List of official languages by country and territory

This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language.

Definitions

Official language

A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business.

Regional language

A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state. (On this page a regional language has parentheses next to it that contain a region, province, etc. where the language has regional status.)

National language

A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this status.

List

Number of countries with the same official language

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.

Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk (*)

Notes

See also

• List of official languages
• Linguistic demography
• Lists of countries and territories by official language
• Lists of endangered languages
• Lists of languages
• List of countries by the number of recognized official languages
• List of languages by number of native speakers
• List of languages by total number of speakers
• Number of languages by country
• World language
• Languages used on the Internet

References

External links

• Languages - CIA listing of languages spoken in each country

1. List of countries by the number of recognized official languages
2. List of countries and territories where French is an official language
3. List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language
4. Lists of countries and territories by official language
5. List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
6. List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
7. List of countries and territories where English is an official language
8. List of countries and territories where German is an official language
9. Number of languages by country
10. List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language
11. List of countries and territories where Italian is an official language
12. List of official languages of international organizations
13. List of official languages
14. List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
15. List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language
16. Official language
17. List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
18. List of countries and territories where Hindustani is an official language
19. List of countries and dependencies by area
20. Lists of languages