| 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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