Official and national languages




For your information, we have listed a selection of official and national languages sorted by nation below. The italic language marks the official language of the respective nation.


If you have further questions about your requested language, contact us and we will gladly assist you!


A


Afghanistan: Dari, Pashto, Turkic languages (among others Uzbek and Turkmen), multiple other languages (among others Balochi und Pashai) Albania: Albanian (Tosk and Gheg), Greek, Italian


Algeria: Arabic, Berber languages, French


Andorra: Catalan, Spanish, French


Angola: Portuguese, Bantu and other African languages


Antigua and Barbuda: English, regional dialects


Argentina: Spanish, English, Italian, German, French, indigenous languages


Armenia: Armenian, Russian and others


Australia: English, indigenous languages


Austria: German


Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian and others


B


Bahamas: English, Creole languages


Bahrain: Arabic, English, Farsi (Persian), Urdu


Bangladesh: Bengali, Urdu, English


Barbados: English


Belarus: Belarusian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and others


Belgium: Dutch, French, German


Belize: English, Spanish, Kriol, indigenous languages


Benin: French, Fon, Yoruba, Bariba, Somba and others




Bhutan: Dzongkha, English (trade and working language), Tibetic languages, Nepalese dialects


Bolivia: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara


Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and others


Botswana: English, Tswana


Brazil: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, German


Brunei: Malay, English, Chinese


Bulgaria: Bulgarian, second languages according to ethnicity


Burkina Faso: French, Mossi, Fula, Dyula, indigenous languages


Burundi: French, Kirundi, English, Swahili, Kirundi


C


Cambodia: Khmer, French, Vietnamese


Cameroon: English, French and multiple other languages


Canada: English, French, German, Italian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Spanish, indigenous languages


Cape Verde: Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole


Central African Republic: French, Sango


Chad: French, Arabic, Sango and Sara languages (especially in the South), multiple other regional languages and dialects


Chile: Spanish


China: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan and Hakka dialects


Colombia: Spanish


Comoros: Arabic, French, Comorian


Congo: French, Swahili, Lingala, Kituba, Tshiluba and other regional languages


Costa Rica: Spanish, English


Croatia: Croatian, Italian, Serbian, Hungarian and others


Cuba: Spanish


Cyprus: Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Cypriot Arabic



Czech Republic: Czech, Slovak, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German and others


D


Denmark: Danish, French, Greenlandic, Faroese, German


Djibouti: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar


Dominica: English, French, Patois


Dominican Republic: Spanish


E


Ecuador: Spanish, Quechua, Kichwa, Shuar and others


Egypt: Arabic, English, French


El Salvador: Spanish, English, Nawat and other indigenous languages


Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Pidgin English, Fang, Bube, Igbo and others


Eritrea: Tigrinya, Afar, Arabic, Beja, Tigre, Bilen, Kunama, Nara, Saho


Estonia: Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Finnish, English, German


Ethiopia: Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali, Oromo, Sidamo, English and multiple other languages and dialects


F


Fiji: English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi


Finland: Finnish, Swedish, Sami


France: French, Breton, Occitan, Basque, Corsican and others


G


Gabon: French, Fang und other indigenous languages


Gambia: English, Mandingo, Wolof, Fula, French, regional dialects and languages


Georgia: Georgian, Russian, Armenian and others


Germany: German


Ghana: English, Twi, Ewe, Ga, Dagaare, Dagbani and others



Greece: Greek, Turkish


Grenada: English, Patois


Guatemala: Spanish, K’iche’, Q’eqchi’, Kaqchiquel and other indigenous languages


Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese, Kriol and other African languages


Guinea: French, Fula, Maninka, Susu


Guyana: English, Guyanese Creole, indigenous languages


H


Haiti: French, Haitian Creole


Honduras: Spanish, Creole English, indigenous languages


Hungary: Hungarian, Croatian, German, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene


I


Iceland: Icelandic, Danish, Swedish and others


India: English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit and others Indonesia: Indonesian, English, Arabic, Betawi, Sundanese and multiple regional languages and dialects


Iran: Farsi (Persian), Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Kurdish, Arabic, Luri and others


Iraq: Arabic, Kurdish, Turkmen, Assyrian, Armenian


Ireland: Irish, English, Scots, Shelta


Israel: Hebrew, Arabic, English


Italy: Italian, French German, Ladin (in South Tyrol), Slovene and regional dialects


Ivory Coast: French, Akan, Dioula and multiple regional languages


J


Jamaica: English, Jamaican Patois



Japan: Japanese


Jordan: Arabic, English


K


Kazakhstan: Kazakh, Russian


Kenya: Swahili, English, Kikuyu, Sheng and others


Kiribati: English, Kiribati


Kuwait: Arabic


Kyrgyzstan: Kirghiz, Russian


L


Laos: Lao, Khmu, Hmong, French


Latvia: Latvian, Russian, Lithuanian and others


Lebanon: Arabic, French, Armenian, English


Lesotho: Sotho, English, Phuthi, Zulu, Xhosa


Liberia: English


Libya: Arabic, English, Italian and various Berber languages


Lichtenstein: German, Alemannic dialect


Lithuania: Lithuanian, Russian, Polish


Luxembourg: Luxembourgish, German, French


M


Macedonia: Macedonian, Albanian, Romani, Serbian, Turkish


Madagascar: French, Malagasy, indigenous languages


Malawi: English, Chewa and others


Malaysia: Malaysian, English, Manglish (English-based Creole), Mandarin, Hakka, Tamil, Iban and other indigenous languages


