World Languages
Learn about the official languages spoken in countries around the world. Browse by language, see which countries share a language, and explore language maps.
| Language | Countries | Official in |
|---|---|---|
| English | 38 | Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Singapore, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Botswana, Namibia, Guyana, Gambia, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Zambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Micronesia, Solomon Islands |
| Spanish | 20 | Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Equatorial Guinea |
| Arabic | 19 | Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Mauritania, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Yemen |
| French | 18 | Senegal, France, Haiti, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Togo, Monaco |
| Portuguese | 7 | Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe |
| German | 4 | Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein |
| Dutch | 3 | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
| Italian | 3 | Italy, San Marino, Vatican City |
| Albanian | 2 | Albania, Kosovo |
| Greek | 2 | Greece, Cyprus |
| Korean | 2 | South Korea, North Korea |
| Malay | 2 | Malaysia, Brunei |
| Romanian | 2 | Romania, Moldova |
| Swahili | 2 | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Amharic | 1 | Ethiopia |
| Armenian | 1 | Armenia |
| Azerbaijani | 1 | Azerbaijan |
| Belarusian | 1 | Belarus |
| Bengali | 1 | Bangladesh |
| Bislama | 1 | Vanuatu |
| Bosnian | 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Bulgarian | 1 | Bulgaria |
| Burmese | 1 | Myanmar |
| Catalan | 1 | Andorra |
| Comorian | 1 | Comoros |
| Croatian | 1 | Croatia |
| Czech | 1 | Czech Republic |
| Danish | 1 | Denmark |
| Dhivehi | 1 | Maldives |
| Dzongkha | 1 | Bhutan |
| Estonian | 1 | Estonia |
| Filipino | 1 | Philippines |
| Finnish | 1 | Finland |
| Georgian | 1 | Georgia |
| Gilbertese | 1 | Kiribati |
| Hebrew | 1 | Israel |
| Hindi | 1 | India |
| Hungarian | 1 | Hungary |
| Icelandic | 1 | Iceland |
| Indonesian | 1 | Indonesia |
| Japanese | 1 | Japan |
| Kazakh | 1 | Kazakhstan |
| Khmer | 1 | Cambodia |
| Kinyarwanda | 1 | Rwanda |
| Kirundi | 1 | Burundi |
| Kyrgyz | 1 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Lao | 1 | Laos |
| Latvian | 1 | Latvia |
| Lithuanian | 1 | Lithuania |
| Luxembourgish | 1 | Luxembourg |
| Macedonian | 1 | North Macedonia |
| Malagasy | 1 | Madagascar |
| Maltese | 1 | Malta |
| Mandarin Chinese | 1 | China |
| Marshallese | 1 | Marshall Islands |
| Mongolian | 1 | Mongolia |
| Montenegrin | 1 | Montenegro |
| Nauruan | 1 | Nauru |
| Nepali | 1 | Nepal |
| Norwegian | 1 | Norway |
| Palauan | 1 | Palau |
| Pashto | 1 | Afghanistan |
| Persian | 1 | Iran |
| Polish | 1 | Poland |
| Russian | 1 | Russia |
| Samoan | 1 | Samoa |
| Serbian | 1 | Serbia |
| Sesotho | 1 | Lesotho |
| Sinhala | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| Slovak | 1 | Slovakia |
| Slovene | 1 | Slovenia |
| Somali | 1 | Somalia |
| Swazi | 1 | Eswatini |
| Swedish | 1 | Sweden |
| Tajik | 1 | Tajikistan |
| Tetum | 1 | Timor-Leste |
| Thai | 1 | Thailand |
| Tigrinya | 1 | Eritrea |
| Tongan | 1 | Tonga |
| Turkish | 1 | Turkey |
| Turkmen | 1 | Turkmenistan |
| Tuvaluan | 1 | Tuvalu |
| Ukrainian | 1 | Ukraine |
| Urdu | 1 | Pakistan |
| Uzbek | 1 | Uzbekistan |
| Vietnamese | 1 | Vietnam |