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	'''[[Moldovan language\|Moldovan]]''' (identical to [[#Romanian\|Romanian]] according to the law of Moldova<ref name="moldovan">The 1989 Language Law of the [[Moldavian SSR]], which is still in force in Moldova (according to the Constitution [http://www.parlament.md/law/constitution/t7/]) asserts the existence of a "linguistic Moldo-[[Romanian language\|Romanian]] identity".[http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Legea_cu_privire_la_funcţionarea_limbilor_vorbite_pe_teritoriul_RSS_Moldoveneşti]		'''[[Moldovan language\|Moldovan]]''' (identical to [[#Romanian\|Romanian]] according to the law of Moldova<ref name="moldovan">The 1989 Language Law of the [[Moldavian SSR]], which is still in force in Moldova (according to the Constitution [http://www.parlament.md/law/constitution/t7/]) asserts the existence of a "linguistic Moldo-[[Romanian language\|Romanian]] identity".[http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Legea_cu_privire_la_funcţionarea_limbilor_vorbite_pe_teritoriul_RSS_Moldoveneşti]

	~~{{quote\|~~"The law of [[1 September]] [[1989]] regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova remains valid, excepting the points where it contradicts this constitution."\|Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, Title 7, Article 7}}		:"The law of [[1 September]] [[1989]] regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova remains valid, excepting the points where it contradicts this constitution."\|Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, Title 7, Article 7

	~~{{quote\|~~"Moldavian SSR supports the desire of the Moldovans that live across the borders of the Republic, and considering the really existing linguistical Moldo-Romanian identity - of the Romanians that live on the territory of the USSR, of doing their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their maternal language."\|Law regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova}}		:"Moldavian SSR supports the desire of the Moldovans that live across the borders of the Republic, and considering the really existing linguistical Moldo-Romanian identity - of the Romanians that live on the territory of the USSR, of doing their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their maternal language."\|Law regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova

	</ref>)		</ref>)

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New page: ==Official languages of sovereign countries== There are 115 languages in this category. :{{CompactTOC}} <cite id=A> </cite> '''Afrikaans''': *[[South...

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==Official languages of [[sovereignty|sovereign countries]]==
There are 115 languages in this category.
:{{CompactTOC}}
<cite id=A> </cite>
'''[[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Albanian language|Albanian]]''':
*[[Albania]]
*[[Kosovo]] (independence disputed)
*[[Montenegro]] (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian)

'''[[Amharic language|Amharic]]''':
*[[Ethiopia]]

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

'''[[Armenian language|Armenian]]''':
*[[Armenia]]

'''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Assam]]

'''[[Aymara language|Aymara]]''':
*[[Bolivia]] (with [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and Quechua)
*[[Peru]] (with [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and Quechua)

'''[[Azeri language|Azeri]]''':
*[[Azerbaijan]]

<cite id=B> </cite>

'''[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]''':
*[[Belarus]] (with [[Russian language|Russian]])

'''[[Bengali language|Bengali]]''':
*[[Bangladesh]]
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Tripura]]
**[[West Bengal]]

'''[[Bislama language|Bislama]]''':
*[[Vanuatu]] [http://www.vanuatu.gov.vu/government/library/constitution.html]

'''[[Bosnian language|Bosnian]]''':
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (with [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]])
*[[Montenegro]] (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Albanian and Croatian)
*[[Serbia]] (in the region of [[Sandžak]])

'''[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]''':
*[[Bulgaria]]

'''[[Burmese language|Burmese]]''':
*[[Myanmar]]

<cite id=C> </cite>
'''[[Catalan language|Catalan]]''':
*[[Andorra]]

'''[[Chinese language|Chinese]]''' (see also [[Sinitic languages]]):
*[[Republic of China|Republic of China in Taiwan]] ([[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] is spoken, [[Traditional Chinese]] is written; Mandarin is designated as national language)
*[[People's Republic of China]] ([[Identification of the varieties of Chinese|varieties of Chinese languages]] are spoken, [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese]] is written, [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] is designated as national language)
**[[Hong Kong]] ([[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]] and English are the official legal languages under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong's Basic Law (or mini-constitution as it is sometimes known), [[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese]] is written; co-official with English)
**[[Macau]] (Cantonese is spoken ''de facto'', Traditional Chinese is written; co-official with Portuguese)
*[[Singapore]] (Mandarin is spoken, [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese]] is written.) (With English, [[Malay language|Malay]] and Tamil)

'''[[Croatian language|Croatian]]'''
*part of [[Austria]]
**[[Burgenland]] (with [[German]] and [[Hungarian]])
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (with [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]])
*[[Croatia]]
*part of [[Italy]]
**[[Molise]]
*part of [[Serbia]]
**[[Vojvodina]] (with [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]] and Ruthenian)
*[[Montenegro]] (with Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian and Albanian)

'''[[Czech language|Czech]]''':
*[[Czech Republic]]

<cite id=D> </cite>
'''[[Danish language|Danish]]'''
*[[Denmark]]
**[[Faroe Islands]] (with [[Faroese language|Faroese]])
**[[Greenland]] (with [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]])

'''[[Dari language|Dari]]''':
*[[Afghanistan]] (with [[Pashto language|Pashto]])

'''[[Dhivehi language|Dhivehi]]''':
*[[Maldives]]

'''[[Dutch language|Dutch]]''':
*[[Belgium]] (sole official language in [[Flanders]], with [[French language|French]] in [[Brussels]])
*The [[Netherlands]] (sole official language in every province except [[Friesland]], where [[West Frisian]] is co-official)
**[[Aruba]] (with [[Papiamento]])
**[[Netherlands Antilles]] (with English and [[Papiamento]])
*[[Suriname]]

'''[[Dzongkha language|Dzongkha]]''':
*[[Bhutan]]

<cite id=E> </cite>
'''English''' (see also [[List of countries where English is an official language]]):
*[[Antigua and Barbuda]]
*[[Australia]] (''de facto'')
*[[Bahamas]]
*[[Barbados]]
*[[Belize]]
*[[Botswana]] (but the national language is [[Tswana language|Tswana]])
*[[Canada]] (with [[French language|French]])
*[[Cameroon]] (with [[French language|French]])
*[[Dominica]] ([[French-based creole languages|with French creole]])
*[[Fiji]] (with [[Fijian language|Bau Fijian]] and [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]])
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Hong Kong]] (with [[Chinese language|Chinese]])
*[[The Gambia]]
*[[Ghana]]
*[[Grenada]] ([[French-based creole languages|with French creole]])
*[[Guyana]]
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
*[[Republic of Ireland]] (with [[Irish language|Irish]])
*[[Jamaica]]
*[[Kenya]] (with [[Swahili language|Swahili]])
*[[Kiribati]]
*[[Lesotho]] (with [[Sotho language|Sotho]])
*[[Liberia]]
*[[Madagascar]] (with [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] and [[French language|French]])
*[[Malawi]] (with [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]])
*[[Malta]] (with [[Maltese language|Maltese]])
*[[Marshall Islands]] (with [[Marshallese language|Marsgallese]])
*[[Mauritius]]
*[[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]]
*[[Namibia]]<ref>{{Citation
|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/wa00000_.html
|title=Namibia - Constitution
|publisher=servat.unibe.ch/icl (International Constitutional Law collection)
|year=1990
|accessdate=2008-05-02}} (Article 3)</ref>
*[[Nauru]] (with [[Nauruan language|Nauruan]])
*[[Netherlands Antilles]] (with [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Papiamento]])
*[[New Zealand]] (with [[Māori language|Māori]] and [[New Zealand Sign Language]])
*[[Nigeria]]
*[[Pakistan]] (with [[Urdu]] as the national language)
*[[Philippines]] (with [[Filipino language|Filipino]])
*[[Palau]] (with Palauan and Japanese)
*[[Papua New Guinea]] (with Tok Pisin and Motu)
*[[Rwanda]] (with [[French language|French]] and [[Kinyarwanda]])
*[[St. Kitts and Nevis]]
*[[St. Lucia]] (with [[French-based creole languages|French creole]])
*[[St. Vincent and the Grenadines]] ([[French-based creole languages|with French creole]])
*[[Samoa]] (with Samoan)
*[[Seychelles]] (with Creole, [[French language|French]])
*[[Sierra Leone]]
*[[Singapore]] (with Chinese, [[Malay language|Malay]], Tamil)
*[[Solomon Islands]]
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])
*[[Sudan]] (with [[Arabic]])
*[[Swaziland]] (with Swati)
*[[Tonga]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[Tuvalu]]
*[[Uganda]] (with Swahili)
*[[United Kingdom]] ([[de facto]])
*[[United States]] ([[de facto]])
*[[Vanuatu]] (with Bislama and [[French language|French]])
*[[Zambia]]
*[[Zimbabwe]]

'''[[Estonian language|Estonian]]''':
*[[Estonia]]

<cite id=F> </cite>
'''[[Fijian language|Fijian]]'''
*[[Fiji]] (with English and [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]])

'''[[Filipino language|Filipino]]''':
*[[Philippines]] (with English)

'''[[Finnish language|Finnish]]''':
*[[Finland]] (with [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]])

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

'''[[West Frisian language|Frisian (West)]]''':
* The [[Netherlands]] (with Dutch)

<cite id=G> </cite>
'''[[Gagauz language|Gagauz]]''':
* [[Moldova]] (with [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]])

'''[[Georgian language|Georgian]]''':
* [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]

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

'''[[Greek language|Greek]]''':
*[[Greece]]
*[[Cyprus]] (with [[Turkish language|Turkish]])

'''[[Guaraní language|Guaraní]]'''
*[[Paraguay]] (with [[Spanish language|Spanish]])

'''[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
**[[Daman and Diu]]
**[[Gujarat]]

<cite id=H> </cite>
'''[[Haitian Creole]]''':
*[[Haiti]] (with [[French language|French]])

'''[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]''':
*[[Israel]] (with Arabic)

'''[[Hindi language|Hindi]]'''
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
*[[Fiji]] (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as ''Hindustani'' as an umbrella term to cover [[Urdu language|Urdu]], as well as Hindi.)

'''[[Hiri Motu]]''':
*[[Papua New Guinea]] (with English and [[Tok Pisin]])

'''[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]''':
*[[Hungary]]
*part of [[Slovakia]]
*part of [[Serbia]]
**[[Vojvodina]] (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Slovak and Ruthenian)
*part of [[Romania]]
*part of [[Ukraina]]
*part of [[Austria]]

<cite id=I> </cite>

'''[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]''':
*[[Iceland]]

'''[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]''':
*[[Indonesia]]

'''[[Irish language|Irish Gaelic]]''' is the national and first official language of:
*[[Ireland]] (with English)

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

<cite id=J> </cite>
'''[[Japanese language|Japanese]]''':
*[[Japan]] (de facto)
*Part of [[Palau]]
**[[Angaur]] (with [[Angaur language|Angaur]] and English)

<cite id=K> </cite>
'''[[Kannada language|Kannada]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Karnataka]]

'''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
** [[Jammu and Kashmir]]

'''[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]''':
*[[Kazakhstan]] (with Russian)
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture|Ili]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Barkol Kazak Autonomous County|Barkol]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Mori Kazak Autonomous County|Mori]], with Chinese (Mandarin)

'''[[Khmer language|Khmer]]''':
*[[Cambodia]]

'''[[Korean language|Korean]]''':
*[[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
*[[Republic of Korea]]
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]] with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Changbai Korean Autonomous Prefecture|Changbai]] (Jangbaek, Changbaek)
**[[Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture|Yanbian]] (Yeonbyeon,Yŏnbyŏn)

'''[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]''':
*[[Iraq]] (with Arabic)

'''[[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]]''':
*[[Kyrgyzstan]] (with Russian)
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture|Kizilsu]] (with Chinese (Mandarin))

<cite id=L> </cite>
'''[[Lao language|Lao]]''':
*[[Laos]]

'''[[Latvian language|Latvian]]''':
*[[Latvia]]

'''[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]''':
*[[Lithuania]]

'''[[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]''':
*[[Luxembourg]] (with [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]])

<cite id=M> </cite>
'''[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]''':
*[[Republic of Macedonia]]
*part of [[Albania]]
**[[Korçë]] (with [[Albanian language|Albanian]])

