List of official languages


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.

Official languages of sovereign countries, wholly or partly

A

Abkhaz:
Afar:
Afrikaans:
Aja-Gbe:
Albanian:
Akuapem Twi:
Amharic:
  • Ethiopia
Anii:
  • Benin
Arabic :
Araona:
Armenian:
Asante Twi:
  • Ghana
Assamese:
Aymara:
Ayoreo :
  • Bolivia
Azerbaijani:
Balanta:
Bambara:
  • see Manding
  • Mali
Bariba:
  • Benin
Basque:
Bassari:
  • Senegal
Baure:
  • Bolivia
Bedik:
  • Senegal
Belarusian:
Bengali:
Berber:
  • Algeria
  • Morocco
Biali:
  • Benin
Bislama:
Boko:
  • Benin
Bomu:
  • Mali
Bosnian:
Bozo:
  • Mali
Buduma:
  • Niger
Bulgarian:
Burmese:
Canichana:
  • Bolivia
Cantonese:
Carolinian:
Catalan:
Cavineña:
  • Bolivia
Cayubaba:
  • Bolivia
Chácobo:
  • Bolivia
Chamorro:
Chichewa:
Chimané:
  • Bolivia
Chinese, Mandarin:
Chipewyan:
Chirbawe :
  • see Sena
Comorian:
  • Comoros
Corsican:
Cook Islands Māori:
  • Cook Islands
Cree:
  • Canada
Croatian:
Czech:
Dagaare:
  • Ghana
Dagbani:
  • Ghana
Dangme:
  • Ghana
Danish:
Dari:
Dendi:
  • Benin
Dhivehi:
Dioula:
Dogon:
  • Mali
Dutch:
Dzongkha:
English :
Ese Ejja:
  • Bolivia
Estonian:
Ewe-Gbe''':
Fante:
  • Ghana
Faroese:
  • Faroe Islands
  • Denmark
Fijian:
  • Fiji
Filipino:
  • Philippines
Finnish:
Fon-Gbe:
  • Benin
Foodo:
  • Benin
Formosan:
  • Taiwan
French :
Fula''':
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Guinea
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Niger
  • Senegal

    G

Ga:
  • Ghana
Gàidhlig:
Gbe:
  • see Aja-Gbe, Ewe-Gbe, Fon-Gbe, Gen-Gbe, Waci-Gbe, Xwela-Gbe
Gen-Gbe:
  • Benin
Georgian:
German:
Gonja:
  • Ghana
Gourmanché:
  • Niger
Greek:
Guaraní:
Guarayu:
  • Bolivia
Gujarati:
  • India
Gwichʼin:
  • Canada

    H

Haitian Creole:
  • Haiti
Hakka:
  • Taiwan
Hassaniya:
  • Senegal
Hausa:
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
Hebrew:
  • Israel
Hindi:
  • India
  • Fiji
Hiri Motu:
Hungarian:
Igbo:
  • Nigeria
Ignaciano Moxos:
  • Bolivia
Icelandic:
Indonesian:
Inuinnaqtun:
  • Canada
Inuit:
  • Canada
Inuktitut:
  • Canada
Inuvialuktun:
  • Canada
Irish:
  • Republic of Ireland
Italian:
Itene:
  • Bolivia
Itonama:
  • Bolivia

    J

Japanese:
  • Japan
  • Palau
Javanese:
  • native to Java; Indonesia
  • * Special region of Yogyakarta
Jèrriais:
  • Jersey
Jola:
  • Senegal

    K

Kabye:
  • Togo
Kalaallisut:
Kalanga:
  • Zimbabwe
Kallawaya:
  • Bolivia
Kannada:
  • India
Kanuri:
  • Niger
Kasem:
  • Ghana
Kazakh:
Khmer:
Kinyarwanda:
  • Rwanda
Kirundi:
  • Burundi
Kissi:
  • Guinea
Koisan :
  • Zimbabwe
Korean:
Korean Sign Language:
  • South Korea
Kpelle:
  • Guinea
Kurdish:
  • Iraq
Kyrgyz:
Lao:
Latin:
Latvian:
Leco:
  • Bolivia
Lithuanian:
Lukpa:
  • Benin
Luxembourgish:
  • Luxembourg

    M

Macedonian:
  • North Macedonia
Malagasy:
  • Madagascar
Malay:
  • Malaysia
  • Brunei
  • Singapore
  • Indonesia
Malinke:
  • see Manding
  • Guinea
Maltese:
  • Malta
Mamara:
  • Mali
Manding :
  • see Bambara, Dioula, Malinke, Mandinka
Mandinka:
  • see Manding
  • Senegal
Mandjak:
  • Senegal
Mankanya:
  • Senegal
Manx Gaelic:
Māori:
  • New Zealand
Marshallese:
  • Marshall Islands
Mauritian Creole:
  • Mauritius
Mbelime:
  • Benin
Meitei :
  • India
Mongolian:
Montenegrin:
  • Montenegro
Mosetén:
  • Bolivia
Mossi:
  • Burkina Faso
Movima:
  • Bolivia