Maldives: Dhivehi, English


Mali: French, Berber (Azaward district)


Malta: Maltese, English, Italian


Marshall Islands: English, Marshallese (Ratak and Ralik dialect)


Mauritania: Arabic, Fula, Soninke, Wolof, French



Mauritius: English, French, Mauritian Creole, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and others


Mexico: Spanish, English, indigenous languages


Micronesia: English, indigenous languages


Moldova: Romanian, Gagauz, Russian, Ukrainian


Monaco: French, Italian, Monégasque, Occitan


Mongolia: Mongolian


Montenegro: Montenegrin, Serbian, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian


Morocco: Arabic, Berber, Darija (Maghrebi Arabic), French


Mozambique: Portuguese, Swahili, Kimwani, Makonde and other indigenous languages


Myanmar: Burmese, Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan and other indigenous languages


N


Namibia: English, Afrikaans, German, Oshiwambo and others


Nauru: Nauruan, English


Nepal: Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Tamang and various other languages


Netherlands: Dutch, Frisian, Papiamento, English, German


New Zealand: English, Maori, New Zealand Sign Language


Nicaragua: Spanish, English, Miskito, Rama, Garifuna and other indigenous languages


Niger: French, Arabic, Buduma, Fulfulde, Gulmancema, Hausa, Kanuri, Zarma and others


Nigeria: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and others


North Korea: Korean


Norway: Norwegian, Sami, Kven, Romani and others


O


Oman: Arabic, Swahili, English, Baluchi, Urdu and various Indian languages



P


Pakistan: Urdu, English, Punjabi, Balochi, Sindhi, Pashto, Urdu


Palau: English, Palauan, Sonsorolese (in Sonsorol), Japanese (in Angaur), Tobian (in Hatohobei)


Panama: Spanish, Guaymí and other native languages


Papua New Guinea: Tok Pisin (New Guinean Pidgin), English, Hiri Motu, Papua New Guinean Sign language, multiple indigenous languages Paraguay: Spanish, Guaraní


Peru: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, native languages


Philippines: Filipino, English, indigenous languages and dialects


Poland: Polish, Belarusian, Czech, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ukrainian


Portugal: Portuguese, Mirandese (regional)


Q


Qatar: Arabic, English


R


Romania: Romanian, Armenian, Hungarian, Romani, Serbian, Slovakian, Turkish, Ukrainian


Russia: Russian, Ukrainian, Tatar, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Armenian and others


Rwanda: Kinyarwanda, French, English


S


Saint Kitts and Nevis: English


Saint Lucia: English, Saint Lucian Creole French


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: English, Vincentian Creole


Samoa: English, Samoan


San Marino: Italian


São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese, Forro, Angolar, Principense



Saudi Arabia: Arabic


Senegal: French, Wolof, Fula, Serer, Mandinka, Soninke and others


Serbia: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Albanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Rusyn


Seychelles: English, French, Seychellois Creole


Sierra Leone: English, Temne, Mende, Creole, Mandingo and others


Singapore: English, Mandarin, Tamil, Malay


Slovakia: Slovak, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Polish, Romani, Rusyn, Ukrainian, German


Slovenia: Slovene, Hungarian, Croatian


Solomon Islands: English, Solomons Pijin, various indigenous languages


Somalia: Arabic, Somali


South Africa: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Southern Ndebele, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda


South Korea: Korean


Spain: Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan, Fala, Aragonese, Astur-Leonese


Sri Lanka: Sinhalese, Tamil, English


State of Vatican City: Italian, French, Latin


Sudan: Arabic, English


Suriname: Dutch, Sranan, Bhojpuri, Javanese


Swaziland: English, Swazi


Sweden: Swedish, Finnish, Romani, Sami and other minority languages


Switzerland: German, French, Italian, Romansh


Syria: Arabic, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Armenian, Turkish, Aramaic and others


T


Taiwan: Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Yami, Formosan languages


Tajikistan: Tajik, Russian and others


Tanzania: Swahili, English


Thailand: Thai, Chinese, Malay, various indigenous languages



Timor-Leste: Tetum, Portuguese, English, Indonesian, various regional languages and dialects


Togo: French, Ewe, Kabiyé, Tem, Gbe languages


Tonga: Tongan, English


Trinidad and Tobago: English, Trinidadian Creole, Spanish, indigenous languages


Tunisia: Arabic, French, Berber, English


Turkey: Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic


Turkmenistan: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek and others


Tuvalu: Tuvaluan, English


U


Uganda: English, Swahili, Luganda and others


Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Rusyn and others


United Arab Emirates: Arabic, English, Farsi (Persian), Hindi and others


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: English, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish


United States of America: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese and others


Uruguay: Spanish


Uzbekistan: Uzbek, Russian


V


Vanuatu: English, French, Bislama, indigenous languages


Venezuela: Spanish, indigenous languages


Vietnam: Vietnamese, French, Chinese, Khmer and other minority languages


Y


Yemen: Arabic



Z


Zambia: English, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga and other indigenous languages


Zimbabwe: English, Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Zimbabwean Sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa