Official languages of sovereign countries

There are 116 languages in this category.

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A

Abkhaz:

* Abkhazia (independence disputed)
* Georgia, on the territory of Abkhazia.

Afrikaans:

* South Africa (with English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Albanian:

* Albania
* Kosovo (independence disputed)
* Montenegro (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian)
* Serbia (in Kosovo and several municipalities in Central-Serbia)

Amharic:

* Ethiopia

Arabic:

* Algeria
* Bahrain
* Chad (with French)
* Comoros (with French and Comorian)
* Djibouti (with French)
* Egypt
* Eritrea (with Tigrignan)
* Iraq (with Kurdish)
* Israel (with Hebrew)
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Oman
* Palestinian Authority
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Somalia (with Somali)
* Sudan (with English)
* Syria
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen

Armenian:

* Armenia

Assamese:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Assam

Aymara:

* Bolivia (with Spanish and Quechua)
* Peru (with Spanish and Quechua)

Azeri:

* Azerbaijan

B

Basque:

* Spain (co-official in the Basque autonomous community and in the Basque speaking area of Navarre)

Belarusian:

* Belarus (with Russian)

Bengali:

* Bangladesh (in this Country the language is mainly known as Bangla)
* India (with 22 other official languages, Second most spoken Indian Language)
o Tripura
o West Bengal (state language with nearly 90 million speakers in West Bengal itself)
o Assam Assam
o Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Sierra Leone

Bislama:

* Vanuatu

Bosnian:

* Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Croatian, Serbian)
* Montenegro (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Albanian and Croatian)
* Serbia (in the region of Sandžak)

Bulgarian:

* Bulgaria

Burmese:

* Myanmar

C

Catalan:

* Andorra
* Spain (co-official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community with the name valencian)

Chinese (see also Sinitic languages):

* People's Republic of China (Mandarin, is spoken , along with varieties of dialects, Simplified Chinese is written, Mandarin is designated as national language)
o Hong Kong (The Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong Basic Law do not explicitly specify the standard for "Chinese" but de facto Cantonese are spoken and Traditional Chinese is written; co-official with English)
o Macau (Cantonese ,Mandarin are spoken de facto, Traditional Chinese is written; co-official with Portuguese)
* Republic of China (Mandarin, is spoken, Traditional Chinese is written; Mandarin is designated as national language)

* Singapore (Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, and other varieties are spoken, Simplified Chinese is written. Mandarin is taught as "Chinese"; co-official with English, Malay and Tamil)

Croatian:

* part of Austria
o Burgenland (with German and Hungarian)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Bosnian, Serbian)
* Croatia
* part of Italy
o Molise
* part of Serbia
o Vojvodina (with Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak and Ruthenian)
* Montenegro (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian and Albanian)

Czech:

* Czech Republic

D

Danish:

* Denmark
o Faroe Islands (with Faroese)
o Greenland (with Kalaallisut)

Dari:

* Iran (called Farsi [Persian in English pronunciation] in Iran)
* Afghanistan (with Pashto)
* Tajikistan (called Tajiki in Tajikistan)

Dhivehi:

* Maldives

Dutch:

* Belgium (sole official language in Flanders, with French in Brussels)
* The Netherlands (sole official language in every province except Friesland, where West Frisian is co-official)
o Aruba (with Papiamento)
o Netherlands Antilles (with English and Papiamento)
* Suriname (also Sranan Tongo, Hindi, Javanese, English)

Dzongkha:

* Bhutan

E

English (see also List of countries where English is an official language):

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia (considered de facto as no official language is mentioned in the Australian Constitution, with many other Aboriginal languages)
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Botswana (but the national language is Tswana)
* Canada (with French)
* Cameroon (with French)
* Dominica
* Fiji (with Bau Fijian and Hindustani)
* Hong Kong (with Chinese)
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Grenada (with French creole)
* Guernsey (with French)
* Guyana
* India (with 22 other official languages)
* Republic of Ireland (with Irish)
* Jamaica
* Jersey (with French)
* Kenya (with Swahili)
* Kiribati
* Lesotho (with Sotho)
* Liberia
* Madagascar (with Malagasy and French)
* Malawi (with Chichewa)
* Malta (with Maltese)
* Isle of Man (with Manx Gaelic)
* Marshall Islands (with Marshallese)
* Mauritius
* Micronesia
* Namibia (Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are regional spoken)[2]
* Nauru (with Nauruan)
* Netherlands Antilles (with Dutch and Papiamento)
* New Zealand (with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language)
* Nigeria
* Pakistan (with Urdu as the national language)
* Philippines (with Filipino)
* Palau (with Palauan and Japanese)
* Papua New Guinea (with Tok Pisin and Motu)
* Rwanda (with French and Kinyarwanda)
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia (with French creole)
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines (with French creole)
* Samoa (with Samoan)
* Seychelles (with Creole, French)
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore (with Chinese, Malay, Tamil)
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa (with Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
* Sudan (with Arabic)
* Swaziland (with Swati)
* Tanzania (with Swahili)
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tuvalu
* Uganda (with Swahili)
* United Kingdom (along with Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Welsh)
* United States (de facto)
* Vanuatu (with Bislama and French)
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Estonian:

