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Countries and languages
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Below, we provide a list of the countries of the world and their majority languages – not including the many dialects and minority languages – for you to use as a marketing tool.
European Union
AUSTRIA
- German (Austrian)
BELGIUM
- Dutch (Flemish), French (Walloon) and German
BULGARIA
- Bulgarian
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Czech and Slovak
CYPRUS
- Greek and Turkish
DENMARK
- Danish and Greenlandic
ESTONIA
- Estonian, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Belarusian
FINLAND
- Finnish, Swedish, Lappish and Russian
FRANCE
- French, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Breton and Occitan
GERMANY
GREAT BRITAIN
GREECE
- Greek, Turkish, Macedonian and Albanian
IRELAND
- English and Irish
ITALY
- Italian, German, Ladin, Istriot, Sardinian
LATVIA
- Latvian, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian
LITHUANIA
- Lithuanian, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Latvian and Polish
LUXEMBOURG
- French, Luxembourgish and German
MALTA
- Maltese and English
Europe
ALBANIA
- Albanian and Greek
ANDORRA
- Catalan, Spanish and French
ARMENIA
- Armenian and Russian
AZERBAIJAN
- Azerbaijani (Azeri), Russian and Armenian
BELARUS
- Belarusian and Russian
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- Bosnian (a variant of Serbian-Croatian)
VATICAN CITY
- Latin and Italian
CROATIA
- Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Istriot
GEORGIA
- Georgian, Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani (Azeri)
ICELAND
LIECHTENSTEIN
- German
MACEDONIA
- Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian and Turkish
MOLDOVA
- Moldavian, Russian and Gagauz
MONACO
- French, Monegasque and Italian
MONTENEGRO
- Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian, Albanian and Bosnian
NORWAY
- Norwegian, Lappish and Finnish
RUSSIA
- Russian, Finno-Ugric, Altaic, Samoyedic, Caucasian, Paleo-Asian languages and others
SAN MARINO
- Italian
SERBIA
- Serbian
SWITZERLAND
- Swiss German, French, Italian and Romansh
TURKEY
- Turkish and Kurdish
UKRAINE
- Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish and Hungarian
Africa
ALGERIA
- Arabic (Algerian), French and Berber
ANGOLA
- Portuguese and Bantu languages
BENIN
- French, Bariba, Fulani, Fon and Yoruba
BOTSWANA
- English and Setswana
BURKINA FASO
- French, Mossi and Dyula
BURUNDI
- French, Kirundi and Swahili
CAMEROON
- French, English, Fulani, Fang, Bulu (and others)
CAPE VERDE
- Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- French, Sango, Gbaya and others
CHAD
- French, Arabic, Sara, Maba, Teda and Mbum
COMOROS
- French, Arabic and Comorian
CONGO
- French, Lingala, Kikongo and Kituba
CONGO (ZAIRE)
- French, Kiswahili, Kiluba, Kikongo, Lingala and others
IVORY COAST
- French, Dyula, Senufo and others
EGYPT
- Arabic (Egyptian)
ERITREA
- Ethiopian (Amharic or Amarinya), Arabic, Tigrinya, Afar, Italian and others
ETHIOPIA
- Ethiopian (Amharic or Amarinya), Galla, Tigrinya, Sidama, Somali and others
GABON
- French, Fang, Myene and Bantu languages
THE GAMBIA
- English, Mandinka, Fula, Wolof and others
GHANA
- English, Gur, Kwa, Twi, Fanti and others
DJIBOUTI
- French, Arabic and Cushitic languages
GUINEA
- French, Sussu, Malinke, Fulbe, Fulani and others
GUINEA-BISSAU
- Portuguese, Creole-Portuguese and Sudanese languages
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
- Spanish, Fang, Bube and Creole-English
KENYA
- Swahili, Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, English and others
LESOTHO
- English, Sesotho and others
LIBERIA
- English and Sudanese languages
LIBYA
- Libyan Arabic, Berber and Italian
MADAGASCAR
- Malagasy and French
MALAWI
- English, Chichewa and others
MALI
- French, Bambara, Fulfulde, Songhai, Soninke and Dogon
MOROCCO
- Arabic (Moroccan), French and Berber dialects
MAURITANIA
- Hassaniya Arabic, Wolof, Soninke, Fulani and French
MAURITIUS
- French, Creole-French, English, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tamil and others
MOZAMBIQUE
- Portuguese and Bantu languages
NAMIBIA
- Ambo, Herero, Nama, English, Afrikaans, Bantu languages, Bushman (Bushmen) and Hottentot
NIGER
- French, Hausa, Tamasheq, Zarma, Fulani and others
NIGERIA
- English, Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and others
RWANDA
- French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
- Portuguese and Creole-Portuguese
SENEGAL
