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1. Afghanistan: Dari Persian, Pashtu (both official), other Turkic and minor languages
2. Albania: Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
3. Algeria: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
4. Andorra: Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
5. Angola: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
6. Antigua and Barbuda: English (official), local dialects
7. Argentina: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
8. Armenia: Armenian, Yezidi, Russian
9. Australia: English, native and other languages
10. Austria: German (official nationwide), Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
11. Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian
12. Bahamas: English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
13. Bahrain: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
14. Bangladesh: Bangla (official), English
15. Barbados: English
16. Belarus: Belorussi, Russian
17. Belgium: Dutch (Flemish), French, German (all official)
18. Belize: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
19. Benin: French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
20. Bhutan: Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese)
21. Bolivia: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
23. Botswana: English (official), Setswana, Kalanga, Sekgalagadi
24. Brazil: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
25. Brunei: Malay (official), English, Chinese
26. Bulgaria: Bulgarian, Turkish, Roma
27. Burkina Faso: French (official), native African (Sudanic)
28. Burundi: Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
29. Cambodia: Khmer(official), French, English
30. Cameroon: French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups
31. Canada: English, French (both official)
32. Cape Verde: Portuguese, Criuolo
33. Central African Republic: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages
34. Chad: French, Arabic (both official), Sara, more than 120 languages and dialects
35. Chile: Spanish
36. China: Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
37. Colombia: Spanish
38. Comoros: Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)
39. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
40. Congo, Republic of: French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects
41. Costa Rica: Spanish (official), English
42. Côte d'Ivoire: French (official) and African languages
43. Croatia: Croatian (official), others (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German)
44. Cuba: Spanish
45. Cyprus: Greek, Turkish (both official), English
46. Czech Republic: Czech
47. Denmark: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German, English is predominant second language
48. Djibouti: French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar
49. Dominica: English (official) and French patois
50. Dominican Republic: Spanish
51. East Timor: Tetum, Portuguese (official), Bahasa Indonesia, English, other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae and Kemak
52. Ecuador: Spanish (official), Quechua other Amerindian languages
53. Egypt: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
54. El Salvador: Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
55. Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French (both official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
56. Eritrea: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
57. Estonia: Estonian (official), Russian
58. Ethiopia: Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others
59. Fiji: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani
60. Finland: Finnish, Swedish(both official), small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
61. France: French, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
62. Gabon: French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
63. Gambia: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous
64. Georgia: Georgian (official), Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, other (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia)
65. Germany: German
66. Ghana: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
67. Greece:Greek (official), English, French
68. Grenada:English (official), French patois
69. Guatemala: Spanish, Amerindian languages (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
70. Guinea: French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
71. Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
72. Guyana: English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
73. Haiti: Creole and French (both official)
74. Honduras: Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects, English widely spoken in business
75. Hungary: Magyar (Hungarian)
76. Iceland: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
77. India: Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official); Hindi/Urdu, 1,600+ dialects
78. Indonesia: Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects
79. Iran: Persian and Persian dialects, Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, Turkish
80. Iraq: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
81. Ireland: English, Irish (Gaelic) (both official)
82. Israel: Hebrew (official), Arabic, English
83. Italy: Italian (official), German, French, and Slovene-speaking minorities
84. Jamaica: English, Jamaican Creole
85. Japan: Japanese
86. Jordan: Arabic (official), English
87. Kazakhstan: Kazak (Qazaq, state language), Russian (official, used in everyday business)
88. Kenya: English (official), Swahili (national) and numerous indigenous languages
89. Kiribati: English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
90. Korea, North: Korean
91. Korea, South: Korean, English widely taught
92. Kuwait: Arabic (official), English
93. Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian (both official)
94. Laos: Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
95. Latvia: Latvian (official), Russian, Lithuanian
96. Lebanon: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
97. Lesotho: English, Sesotho (both official), Zulu,
98. Liberia: English (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages
99. Libya: Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities
100. Liechtenstein: German (official), Alemannic dialect
101. Lithuania: Lithuanian (official), Russian , Polish
102. Luxembourg: Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
103. Macedoni: Macedonian, Albanian(both official), Turkish, Roma, Serbian
104. Madagascar: Malagasy and French (both official)
105. Malawi: Chichewa (official), Chinyanja, Chiyao%, Chitumbuka, Chisena, Chilomwe, Chitonga
106. Malaysia: Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; several indigenous languages (including Iban, Kadazan) in East Malaysia