'''[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]''':
*[[Madagascar]] (with [[French language|French]] and English)

'''[[Malay language|Malay]]''':
*[[Malaysia]]
*[[Brunei]]
*[[Singapore]] (with English, [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]])

'''[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Kerala]]
**[[Pondicherry]]
**[[Lakshadweep]]

'''[[Maltese language|Maltese]]''':
*[[Malta]] (with English)
**[[Kunsill Nazzjonali ta' l-Ilsien Malti]]
**[[Akkademja tal-Malti]]

'''[[Maori language|Māori]]''':
*[[New Zealand]] (with English and New Zealand Sign Language)

'''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Maharashtra]]

'''[[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]''' (identical to [[#Romanian|Romanian]] according to the law of Moldova<ref name="moldovan">The 1989 Language Law of the [[Moldavian SSR]], which is still in force in Moldova (according to the Constitution [http://www.parlament.md/law/constitution/t7/]) asserts the existence of a "linguistic Moldo-[[Romanian language|Romanian]] identity".[http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Legea_cu_privire_la_funcţionarea_limbilor_vorbite_pe_teritoriul_RSS_Moldoveneşti]

{{quote|"The law of [[1 September]] [[1989]] regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova remains valid, excepting the points where it contradicts this constitution."|Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, Title 7, Article 7}}

{{quote|"Moldavian SSR supports the desire of the Moldovans that live across the borders of the Republic, and considering the really existing linguistical Moldo-Romanian identity - of the Romanians that live on the territory of the USSR, of doing their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their maternal language."|Law regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova}}

</ref>)
*[[Moldova]]

'''[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]'''
*[[Mongolia]]
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Inner Mongolia]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture|Haixi]], with Tibetan and Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture|Bortala]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture|Bayin'gholin]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Dorbod Autonomous County|Dorbod]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County|Qian Gorlos]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County|Harqin Left]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County|Fuxin]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County|Weichang]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Subei Mongol Autonomous County|Subei]], with Chinese (Mandarin)
**[[Henan Mongol Autonomous County|Henan]], with Chinese (Mandarin)

'''[[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]]''':
*[[Montenegro]] (with Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian)

<cite id=N> </cite>
'''[[Ndebele language|Ndebele]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])
*[[Zimbabwe]] (with English and [[Shona language|Shona]])

'''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''':
*[[Nepal]]
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Sikkim]]
**[[West Bengal]]

'''[[New Zealand Sign Language]]''':
*[[New Zealand]] (alongside Māori and English)

'''[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]''':
*[[Norway]] (two official written forms - ''Bokmål'' and ''Nynorsk'')

<cite id=O> </cite>
'''[[Oriya language|Oriya]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Orissa]]

'''[[Papiamento]]'''
*[[Aruba]] (with [[Dutch language|Dutch]])
*[[Netherlands Antilles]] (with English and [[Dutch language|Dutch]])

<cite id=P> </cite>
'''[[Pashto language|Pashto]]''':
*[[Afghanistan]] (with [[Dari language|Dari]])
*[[Pakistan]] (Official language of [[NWFP]])

'''[[Persian language|Persian]]''':
*[[Iran]]
*[[Afghanistan]] (called [[Dari-Persian]] in Afghanistan) (with [[Pashto language|Pashto]])
*[[Tajikistan]] (called [[Tajiki-Persian]] in Tajikistan)

'''[[Polish language|Polish]]''':
*[[Poland]]

'''[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]''':
*[[Angola]]
*[[Brazil]]
*[[Cape Verde]]
*[[East Timor]] (with [[Tetum]])
*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Macau]] (with [[Chinese language|Chinese]])
*[[Mozambique]]
*[[Portugal]]
*[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]

'''[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Punjab region|Punjab]]
**[[Delhi]]
*[[Pakistan]] (with English, Pothowari, Urdu, Kashmiri (Koshur), Pashto, Sindhi, Siraiki, Balochi and Brahui)

<cite id=Q> </cite>
'''[[Quechua language|Quechua]]'''
*[[Bolivia]] (with [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and Aymara)
*[[Peru]] (with [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and Aymara)

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'''[[Romanian language|Romanian]]''':
*[[Romania]]
*[[Moldova]] (official called [[#Moldovan|Moldovan]], although identical to Romanian according to the law of Moldova<ref name="moldovan"/>)
*part of [[Serbia]]
**[[Vojvodina]] (with Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

'''[[Romansh language|Rhaeto-Romansh]]''':
*[[Switzerland]] (with [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], and [[Italian language|Italian]])
**[[Graubünden]] (with [[German language|German]] and [[Italian language|Italian]])

'''[[Russian language|Russian]]''':
*[[Russia]] (in some regions together with regional languages)
*[[Belarus]] (with Belarusian)
*[[Kazakhstan]] (with Kazakh)
*[[Kyrgyzstan]] (with Kyrgyz)
*[[Moldova]] (with [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] and [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]])

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'''[[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])

'''[[Serbian language|Serbian]]''':
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (with Bosnian, Croatian)
*[[Serbia]]
*[[Montenegro]] (with Montenegrin, Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian)
*[[Kosovo]] (with Albanian)

'''[[Shona language|Shona]]''':
*[[Zimbabwe]] (with English and [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]])

'''[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
*[[Pakistan]] (Official language in the Province of [[Sindh]] along with [[Urdu]] and [[English language|English]])

'''[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]''':
*[[Sri Lanka]] (with Tamil, and with English as a link language)

'''[[Slovak language|Slovak]]'''
*[[Slovakia]]
*part of [[Serbia]]
**[[Vojvodina]] (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)

'''[[Slovene language|Slovene]]''':
*[[Slovenia]]
*part of [[Italy]]
**[[Friuli Venezia Giulia|Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] (with [[Italian language|Italian]])
*part of [[Austria]]
**[[Karnten|Carinthia]] (with [[German language|German]])

'''[[Somali language|Somali]]''':
*[[Somalia]]

'''[[Sotho language|Sotho]]''':
*[[Lesotho]] (with English)
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

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

'''[[Swahili language|Swahili]]''':
*[[Kenya]] (with English)
*[[Tanzania]] (de facto)
*[[Uganda]] (since 2005; with English)
'''[[Swati language|Swati]]''':
*[[Swaziland]] (with English)
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Swedish language|Swedish]]''':
*[[Sweden]] (de facto)
*[[Finland]] (with [[Finnish (language)|Finnish]])
**[[Åland]] (monolingually Swedish) (an [[Autonomous entity|autonomous]] province under [[Finland|Finnish]] [[sovereignty]])

'''[[Tajik language|Tajik]]''':
*[[Tajikistan]]
*part of the [[People's Republic of China]]
**[[Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County|Taxkorgan]] (with Chinese (Mandarin))

'''[[Tamil language|Tamil]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
**[[Pondicherry]]
**[[Tamil Nadu]]

* [[Singapore]] (with English, [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and Malay)
*[[Sri Lanka]] (with Sinhala, and with English as a link language)

'''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]''':
*[[India]] (with 22 other [[List of national languages of India|official languages]])
**[[Andhra Pradesh]]
**[[Pondicherry]]

'''[[Tetum]]''':
*[[East Timor]] (with [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]])

'''[[Thai language|Thai]]''':
*[[Thailand]]

'''[[Tok Pisin]]''':
*[[Papua New Guinea]] (with English and Motu)

'''[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Tswana language|Tswana]]''':
*[[Botswana]] (with English)
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Turkish language|Turkish]]''':
*[[Turkey]]
*[[Cyprus]] (with [[Greek language|Greek]])

'''[[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]''':
*[[Turkmenistan]]

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'''[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]''':
* [[Ukraine]]
* [[Moldova]] (with [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]])

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

'''[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]''':
*[[Uzbekistan]]

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'''[[Venda language|Venda]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

'''[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]''':
*[[Vietnam]]

'''[[Welsh language|Welsh]]''':
*[[United Kingdom]] ([[Wales]]) (with English)

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'''[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]])

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'''[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]''':
* [[Russia]] (only in [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], with [[Russian language|Russian]])

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'''[[Zulu language|Zulu]]''':
*[[South Africa]] (with [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], English, [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]])

List of Official Languages - Revision history

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