- French, Wolof, Fulani, Dyola, Maninka and Serer
SEYCHELLES
- Creole-French, French and English
SIERRA LEONE
- English, Creole-English, Mende, Limba and Temne
SOMALIA
- Somali, Arabic, English and Italian
SOUTH AFRICA
- Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, Zulu, Venda, Swazi, Ndebele, Pedi and Tsonga
SUDAN
- Arabic, Hamitic, Nilotic and Sudanese languages
SWAZILAND
- English and Swati
TANZANIA
- Swahili, English, Sukuma, Nyamwezi and Bantu languages
TOGO
- French, Ewe, Kabiye, Mina and Dagbani
TUNISIA
- Tunisian Arabic, French and Berber
UGANDA
- English, Swahili, Luganda, Nilotic, Chiga and others
ZAMBIA
- English, Nyanja, Bemba, Tonga, Lunda, Lozi, Luvale and others
ZIMBABWE
- English, Shona, Zimbabwean Ndebele and others
America
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
- English and Creole-French
ARGENTINA
- Spanish (Argentinian), Araucanian and Guarani
THE BAHAMAS
- English and Creole-English
BARBADOS
BELIZE
- English, Spanish, Creole-English and other minor languages
BOLIVIA
- Spanish (Bolivian), Quechua, Aymara and Takana
BRAZIL
- Portuguese(Brazilian), Tupi, Araucanian, Cariban, Guarani and other Native American languages
CANADA
- English (Canadian), French (Canadian) and Amerindian languages
CHILE
- Spanish (Chilean) and Araucanian
COLOMBIA
- Spanish (Colombian), Araucanian and Cariban
COSTA RICA
- Spanish (Costa Rican) and others
CUBA
- Spanish (Cuban)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- Spanish (Dominican)
ECUADOR
- Spanish, Quechua, Huaorani and others
EL SALVADOR
- Spanish (Salvadoran)
JAMAICA
- English and Creole-English
GRENADA
- English and Creole-French
GUATEMALA
- Spanish and Mayan languages
GUYANA
- English, Hindi, Urdu, Creole-English, Araucanian and Cariban
HAITI
- French and Haitian Creole
HONDURAS
- Spanish and others
MEXICO
- Spanish (Mexican) and Amerindian languages
NICARAGUA
- Spanish and Miskito
PANAMA
- Spanish, English, Guaymi and Kuna
PARAGUAY
- Spanish and Guarani
PERU
- Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
PUERTO RICO
- Spanish and English
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
- English and Creole-French
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
- English, French and Creole-French
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- English, Spanish and others
SURINAME
- Dutch, English, Creole-English, Hindi and Javanese
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- English, Creole-French, Spanish and Hindi
URUGUAY
- Spanish
VENEZUELA
- Spanish, Araucanian and Cariban
Asia
AFGHANISTAN
- Dari and Pashto (known as Afghan), Farsi, Uzbek and Turkmen
SAUDI ARABIA
- Arabic (Saudi)
BAHRAIN
- Arabic
BANGLADESH
- Bengali (Bangla)
BURMA
- Burmese
BRUNEI
- Malaysian (Malay), English and Chinese
BHUTAN
- Nepalese (Nepali) and Bhutanese (Dzongkha)
CAMBODIA
- Cambodian (Khmer), Chinese and Vietnamese
CHINA
- Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Wu, Min-Bei, Min-Nan, Hakka, Xiang, Gan, Yue and others
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Arabic, Persian and Indian languages
PHILIPPINES
- Filipino (Tagalog), Cebuano, Ilocano, English and others
JAPAN
JORDAN
- Arabic (Jordanian)
INDIA
- Hindi, English, Nepalese (Nepali), Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Bengali (Bangla), Assamese, Odia, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and others
INDONESIA
- Indonesian, Malaysian (Malay), Madurese, Javanese, Sundanese and others
IRAN
- Persian, Gilaki, Mazanderani, Farsi and others
IRAQ
- Arabic, Kurdish and others
ISRAEL
- Hebrew and Arabic
KAZAKHSTAN
- Kazakh, Russian, German, Ukrainian, Uzbek and others
KYRGYZSTAN
- Kyrgyz and Russian
KUWAIT
- Arabic
LAOS
- Lao, French, Meo
LEBANON
- Lebanese Arabic, French, Armenian and Assyrian
MALAYSIA
- Malaysian (Malay), English, Chinese, Tamil and others
MALDIVES
- Dhivehi and English
MONGOLIA
- Mongolian, Russian, Chinese and Kazakh
NEPAL
- Nepalese (Nepali), Bihari, Newari, and others
OMAN
- Arabic
PAKISTAN
- Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and others
QATAR
- Arabic
SINGAPORE
- English, Malaysian (Malay), Chinese and Tamil
SYRIA
- Syrian Arabic and Kurdish
SRI LANKA
- Sinhala/Sinhalese, Tamil and English
TAJIKISTAN
- Tajik and Russian
TAIWAN
- Chinese (Mandarin), Fukienese and Taiwanese
THAILAND
- Thai, Chinese and others
TURKMENISTAN
- Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek and others
UZBEKISTAN
- Uzbek, Russian, Tajik and others
VIETNAM
- Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and others
YEMEN
- Arabic (Yemeni)