List of countries by spoken languages


This list shows countries/disputed countries organised by the languages which are spoken there.

[Indo-European languages]

Albanian">Albanian language">Albanian

Armenian">Armenian language">Armenian

Baltic">Baltic languages">Baltic

Celtic">Celtic languages">Celtic

LanguageCountryStatus
BretonFranceminority language in Brittany, but unofficial
CornishUnited Kingdomminority language in Cornwall, but unofficial
IrishIrelandminority, co-official with English
IrishUnited Kingdomsignificant minority in England, as well as minority in the entire country and official in Northern Ireland
IrishUnited Statessignificant minority, mainly in Chicago, New York and Massachusetts.
IrishCanadasignificant minority, especially in Saint John and Miramichi, New Brunswick, as well as in Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador; also, a big community of Irish-speaking expats exists in both Quebec and Ontario.
IrishAustraliasignificant minority
IrishNew Zealandsignificant minority
ManxIsle of Manminority, very limited official use
Scottish GaelicCanadasignificant minority, official in Nova Scotia
Scottish GaelicUnited Kingdomofficial in Scotland
Scottish GaelicUnited Statessignificant minority
WelshArgentinasignificant minority in Chubut
WelshUnited Kingdomspoken by about 20% of the population in Wales and co-official with English there
WelshUnited Statesminority

Germanic">Germanic languages">Germanic

Dutch">Dutch language">Dutch

English">English language">English

RegionsCountryStatus
AfricaBotswanaco-official with Tswana
AfricaCameroonco-official with French
AfricaEgyptsignificant minority
Africaco-official with Swati
AfricaGambiaofficial
AfricaGhanaofficial
AfricaKenyaco-official with Swahili
AfricaLesothoco-official with Sesotho
AfricaLiberiaofficial
AfricaMalawiofficial
AfricaMauritiusnational language along with French, and other vernacular languages
AfricaNamibiaofficial
AfricaNigeriaofficial
AfricaRwandaco-official with Kinyarwanda and French
AfricaSeychellesco-official with French and Seychellois Creole
AfricaSierra Leoneofficial
AfricaSouth Africaco-official with 10 other languages: unofficially regarded as the 'main' language
AfricaSouth Sudanofficial
AfricaUgandaco-official with Swahili
AfricaZambiaofficial
AfricaZimbabweofficial
AsiaBahrainunofficial
AsiaIndiaco-official with 21 other languages
AsiaLebanonsignificant minority
AsiaPakistanco-official with Urdu
AsiaPhilippinesco-official with Filipino, and with regional languages as auxiliary official languages
AsiaSingaporeco-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay
AsiaBangladeshde facto co-official with Bengali
AsiaSri Lankade facto co-official with Tamil and Sinhala
AsiaMalaysiaco-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay
AsiaBruneico-official with Mandarin, and Malay
Europeco-official with Irish, see Hiberno-English
Europeco-official with Maltese
Europeco-official with Welsh, see British English
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaco-official with French, see Canadian English
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial, see Jamaican English
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americaofficial
North Americade facto, see American English
Oceaniade facto, see Australian English
OceaniaFijico-official with Fijian and Hindustani
OceaniaKiribatico-official with Kiribati
OceaniaMarshall Islandsco-official with Marshallese
Oceania-
Oceaniade facto
Oceaniaco-official with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language; see also New Zealand English
OceaniaPalauco-official with Palauan
OceaniaPapua New Guineaco-official with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu
OceaniaSolomon Islandsofficial
OceaniaVanuatuco-official with Bislama and French
South Americaofficial
South Americaofficial in San Andrés and Providence Island
Dependent entities--
Dependent entitiesAmerican Samoaco-official with Samoan
Dependent entitiesde facto
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesChristmas Islandofficial
Dependent entitiesCook Islandsco-official with Cook Islands Māori
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesGuamco-official with Chamorro
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesHong Kongco-official with Cantonese
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesNorfolk Islandco-official with Norfuk
Dependent entitiesNorthern Mariana Islandsco-official with Chamorro and Carolinian
Dependent entitiesco-official with Pitkern
Dependent entitiesPuerto Ricoco-official with Spanish
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesofficial
Dependent entitiesUnited States Virgin Islandsofficial

German">German language">German

Greek">Greek language">Greek

Iranian">Iranian languages">Iranian

Indo-Aryan">Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan

[Bengali language]

RegionsCountryStatus
AsiaBangladeshofficial
AsiaIndiaofficial, along with 21 others; primarily spoken in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, with significant minority in Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa
AsiaSaudi Arabiasignificant minority
AsiaUnited Arab Emiratessignificant minority
AsiaQatarminority
AsiaKuwaitminority
AsiaMalaysiaminority
AsiaSingaporeminority
AsiaPakistanminority. Mostly used in Karachi, where it holds the status as that of a recognized secondary language
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomsignificant minority
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
OceaniaAustraliaminority

Domari">Domari language">Domari

Romani">Romani language">Romani

RegionsCountryStatus
AsiaBangladeshminority
AsiaIndiaminority
AsiaPakistanminority
AsiaIranminority
AsiaAfghanistanminority
AsiaUzbekistanminority
AsiaKazakhstanminority
AsiaTurkmenistanminority
AsiaTajikistanminority
AsiaKyrgyzstanminority
AsiaArmeniaminority
EuropeAlbaniaminority
EuropeAustriaminority
EuropeBelarusminority
EuropeBelgiumminority
EuropeBosnia and Herzegovinaminority
EuropeBulgariasignificant minority
EuropeCroatiaminority
EuropeCyprusminority
EuropeCzech Republicminority
EuropeDenmarkminority
EuropeEstoniaminority
EuropeFinlandofficially recognised minority language
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeGermanyofficially recognised minority language
EuropeGreeceminority
EuropeHungarysignificant minority, officially recognised minority language
EuropeIrelandminority
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeKosovoofficially recognized minority language
EuropeLatviaminority
EuropeLithuaniaminority
EuropeMacedoniaofficial in Šuto Orizari Municipality
EuropeMoldovaminority
EuropeMontenegrominority
EuropeNetherlandsminority
EuropeNorwayofficially recognised minority language
EuropePolandminority
EuropePortugalminority
EuropeRomaniaco-official in 79 rural communes
EuropeRussiaofficially recognised minority language
EuropeSerbiaofficially recognised minority language
EuropeSlovakiaminority
EuropeSloveniaofficially recognised minority language
EuropeSpainminority
EuropeSwedenofficially recognised minority language
EuropeSwitzerlandminority
EuropeTurkeyminority
EuropeUkraineminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomminority
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
North AmericaCanadaminority

Hindi">Hindi language">Hindi

RegionsCountryStatus
AsiaIndiaone of the two union languages of India alongside English, official along with 21 others; official in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
AsiaBangladeshmore than half of the population can understand and speak
AsiaIndonesiaminority, 90,000
AsiaMalaysiaminority, 58,000
AsiaNepalsignificant minority
AsiaPakistanmore than half of the population can understand and speak
AsiaYemenminority
AsiaUnited Arab Emiratesminority
AsiaSaudi Arabiaminority
OceaniaFijiFiji Hindi is an official language
OceaniaAustraliaminority
OceaniaNew Zealandminority, 20,000 speakers
AfricaSouth Africasignificant minority, 436,000 speakers
AfricaMauritiusminority, 37,000 speakers
AfricaTanzaniaminority, 66,000 speakers
AfricaUgandaminority, 5,300 speakers
EuropeUnited Kingdomminority
North AmericaCanadaminority, 268,000 speakers
North AmericaUnited Statesminority, 650,000 speakers
CaribbeanSurinameminority
CaribbeanGuyanaminority
CaribbeanTrinidad and Tobagominority

Gujarati">Gujarati language">Gujarati

RegionsCountryStatus
AsiaIndiaofficial in Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
AsiaPakistansignificant minority
AfricaKenyaminority
AfricaMauritiusminority
AfricaTanzaniaminority
AfricaUgandaminority
AfricaZimbabweminority
AfricaSouth Africaminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomsignificant minority
OceaniaAustraliaminority

Other Indo-Aryan

Italic">Italic languages">Italic & Romance">Romance languages">Romance

French">French language">French

RegionsCountryStatus
Europespoken, not official
Europeco-official with Dutch and German
Europeofficial
Europeco-official in the Aosta Valley
Europeco-official with Luxembourgish and German
Europeofficial
Europeco-official with German, Italian, and Romansh
AfricaAlgeriaunofficial, but widely used
Africaofficial
Africaofficial
Africaco-official with Kirundi
Africaco-official with English
Africaco-official with Sango
Africaco-official with Arabic
Africaco-official with Arabic and Comorian
Africaofficial
AfricaCongoofficial
Africaofficial
Africaco-official with Arabic
AfricaEquatorial Guineaco-official with Spanish and Portuguese
Africaofficial
Africaofficial
Africaco-official with Malagasy
AfricaMaliofficial
AfricaMauritaniade facto
AfricaMauritiusde facto
AfricaMoroccode facto
AfricaNigerofficial
AfricaRéunionofficial
AfricaRwandaco-official with English and Kinyarwanda
Africaofficial; Wolof most widely spoken
AfricaSeychellesco-official with English and Seychellois Creole
AfricaTogoofficial
AfricaTunisiaunofficial, but widely used
AsiaCambodiaminority
AsiaVietnamminority
AsiaLaosadministrative language
AsiaLebanonunofficial, but spoken by the majority
AsiaIndiain Puducherry, co-official with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, spoken in Chandannagar with Bengali
AsiaJordanminority
AsiaSyriaminority
North Americaco-official with English; majority in Quebec, minority in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island
North AmericaGuadeloupeofficial
North Americaco-official with Haitian Creole
North Americaminority
North AmericaMartiniqueofficial
North AmericaSaint Barthelemyofficial
North AmericaSaint Martinofficial
North AmericaSaint Pierre and Miquelonofficial
North AmericaUnited Statesminority language, especially in Louisiana, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire
OceaniaFrench Polynesiaofficial
OceaniaNew Caledoniaofficial
OceaniaVanuatuco-official with English and Bislama
OceaniaWallis and Futunaofficial
South Americaminority
South AmericaBrazilminority, significantly in RJ/ES and other coastal states; see French, Belgian and Swiss Brazilians
South Americaminority
South AmericaFrench Guianaofficial
South Americaminority

Italian">Italian language">Italian

Portuguese">Portuguese language">Portuguese

RegionsCountryStatus
EuropePortugalofficial
EuropeSpainminority in Olivenza
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeLuxembourgminority
EuropeSwitzerlandminority
EuropeAndorraminority
EuropeGermanyminority
AfricaAngolaofficial
AfricaCape Verdeofficial
AfricaGuinea-Bissauofficial
AfricaEquatorial Guineaco-official with Spanish and French
AfricaMozambiqueofficial
AfricaSão Tomé and Príncipeofficial
AfricaSouth Africaminority
AfricaNamibiaminority
AsiaEast Timorco-official with Tetum
AsiaJapanminority; see Brazilians in Japan
AsiaMacau, Chinaco-official with Cantonese
AsiaMalaysiaminority in Malacca; see Kristang language
AsiaIndiaminority in Goa State
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
South AmericaBrazilofficial, see Brazilian Portuguese
South AmericaParaguayminority
South AmericaUruguayminority
South AmericaVenezuelaminority
OceaniaEast Timorco-official with Tetum
OceaniaAustraliaminority

Spanish">Spanish language">Spanish

The following is a list of the 22 countries where Spanish is an official language:
RegionsCountryStatus
EuropeSpainofficial
EuropeAndorramajority
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeGermanyminority
EuropeGibraltarnot official – majority
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomminority
AfricaEquatorial Guineaco-official with French and Portuguese
AfricaMorocconot official – minority
AfricaWestern Saharaco-official with Arabic
AfricaCeutaofficial
AfricaMelillaofficial
AfricaCanary Islandsofficial
AfricaGabon, Cocobeachofficial
AsiaAustraliaminority
AsiaJapanminority
AsiaNew Zealandminority
AsiaPhilippinesformer official language, spoken by a minority; see Spanish language in the Philippines
North AmericaBelizeplurality, but unofficial
North AmericaCosta Ricaofficial
North AmericaCubaofficial
North AmericaDominican Republicofficial
North AmericaEl Salvadorofficial
North Americaofficial
North AmericaHondurasofficial
North AmericaMexicode facto, official
North AmericaNicaraguaofficial
North AmericaPanamaofficial
North AmericaUnited StatesCo-official language in New Mexico and Puerto Rico. Spoken by a majority in PR and a significant minority in NM. Minority elsewhere
South AmericaArgentinade facto
South AmericaBoliviaco-official with Quechua and Aymara and another 35 languages
South AmericaBrazilminority
South AmericaChileofficial
South AmericaColombiaofficial
South AmericaEcuadorofficial
South AmericaParaguayco-official with Guaraní
South AmericaPeruofficial
South AmericaUruguayofficial
South AmericaVenezuelaofficial
OceaniaEaster Islandco-official with Rapa Nui

Other Italic languages

Slavic">Slavic languages">Slavic

[Mongolic languages]

[Turkic languages]

[Afro-Asiatic languages]

[Semitic languages]

Arabic">Arabic language">Arabic

RegionsCountryStatus
IslamLiturgical language of Islam
AfricaAlgeriaco-official with Berber
AfricaComorosco-official with French
AfricaChadco-official with French
AfricaDjiboutico-official with French
AfricaEgyptofficial
AfricaEritreaco-official with Tigrinya
AfricaLibyaofficial
AfricaMauritaniaofficial
AfricaMoroccoco-official with Berber
AfricaSomaliaco-official with Somali
AfricaSudanco-official with English
AfricaTunisiaofficial
AfricaWestern Saharaco-official with Spanish
AsiaAfghanistanregional/religious
AsiaBahrainofficial
AsiaIranregional
AsiaIraqco-official with Kurdish
AsiaIsraelspecial status; formerly co-official with Hebrew
AsiaJordanofficial
AsiaKuwaitofficial
AsiaLebanonofficial
AsiaOmanofficial
AsiaPakistanoptional language/religious
AsiaPalestineofficial
AsiaPhilippinesoptional language along with Spanish/religious
AsiaQatarofficial
AsiaSaudi Arabiaofficial
AsiaSyriaofficial
AsiaUnited Arab Emiratesofficial
AsiaYemenofficial
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeGermanyminority
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeNetherlandsminority
EuropeSpainminority
EuropeSwedenminority
EuropeTurkeysignificant minority
EuropeUKminority
OceaniaAustraliaminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
North AmericaUnited Statessignificant minority
South AmericaArgentinaminority, immigrants from Lebanon
South AmericaBrazilminority, see Arab Brazilian
South AmericaVenezuelaminority, from immigration. See Arab Venezuelan

Other Semitic languages

[Dravidian languages]

[Japonic languages]

[Koreanic languages]

[Language isolate]

[South Caucasian languages]

[Sino-Tibetan languages]

Other Sino-Tibetan

Chinese">Chinese language">Chinese

[Yue language]

[Cantonese]

RegionsCountryStatus
AfricaAngolaminority
AfricaCape Verdeminority
AfricaMauritiusminority
AfricaSouth Africaminority
AsiaBruneiminority
AsiaCambodiaminority
AsiaChinaregional
AsiaHong Kongco-official with English
AsiaIndonesiaminority
AsiaJapanminority
AsiaNorth Koreaminority
AsiaSouth Koreaminority
AsiaLaosminority
AsiaMacauco-official with Portuguese
AsiaMalaysiaminority
AsiaMyanmarminority
AsiaPhilippinesminority
AsiaSingaporeminority
AsiaThailandminority
AsiaVietnamminority
EuropeBulgariaminority
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeGermanyminority
EuropeIrelandminority
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeNetherlandsminority
EuropeRomaniaminority
EuropeRussiaminority
EuropeSerbiaminority
EuropeSpainminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
North AmericaCubaminority
North AmericaDominican Republicminority
North AmericaJamaicaminority
North AmericaMexicominority
North AmericaNicaraguaminority
North AmericaPanamaminority
North AmericaTrinidad and Tobagominority
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
OceaniaAustraliaminority
OceaniaFijiminority
OceaniaNew Zealandminority
OceaniaSamoaminority
OceaniaTongaminority
South AmericaArgentinaminority
South AmericaBrazilminority
South AmericaChileregional
South AmericaGuyanaminority
South AmericaSurinameminority
South AmericaPeruminority
South Americaminority
South Americaminority
[Taishanese]

Hakka">Hakka Chinese">Hakka

Mandarin">Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin

[Standard Chinese]

Min">Min Chinese">Min/[Min Nan]

RegionsCountryStatus
AfricaAngolaminority
AfricaCape Verdeminority
AfricaMauritiusminority
AfricaSouth Africaminority
AsiaBruneiminority
AsiaCambodiaminority
AsiaChinaregional
AsiaHong Kongminority
AsiaIndonesiaminority
AsiaJapanminority
AsiaNorth Koreaminority
AsiaSouth Koreaminority
AsiaLaosminority
AsiaMacauminority
AsiaMalaysiaminority, lingua franca in Penang
AsiaMyanmarminority
AsiaPhilippinesminority
AsiaSingaporewidely spoken among the older generation, still a minority for the younger generation
AsiaTaiwanwidely spoken, lingua franca alongside Hakka, see Taiwanese Hokkien, statutory language for public transportation announcements
AsiaThailandminority
AsiaVietnamminority
EuropeBulgariaminority
EuropeFranceminority
EuropeGermanyminority
EuropeIrelandminority
EuropeItalyminority
EuropeNetherlandsminority
EuropeRomaniaminority
EuropeRussiaminority
EuropeSerbiaminority
EuropeSpainminority
EuropeUnited Kingdomminority
North AmericaCanadaminority
North AmericaCubaminority
North AmericaDominican Republicminority
North AmericaJamaicaminority
North AmericaMexicominority
North AmericaNicaraguaminority
North AmericaPanamaminority
North AmericaTrinidad and Tobagominority
North AmericaUnited Statesminority
OceaniaAustraliaminority
OceaniaFijiminority
OceaniaNew Zealandminority
OceaniaSamoaminority
OceaniaTongaminority
South AmericaArgentinaminority
South AmericaBrazilminority
South AmericaChileregional
South AmericaGuyanaminority
South AmericaPeruminority
South Americaminority

Other Sinitic languages">Varieties of Chinese">Sinitic languages

[Malayo-Polynesian languages]

Bornean">Bornean languages">Bornean

Philippine">Philippine languages">Philippine

LanguageCountryStatus
AklanonPhilippinesregional
BantikIndonesiaminority
BikolPhilippinesregional
BolinaoPhilippinesregional
CebuanoPhilippinesregional
CebuanoSaudi Arabiaminority
CebuanoUnited Statesminority
CuyononPhilippinesminority
HiligaynonPhilippinesregional
HiligaynonUnited Statesminority
IbanagPhilippinesregional
IfugaoPhilippinesminority
IlocanoPhilippinesregional
IlocanoUnited Statesminority
IranunMalaysiaminority
IranunPhilippinesregional
IvatanPhilippinesminority
KalingaPhilippinesminority
KamayoPhilippinesminority
Kankana-eyPhilippinesminority
KapampanganPhilippinesregional
Kinaray-aPhilippinesminority
MaguindanaoPhilippinesregional
MaranaoMalaysiaminority
MaranaoPhilippinesregional
MaranaoSaudi Arabiaminority
MaranaoUnited Statesminority
MasbatenyoPhilippinesminority
PangasinanPhilippinesregional
RomblomanonPhilippinesminority
SangireseIndonesiaminority
SangiresePhilippinesminority
SurigaononPhilippinesregional
TagalogAustraliaminority
TagalogBruneiminority
TagalogCanadaminority
TagalogGuamregional
TagalogHong Kongminority
TagalogIndonesiaminority
TagalogIsraelminority
TagalogItalyminority
TagalogJapansignificant minority
TagalogKuwaitminority
TagalogMalaysiasignificant minority
TagalogNew Zealandminority
TagalogNorthern Mariana Islandsminority
TagalogPalauregional
TagalogPhilippinesregional and co-official with English
TagalogQatarminority
TagalogSaudi Arabiasignificant minority
TagalogSingaporeminority
TagalogSouth Koreaminority
TagalogSpainminority
TagalogTaiwanminority
TagalogThailandminority
TagalogUnited Arab Emiratesminority
TagalogUnited Kingdomminority
United Statessignificant minority-
TaoTaiwanminority
TalaudIndonesiaminority
TausugBruneiminority
TausugIndonesiaminority
TausugMalaysiaminority
TausugPhilippinesregional
TondanoIndonesiaminority
TonsawangIndonesiaminority
TonseaIndonesiaminority
WarayPhilippinesregional
ZambalPhilippinesregional

Oceanic">Oceanic languages">Oceanic

East Fijian">East Fijian languages">East Fijian

Micronesian">Micronesian languages">Micronesian

Polynesian">Polynesian languages">Polynesian

Malayo-Sumbawan">Malayo-Sumbawan languages">Malayo-Sumbawan

[Tungusic languages]

[Uralic languages]

Na-Dene">Na-Dene languages">Na-Dene

Apachean

Iroquoian">Iroquoian languages">Iroquoian

Uto-Aztecan">Uto-Aztecan language">Uto-Aztecan

Austroasiatic">Austroasiatic languages">Austroasiatic

Tai–Kadai">Tai–Kadai languages">Tai–Kadai

Hmong–Mien">Hmong–Mien languages">Hmong–Mien

Pama-Nyungan">Pama–Nyungan languages">Pama-Nyungan

Note