* Estonia

F

Fijian:

* Fiji (with English and Hindustani)

Filipino:

* Philippines (with English)

Finnish:

* Finland (with Swedish)

French (see also List of countries where French is an official language):

* Belgium (with Dutch and German)
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi (with Kirundi)
* Cameroon (with English)
* Canada (with English)
* Central African Republic
* Chad (with Arabic)
* Comoros (with Arabic and Comorian)
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti (with Arabic)
* Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and Portuguese)
* France
o French Guyana
o French Polynesia
o French Loyalty Islands
o French Southern and Antarctic Lands
o Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean
o Guadeloupe
o Martinique
o Mayotte
o New Caledonia
o Réunion
o Saint Barthélemy
o Saint Martin
o Saint Pierre et Miquelon
o Wallis and Futuna
o (Adelie land)
o (Clipperton Island)
* Gabon
* Guernsey (with English)
* Guinea
* Haiti (with Haitian Creole)
* part of Italy
o the Aosta Valley with Italian
* Jersey (with English)
* Luxembourg (with German and Luxembourgish)
* Madagascar (with Malagasy and English)
* Mali
* Monaco
* Niger
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda (with English and Kinyarwanda)
* Senegal
* Seychelles (with English)
* Saint Lucia (French Patois with English)
* Switzerland (with German, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)
o Geneva
o Vaud
o Jura
o Neuchâtel
o Fribourg (with German)
o Bern (with German)
o Valais (with German)
* Togo
* Vanuatu (with Bislama and English)

Frisian (West):

* The Netherlands (with Dutch)

G

Gagauz:

* Moldova (with Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian)

Galician:

* Spain, co-official in the Autonomous Community of Galicia

Georgian:

* Georgia
* South Ossetia (with Russian and Ossetian - independence disputed)

German:

* Austria
* Belgium (with Dutch and French)
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg (with French and Luxembourgish)
* Italy
o Province of Bolzano-Bozen (together with Italian and Ladin)
* Switzerland (with French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansch)
o 17 of the 26 cantons (monolingually German)
o Graubünden (with Italian and Romansh)
o Bern (with French)
o Fribourg (with French)
o Valais (with French)

Greek:

* Greece
* Cyprus (with Turkish)
* parts of south Italy
o Salento (Grecia Salentina, together with Italian)
o Calabria (Bovesia, together with Italian)

Guaraní:

* Paraguay (with Spanish)

Gujarati:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Dadra and Nagar Haveli
o Daman and Diu
o Gujarat

H

Haitian Creole:

* Haiti (with French)

Hebrew:

* Israel (with Arabic)

Hindi:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
* Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to cover Urdu, as well as Hindi.)

Hiri Motu:

* Papua New Guinea (with English and Tok Pisin)

Hungarian:

* Hungary
* part of Serbia
o Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Slovak and Ruthenian)
* part of Romania
* part of Slovenia
* part of Croatia
* part of Slovakia
* part of Austria

I

Icelandic:

* Iceland

Indonesian:

* Indonesia (a standardized dialect of Malay)

Inuinnaqtun:

* parts of Canada
o Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
o Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)

Inuktitut:

* parts of Canada
o Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuinnaqtun)
o Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Irish:

* Ireland (with English)
* United Kingdom (along with Ulster Scots, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic and English)

Italian:

* Italy
* Switzerland (with German and French)
o Ticino
o Graubünden (with German and Rhaeto-Romansh)
* San Marino
* Vatican City (with Latin and French)
* part of Croatia
o Istria county (with Croatian)
* part of Slovenia
o Izola, Koper and Piran municipalities (with Slovene)

J

Japanese:

* Japan (de facto)
* Part of Palau
o Angaur (with Angaur and English)

K

Kannada:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Karnataka

Kashmiri:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Jammu and Kashmir

Kazakh:

* Kazakhstan (with Russian)
* part of the People's Republic of China
o Ili, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Barkol, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Mori, with Chinese (Mandarin)
* part of the Mongolia
o Mori, with Mongolian

Khmer:

* Cambodia

Korean:

* Democratic People's Republic of Korea
* Republic of Korea
* part of the People's Republic of China with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Changbai (Jangbaek, Changbaek)
o Yanbian (Yeonbyeon,Yŏnbyŏn)

Kurdish:

* Iraq (with Arabic)

Kyrgyz:

* Kyrgyzstan (with Russian)
* part of the People's Republic of China
o Kizilsu (with Chinese (Mandarin))

L

Lao:

* Laos

Latin:

* Vatican City

Latvian:

* Latvia

Lithuanian:

* Lithuania

Luxembourgish:

* Luxembourg (with French and German)

M

Macedonian:

* Republic of Macedonia
* part of Albania
o Korçë (with Albanian)

Malagasy:

* Madagascar (with French and English)

Malay:

* Malaysia (Called Malaysian Language)
* Brunei
* Singapore (with English, Chinese and Tamil)
* Indonesia (called Indonesian Language, a dialect of the Malay, slightly differs with Malay used in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore)

Malayalam:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Kerala
o Pondicherry
o Lakshadweep

Maltese:

* Malta (with English)

Manx Gaelic:

* Isle of Man (with English)

Māori:

* New Zealand (with English and New Zealand Sign Language)

Marathi:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Maharashtra
o Goa
o Dadra and Nagar Haveli
o Daman and Diu

Mayan:

* Mexico (*only recognized)
* Guatemala (*only recognized)
* Belize (*only recognized)
* Honduras (*only recognized)
* El Salvador (*only recognized)

Moldovan (identical to Romanian according to the law of Moldova)

* Moldova

Mongolian:

* Mongolia
* part of the Russian federation
o Buriat Mongolia, with Russian
* part of the People's Republic of China
o Inner Mongolia, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Haixi, with Tibetan and Chinese (Mandarin)
o Bortala, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Bayin'gholin, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Dorbod, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Qian Gorlos, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Harqin Left, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Fuxin, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Weichang, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Subei, with Chinese (Mandarin)
o Henan, with Chinese (Mandarin)

Montenegrin:

* Montenegro (with Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian)

N

Náhuatl:

* Mexico (*only recognized)
* El Salvador (*only recognized)

Ndebele:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
* Zimbabwe (with English and Shona)

Nepali:

* Nepal
* India (with 22 other official languages)

New Zealand Sign Language:

* New Zealand (alongside English and Maori)

Northern Sotho:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Norwegian:

* Norway (two official written forms - Bokmål and Nynorsk)

O

Occitan:

* Spain (Aranese is co-official in the Aran Valley and in Catalonia)

Oriya:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Orissa

Ossetian:

* South Ossetia (with Russian and Georgian - independence disputed)

P

Papiamento:

* Aruba (with Dutch)
* Netherlands Antilles (with English and Dutch)

Pashto:

* Afghanistan (with Dari)
* Pakistan (majority language of the North-West Frontier Province but has no official status)

Persian:

* Iran
* Afghanistan (called Dari in Afghanistan-with Pashto)
* Tajikistan (called Tajiki in Tajikistan)

Polish:

* Poland

Portuguese:

* Angola
* Brazil
* Cape Verde
* East Timor (with Tetum)
* Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and French)
* Guinea-Bissau
* part of the People's Republic of China
o Macau (with Chinese)
* Mozambique
* Portugal
* São Tomé and Príncipe

Punjabi:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Punjab
o Delhi
* Pakistan (with English, Pothowari, Urdu, Kashmiri (Koshur), Pashto, Sindhi, Siraiki, Balochi and Brahui)

Q

Quechua:

* Bolivia (with Spanish and Aymara)
* Peru (with Spanish and Aymara)

R

Romanian:

* Romania
* Moldova (official called Moldovan, although identical to Romanian according to the law of Moldova)
* part of Serbia
o Vojvodina (with Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

Rhaeto-Romansh:

* Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian)
o Graubünden (with German and Italian)

Russian:

* Russia (in some regions together with regional languages)
* Abkhazia (with Abkhaz - independence disputed)
* Belarus (with Belarusian)
* Kazakhstan (with Kazakh)
* Kyrgyzstan (with Kyrgyz)
* Moldova (with Moldovan, Ukrainian and Gagauz)
* South Ossetia (with Ossetian and Georgian - independence disputed)

S

Sanskrit:

* India (with 22 other official languages)

Serbian:

* Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Bosnian, Croatian)
* Montenegro
* Serbia
* Kosovo (independence disputed; with Albanian)

Shona:

* Zimbabwe (with English and Ndebele)

Sindhi:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
* Pakistan (Official language in the Province of Sindh along with Urdu and English)

Sinhala:

* Sri Lanka (with Tamil, and with English as a link language)

Slovak:

* Slovakia
* part of Serbia
o Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)

Slovene:

* Slovenia
* part of Italy
o Friuli-Venezia Giulia (with Italian)
* part of Austria
o Carinthia (with German)

Somali:

* Somalia

Sotho:

* Lesotho (with English)
* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Spanish:

* Argentina
* Bolivia (with Aymara and Quechua)
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea (with French and Portuguese)
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Mexico (de facto)
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay (with Guaraní)
* Peru (with Aymara and Quechua)
* Spain (Aranese, Basque, Catalan, and Galician are co-official in some regions)
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Sranan Tongo:

* Surinam (with Dutch, English, Hindi an Javanese)

Swahili:

* Kenya (with English)
* Tanzania (de facto)
* Uganda (since 2005; with English)

Swati:

* Swaziland (with English)
* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Swedish:

* Sweden (de jure since July 1st 2009)
* Finland (with Finnish)
o Åland (monolingually Swedish) (an autonomous province under Finnish sovereignty)

T


Tajik:

* Iran (called Farsi [Persian in English pronunciation] in Iran)
* Afghanistan (called Dari in Afghanistan-with Pashto)
* Tajikistan
* part of the People's Republic of China (It's different from Tajiki of Tajikistan)
o Taxkorgan (with Chinese (Mandarin))

Tamil:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Andaman and Nicobar Islands
o Pondicherry
o Tamil Nadu
* Singapore (with English, Chinese and Malay)
* Sri Lanka (with Sinhala, and with English as a link language)

Telugu:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Andhra Pradesh
o Pondicherry

Tetum:

* East Timor (with Portuguese)

Thai:

* Thailand

Tok Pisin:

* Papua New Guinea (with English and Hiri Motu)

Tsonga:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Tswana:

* Botswana (with English)
* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Turkish:

* Turkey
* Cyprus (with Greek)
* Macedonia in Plasnica and Centar Župa
* Kosovo in Prizren and Mamuša
* Iraq in Kerkük

Turkmen:

* Turkmenistan

U

Ukrainian:

* Ukraine
* Moldova (with Moldovan, Russian and Gagauz)

Urdu:

* India (with 22 other official languages)
o Jammu and Kashmir
o Delhi Territory
o Uttar Pradesh state
* Pakistan (with English, Pothowari, Punjabi, Kashmiri (Koshur), Pashto, Sindhi, Siraiki, Balochi and Brahui)
* Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to cover Urdu, as well as Hindi.)

Uzbek:

* Uzbekistan

V

Venda:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Xhosa, Zulu)

Vietnamese:

* Vietnam

W

Welsh:

* United Kingdom (Wales) (with English)

X

Xhosa:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu)

Y

Yiddish:

* Russia (only in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, with Russian)

Z

Zulu:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)

Number of countries with the same official language

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are official.

* 55 countries: English
o largest: India, Nigeria, United Kingdom
* 30 countries: French
o largest: France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Canada
* 24 countries: Arabic
o largest: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria
* 22 countries: Spanish
o largest: Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina
* 10 countries: Portuguese
o largest: Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola
* 8 countries: Russian
o largest: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus
* 7 countries: German
o largest: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
* 5 countries: Chinese
o largest: China
* 4 countries: Italian, Serbian,
* 3 countries: Malay, Bengali, Persian, Swahili, Tamil, Urdu, Hungarian, Mandarin, Dutch.
* 2 countries: Aymara, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Korean, Quechua, Romanian, Sotho, Swati, Swedish, Tswana, Turkish.
* 1 country: numerous languages

In Africa

See: Languages of Africa

* 21 countries: French
* 19 countries: English
* 12 countries: Arabic
* 6 countries: Portuguese
* 3 countries: Swahili
* 2 countries: Sotho, Swati, Tswana, Afrikaans
* 1 country: numerous languages

In the Americas

See Languages of North America, Languages of South America, Languages of Central America

* 20 countries: Spanish
* 14 countries: English
* 3 countries: Dutch
* 2 countries: Aymara, French, Quechua
* 1 country: Guaraní, Haitian Creole, Portuguese

In Asia

Se:Languages of Asia

* 12 countries: Arabic, Urdu
* 5 countries: Chinese
* 4 countries: English
* 3 countries: Malay, Persian, Tamil
* 2 countries: Bengali, Korean, Russian, Urdu, Nepali
* 1 country: numerous languages

In Europe

See:Languages of Europe

* 8 countries: German, French
* 4 countries: Italian, Serbian
* 3 countries: English, Hungarian, Russian,
* 2 countries: Albanian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Romanian, Swedish,
* 1 country: numerous languages

In Oceania

See:Languages of Oceania

* 12 countries: English
* 1 country: French and numerous languages

Official languages of subnational entities

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Aranese see Occitan

Armenian:

* Nagorno Karabagh

Basque:

* Basque Autonomous Community (with Spanish)
* Navarre (in some areas with Spanish)

Cantonese Chinese:

* Hong Kong (for Chinese language, both Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken de facto; co-official with English)
* Macau (for Chinese language, both Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken de facto; co-official with Portuguese)

Catalan:

* parts of Spain
o Balearic Islands (with Spanish)
o Catalonia (with Spanish)
o Valencia (named as Valencian, with Spanish)

Chipewyan:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Cree:

* Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Tłįchǫ:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, and South Slavey)

English:

* parts of Canada:

See also:Official language by province

* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Nova Scotia
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Saskatchewan
* New Brunswick (with French)
* Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Slavey (North and South) and Tłįchǫ)
* Nunavut (with Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and French)
* Yukon (with French)

* The United Kingdom:

* Scotland.
* Northern Ireland.
* Wales.
* England.

* parts of the United States. See English-only movement. English is an official language in the following states and territories:
o Alabama
o Alaska
o Arkansas
o California
o Colorado
o Florida
o Georgia
o Hawaii (with Hawaiian language)
o Illinois
o Indiana
o Iowa
o Kentucky
o Massachusetts
o Minnesota
o Mississippi
o Montana
o Nebraska
o New Hampshire
o North Carolina
o North Dakota
o Puerto Rico (with Spanish)
o South Carolina
o South Dakota
o Texas
o Tennessee
o U.S. Virgin Islands
o Utah
o Virginia
o West Virginia
o Wyoming

Faroese:

* Faroe Islands (with Danish)

French:

* parts of Canada

see also Official language by province

* New Brunswick (co-official with English)
* Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, English, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Slavey (North and South) and Tłįchǫ)
* Nunavut (with English, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut)
* Quebec
* Yukon (with English)

* Pondicherry (co-official with Tamil in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. Also Telugu and Malayalam are its regional official languages)
* part of Italy
o Aosta (co-official with Italian)
* part of England with chanel island
* part of USA with louisiane

Galician:

* part of Spain
o Galicia (with Spanish)

Gwich'in:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Hawaiian:

* Hawaii (with English)

Inuinnaqtun:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
* Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)

Inuktitut:

* Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuinnaqtun)
* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Inuvialuktun:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Kalaallisut:

* Greenland (with Danish)

Mazandarani:

* Iran
o Mazandaran

Occitan (Aranese):

* Aran Valley (with Catalan and Spanish)

Romanian:

* Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

Rusyn:

* Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak)

Sami:

* Finland (in four municipalities)
* Norway (in six municipalities in two provinces)
* Sweden (in four municipalities and surrounding municipalities)

North and South Slavey:

* Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Spanish:

* Puerto Rico (with English)

Tahitian:

* French Polynesia (with French)

Tibetan:

* Tibet Autonomous Region (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Aba (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Garzê (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Diqing (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Wenshan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Gannan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Haibai (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Hainan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Huangnan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Golog (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Gyêgu (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Haixi (with Mongolian and Chinese (Mandarin))
* Muli (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Tianzhu (with Chinese (Mandarin))

Tswana:

* South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)

Uyghur:

* Xinjiang (with Chinese (Mandarin))

Vietnamese:

* Vietnam
* Part of Cambodia
* Part of China
* Part of Laos

Yiddish:

* Part of Russia
o Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Zhuang:

* Guangxi (with Chinese (Mandarin))
* Lianshan (with Chinese (Mandarin))
TOPIC : Official languages of sovereign countries  SOURCE : Linguistic Studies ** http://languages.forumactif.org/