Who speaks what, where?

Country

Language

Afghanistan

Dari, Persian, Pushto

Albania

Albanian

Algeria

Arabic

Andorra

Catalan

Argentina

Spanish

Armenia

Armenian, Russian

Australia

English

Austria

German

Azerbaijan

Azeri, Russian

Bahamas

English, Creole

Bahrain

Arabic (English widely used)

Bangladesh

Bangla

Barbados

English

Belarus

Belarus, Russian

Belgium

French, Flemish (dialect of Dutch)

Belize

English

Bhutan

Dzongkha, English also widely used

Bolivia

Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian

Botswana

English, Setswana

Brazil

Portuguese

Brunei

Malay

Bulgaria

Bulgarian

Burundi

Kirundi and French

Cambodia

Khmer

Cameroon

French, English

Canada

English, French

Chad

French, Arabic

Chile

Spanish

China

Chinese (Mandarin)

Colombia

Spanish

Costa Rica

Spanish

Croatia

Croatian

Cuba

Spanish

Cyprus

Greek, Turkish

Czech Republic

Czech

Denmark

Danish

Ecuador

Spanish

Egypt

Arabic

El Salvador

Spanish

Eritrea

Tigrinya and Arabic

Estonia

Estonian, Russian

Ethiopia

Amharic

Finland

Finnish

France

French

Gabon

French

Gambia

English

Georgia

Georgian, Russian

Germany

German

Ghana

English

Greece

Greek

Grenada

English

Guatemala

Spanish

Guinea

French

Guyana

English

Haiti

Creole, French

Honduras

Spanish

Hungary

Hungarian

Iceland

Icelandic

India

Hindi (spoken by 30% of population) also, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu. English is widely used commercially.

Indonesia

Bahasa Indonesia

Iran

Farsi (often called Persian)

Iraq

Arabic

Ireland

English, Irish

Israel

Hebrew

Italy

Italian

Jamaica

English

Japan

Japanese

Jordan

Arabic

Kazakhstan

Kazak, Russian

Kenya

English

Kuwait

Arabic (English widely used commercially)

Latvia

Latvian

Lebanon

Arabic (French and English used commercially)

Liberia

English

Libya

Arabic (Italian and English used commonly for trade)

Liechtenstein

German

Lithuania

Lithuanian

Luxembourg

French

Madagascar

French, Malagasy

Malaysia

Malay

Maldives

Divehi

Malta

Maltese, English

Mauritius

English

Mexico

Spanish

Moldova

Romanian, some Russian still spoken

Monaco

French

Mongolia

Mongol

Morocco

Arabic (French and Spanish widely used commercially)

Mozambique

Portuguese

Namibia

English

Nepal

Nepali (English widely used commercially)

Netherlands, The

Dutch

New Zealand

English

Nicaragua

Spanish

Nigeria

English

North Korea

Korean

Norway

Norwegian

Oman

Arabic (English widely used commercially)

Pakistan

Urdu, English

Panama

Spanish

Papua New Guinea

English (also 700 dialects spoken!)

Paraguay

Spanish

Peru

Spanish

Philippines

Filipino, English

Poland

Polish

Portugal

Portuguese

Romania

Romanian

Russia

Russian

Rwanda

Kinyarwanda and French

San Marino

Italian

Saudi Arabia

Arabic

Senegal

French

Seychelles

French, English and Creole

Sierra Leone

English

Singapore

Malay, Chinese, Tamil, and English

Slovakia

Slovak (English and German widely understood)

Slovenia

Slovenian

Somalia

Somali (only recently became a written language and several forms exist)

South Africa

English, Afrikaans

South Korea

Korean

Spain

Spanish

Sri Lanka

Sinhala, or Sinhalese, and Tamil

Sudan

Arabic

Swaziland

Siswati, English (the latter used commercially)

Sweden

Swedish

Switzerland

French, German, Italian

Syria

Arabic

Tajikistan

Tajik. Uzbek and Russian are also spoken

Tanzania

Swahili, English used commercially

Thailand

Thai

Trinidad and Tobago

English

Tunisia

Arabic (French also widely used)

Turkey

Turkish

Turkmenistan

Turkmen, Russian, and Uzbek

Uganda

English

Ukraine

Ukrainian

United Arab Emirates

Arabic (English used widely commercially)

United Kingdom

English, Welsh

United States

English

Uruguay

Spanish

Uzbekistan

Uzbek, Russian

Venezuela

Spanish

Vietnam

Vietnamese

Yemen

Arabic

Yugoslavia

Serbian

Zambia

English

Zimbabwe

English

 

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