This is a list of official, or otherwise administratively-recognized, languages of sovereign countries, regions, and supra-national institutions. The article also lists lots of languages which have no administrative mandate as an official language, generally describing these as de facto official languages.
Afar:
Akan (Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Fante):
Anii:
Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language):
Boko:
Bomu:
Bozo:
Chirbawe (Sena):
Corsican :
Dari:
English (see also List of countries where English is an official language):
French (see also List of countries where French is an official language):
Fula:
Ga:
Gbe:
Igbo:
Jola:
"Koisan" (Tshuwau):
Lao:
Mauritian Creole
Meitei (officially known as Manipuri)
Ndau:
Ndebele (Northern):
Ndebele (Southern):
Noon:
Sena:
Susu:
Tebu:
Thai:
Toma:
Urdu:
Yobe:
Yom:
Zulu:
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, co-official, an administrative or working language.[66]
Language | Number of countries language spoken |
---|---|
English | 101 |
French | 60 |
Arabic | 51 |
Standard Chinese | 33 |
Spanish | 31 |
Persian | 29 |
German | 18 |
Russian | 16 |
Malay | 13 |
Portuguese | 12 |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Aranese see Occitan
Avar:
Cree:
English:
Even:
Komi:
Lak:
Mari (Hill and Meadow):
Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):
Odia:
Ossetic (Digor and Iron dialects):
Russian. Russian is fixed as a state language in the Constitutions of the republics of the Russian Federation:
Sami:
Tat:
Urdu:
Veps: