiaBahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch, Javanese, and 580+ languages/dialectsIranFarsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic IraqArabic, Kurdish, Assyrian Neo Aramaic IrelandEnglish, Irish GaelicIsraelHebrew, Arabic, English, RussianItalyItalian, German, French, SloveneIranFarsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic Iraq Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian Neo Aramaic IrelandEnglish, Irish GaelicIsraelHebrew, Arabic, English, RussianItalyItalian, German, French, SloveneIran Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic JamaicaEnglish, Jamaican CreoleJapanJapaneseJordanArabic, EnglishKazakhstanKazak (Qazaq), RussianKenyaEnglish, Swahili, 25 ethnic group languagesKiribatiEnglish, I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)Korea, NorthKorean, South: Korean Kuwait: Arabic, EnglishKyrgyzstanKyrgyz, RussianLaosLao, French, EnglishLatviaLatvian, RussianLebanon Arabic, French, English LesothoEnglish, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa LiberiaEnglish, tribal dialectsLibyaArabic, Italian, EnglishLiechtenstein German, Alemmanic dialect Lithuania: Lithuanian, Polish, Russian LuxembourgLuxermbourgish, French, GermanMacedonia, former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonian (uses the Cyrillic alphabet), Albanian, Turkish, otherMadagascarMalagasy, FrenchMalawiEnglish, ChichewaMalaysiaMalay, Chinese, Tamil, English Maldives Dhivehi, Arabic, Hindi, English MaliFrench, African languagesMaltaMaltese, EnglishMarshall IslandsMarshallese, EnglishMauritaniaArabic, Wolof, FrenchMauritiusEnglish, French, Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, BojpooriMexico: Spanish, Indian languagesSpanish, Indian languagesLiberia: English, tribal dialectsEnglish, tribal dialectsLibya: Arabic, Italian, EnglishArabic, Italian, EnglishLiechtenstein German, Alemmanic dialect Lithuania: Lithuanian, Polish, Russian MicronesiaEnglish, Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, KosreanMoldovaMoldovan (similar to Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (Turkish dialect)Monaco French, English, Italian, Monégasque MongoliaMongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese Morocco Arabic, French, Berber dialects, Spanish MozambiquePortuguese, Bantu languagesMyanmarThe Myanmar language (formerly Burmese), Karen, Chin, RohingyaNamibiaAfrikaans, German, English, several Indigenous languagesNauruNauruan, EnglishMongolia Mongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese MoroccoArabic, French, Berber dialects, Spanish Nepal: Nepali, Newar, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, and othersThe Netherlands Dutch, Frisian New ZealandEnglish, Maori Nicaragua: SpanishNigerFrench, Hausa; Songhai; ArabicNigeriaEnglish, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, 200+ othersNorwayBokm?l, Nynorsk (forms of Norwegian)OmanArabic, English, Indian languagesPakistanPunjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (Punjabi variant), Pashtu, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, English, Burushaski, and othersPalauPalauPalestinian territoriesArabic, Hebrew, English, FrenchSpanish, EnglishSpanish, EnglishPapua New Guinea: English, Tok Pisin (Melanesian Creole English), Hiri Motu, and 717 distinct Indigenous languagesNepalNepali, Newar, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, and othersThe Netherlands Dutch, Frisian New ZealandEnglish, Maori Nicaragua: SpanishNigerFrench, Hausa; Songhai; ArabicNigeriaEnglish, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, 200+ othersParaguaySpanish, GuaraníPeruSpanish, Quéchua, Aymara, and other Indigenous languagesThe PhilippinesFilipino (based on Tagalog), English, regional languages: Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, othersPolandPolishPortugalPortugueseQatarArabic, EnglishRomaniaRomanian, Hungarian, GermanRussiaRussian, othersRwandaKinyarwanda, French, EnglishParaguaySpanish, GuaraníPeruSpanish, Quéchua, Aymara, and other Indigenous languagesThe PhilippinesFilipino (based on Tagalog), English, regional languages: Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, othersPoland PolishSt. Kitts and NevisEnglishSt. LuciaEnglish, PatoisSt. Vincent/the Grenadines: English, French patoisSamoaSamoan, EnglishSan MarinoItalianS?o Tomé and Príncipe:PortugueseSaudi ArabiaArabic, English widely spokenSenegalFrench, Wolof, Serer, other ethnic dialectsSerbia and MontenegroSerbian, Albanian (once known as Serbo-Croatian); written language uses Latin and Cyrillic scriptSeychelles English, French, Seselwa (a creole) Sierra LeoneEnglish, Mende, Temne, KrioSingaporeMalay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, EnglishSlovakiaSlovak, HungarianSloveniaSlovenian; Serbo-CroatianSolomon IslandsEnglish, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), 60 Indigenous Melanesian languagesSomaliaSomali, Arabic, English, ItalianSouth AfricaXhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, TshivendaSouth SudanEnglish, Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, ZandeSpainCastilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil, EnglishSudanArabic, English, Dinka, tribal dialectsSurinameDutch, Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spokenSwazilandEnglish, SwaziSwedenSwedishSwitzerlandGerman, French, Italian, RomanschSyriaArabic, Kurdish, French and English widely understoodTaiwanChinese (Mandarin)TajikistanTajik, Russian, UzbekTanzaniaSwahili, English, local languagesThailandThai (Siamese), Chinese, EnglishTogoFrench, Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, Cotocoli (north), and many dialectsTonga Tongan (an Austronesian language), English Trinidad and TobagoEnglish, Hindi, French, Spanish TunisiaArabic, FrenchTurkey: Turkish, KurdishTurkish, KurdishTurkmenistanTurkmen, Russian, UzbekTuvaluTuvaluan, EnglishUgandaEnglish, Swahili, Luganda, Ateso, LuoUkraineUkrainianUnited Arab EmiratesArabic, English as a second languageUnited KingdomEnglish, Welsh, Scots GaelicUnited StatesEnglish, sizable Spanish-speaking minorityUruguaySpanishUzbekistanUzbek, Russian, Tajik, otherVanuatuBislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, FrenchVatican CityLatin, Italian, and various other languagesVenezuelaSpanish, various Indigenous languages in the remote interiorVietnamVietnamese, French, English, Khmer, ChineseWestern Sahara regionHassaniya Arabic, Moroccan ArabicYemenArabicZambiaEnglish, local dialects ................
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