107. Maldives: Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials
108. Mali: French (official), Bambara, numerous African languages
109. Malta: Maltese and English (both official)
110. Marshall Islands: Marshallese (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English widely spoken as a second language (both official), Japanese
111. Mauritania: Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof
112. Mauritius: English less than (official), Creole, Bojpoori, French
113. Mexico: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl and other regional indigenous languages
114. Micronesia: English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
115. Moldova: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
116. Monaco: French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque
117. Mongolia: Mongolian, Turkic and Russian
118. Montenegro: Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialect—official)
119. Morocco: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government and diplomacy
120. Mozambique: Portuguese (official), Emakhuwa, Xichangana, Elomwe, Cisena, Echuwabo, other Mozambican languages
121. Myanmar: Burmese, minority languages
122. Namibia: English (official), Afrikaans, German, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
123. Nauru: Nauruan (official), English
124. Nepal: Nepali (official), Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, English spoken by many in government and business
125. Netherlands: Dutch, Frisian (both official)
126. New Zealand: English, Maori (both official)
127. Nicaragua: Spanish(official), English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
128. Niger: French (official), Hausa, Djerma
129. Nigeria: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others
130. Norway: Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities (Sami is official in six municipalities)
131. Oman: Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
132. Pakistan: Urdu, English (both official), Punjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant), Pashtu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, Burushaski
133. Palau: Palauan, English, Sonsoralese, Tobi, Angaur (each official on some islands), Filipino, Chinese, Carolinian, Japanese
134. Panama: Spanish (official), English
135. Papua New Guinea: Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English, 715 indigenous languages
136. Paraguay: Spanish, Guaraní (both official)
137. Peru: Spanish, Quéchua (both official), Aymara, many minor Amazonian languages
138. Philippines: Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official), eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango and Pangasinense
139. Poland: Polish
140. Portugal: Portuguese, Mirandese (both official)
141. Qatar: Arabic (official), English a common second language
142. Romania: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
143. Russia: Russian
144. Rwanda: Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official), Kiswahili in commercial centers
145. St. Kitts and Nevis: English
146. St. Lucia: English (official), French patois
147. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: English, French patois
148. Samoa: Samoan, English
149. San Marino: Italian
150. São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese (official)
151. Saudi Arabia: Arabic
152. Senegal: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
153. Serbia: Serbian (official), Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina), Albanian (official in Kosovo)
154. Seychelles: Seselwa Creole, English, French (all official)
155. Sierra Leone: English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca)
156. Singapore: Mandarin, English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Tamil, other Chinese dialects
157. Slovakia: Slovak (official), Hungarian, Roma, Ukrainian
158. Slovenia: Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian
159. Solomon Islands: English (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages
160. Somalia: Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
161. South Africa: IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, English, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga
162. Spain: Castilian Spanish (official nationwide), Catalan, Galician, Basque (each official regionally)
163. Sri Lanka: Sinhala (official and national), Tamil (national), English is commonly used in government
164. Sudan: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
165. Suriname: Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese
166. Swaziland: English, siSwati (both official)
167. Sweden: Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
168. Switzerland: German, French, Italian (all official), Romansch (national)
169. Syria: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood, French, English
170. Taiwan: Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
171. Tajikistan: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
172. Tanzania: Swahili, English (both official), Arabic, many local languages
173. Thailand: Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
174. Togo: French (official, commerce), Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, Dagomba (north) and many dialects
175. Tonga: Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
176. Trinidad and Tobago: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
177. Tunisia: Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce)
178. Turkey: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian
179. Turkmenistan: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
180. Tuvalu: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
181. Uganda: English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
182. Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
183. United Arab Emirates: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
184. United Kingdom: English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
185. United States: English, Spanish
186. Uruguay: Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero
187. Uzbekistan: Uzbek , Russian , Tajik
188. Vanuatu: Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French (all 3 official), more than 100 local languages
189. Vatican City (Holy See): Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
190. Venezuela: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
191. Vietnam: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
192. Yemen: Arabic
193. Zambia: English (official), major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, about 70 other indigenous languages
194. Zimbabwe: English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects