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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:

  • Abkhazia (with Russian; independence is disputed)

Afar:

Afrikaans:

Aja-Gbe:

Albanian:

Akuapem Twi:

Amharic:

Anii:

Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language):

Araona:

Armenian:

Asante Twi:

Assamese:

  • India (with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)

Aymara:

Ayoreo (Zamuco):

Azerbaijani:

B

Balanta:

Bambara:

Bariba:

Basque:

Bassari:

Baure:

Bedik:

Belarusian:

Bengali:

Berber:

Biali:

Bislama:

Boko:

Bomu:

Bosnian:

Bozo:

Buduma:

Bulgarian:

Burmese:

C

Canichana:

Cantonese:

Carolinian:

Catalan:

Cavineña:

Cayubaba:

Chácobo:

Chamorro:

Chichewa:

Chimané:

Chinese, Mandarin:

Chipewyan:

Chirbawe (Sena):

Comorian:

Corsican:

Cook Islands Māori:

Cree:

Croatian:

Czech:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia (legislation states that a person using Czech language at a Slovak institution must be treated as if using Slovak language)

D

Dagaare:

Dagbani:

Dangme:

Danish:

Dari:

  • Afghanistan (a local variant of Persian, but defined as "Dari" in the Afghan constitution; together with Pashto)

Dendi:

Dhivehi:

Dioula:

Dogon:

Dutch:

sole official language in:
*Flanders
co-official language in:
*Brussels (with French)

Dzongkha:

E

English (see also List of countries where English is an official language):

Ese Ejja:

Estonian:

Ewe-Gbe:

F

Fante:

Faroese:

Fijian:

Filipino:

Finnish:

Fon-Gbe:

Foodo:

Formosan:

French (see also List of countries where French is an official language):

sole official language in:
* Wallonia (except for the Canton of Eupen and the Canton of Sankt Vith, where German is the official language)
co-official language in:
*Brussels (with Dutch)
Official language in:
*Canton of Geneva
*Canton of Vaud
*Canton of Jura
*Canton of Neuchâtel
*Canton of Fribourg (with German)
*Canton of Bern (with German)
*Canton of Valais (with German)

Fula:

G

Ga:

Gàidhlig:

Gbe:

Gen-Gbe:

Georgian:

German:

sole official language in:
* Canton of Eupen
* Canton of Sankt Vith
Official language in 21 cantons:
*17 of the 26 cantons (monolingually German)
*Canton of Grisons (with Italian and Romansh)
*Canton of Bern (with French)
*Canton of Fribourg (with French)
*Canton of Valais (with French)

Gonja:

Gourmanché:

Greek:

Guaraní:

Guarayu:

Gujarati:

  • India

Gwichʼin:

H

Haitian Creole:

Hakka:

Hassaniya:

Hausa:

Hebrew:

  • Israel

Hindi:

Hiri Motu:

Hungarian:

I

Igbo:

Ignaciano Moxos:

Icelandic:

Indonesian:

Inuinnaqtun:

Inuit:

Inuktitut:

Inuvialuktun:

Irish:

Italian:

Official language in:
*Canton of Ticino
*Canton of Grisons (with German and Romansh)

Itene:

Itonama:

J

Japanese:

  • Japan (de facto)
  • Palau (Angaur)

Javanese:

  • native to Java; Indonesia
  • Special region of Yogyakarta

Jèrriais:

Jola:

K

Kabye:

Kalaallisut:

Kalanga:

Kallawaya:

Kannada:

  • India (Karnataka) (with 21 other regional Languages, Hindi and English as the languages of Union of India)

Kanuri:

Kasem:

Kazakh:

Khmer:

Kinyarwanda:

Kirundi:

Kissi:

Koisan (Tshuwau):

Korean:

Korean Sign Language:

Kpelle:

Kurdish:

Kyrgyz:

L

Lao:

Latin:

Latvian:

Leco:

Lithuanian:

Lukpa:

Luxembourgish:

M

Macedonian:

Malagasy:

Malay:

Malinke:

Maltese:

Mamara:

Manding (Mandinka, Malinke):

Mandinka:

Mandjak:

Mankanya:

Manx Gaelic:

Māori:

  • New Zealand (with English and New Zealand Sign Language)

Marshallese:

Mauritian Creole:

Mbelime:

Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):

  • India (along with 21 other scheduled languages recognised by the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution)

Mongolian:

Montenegrin:

Mosetén:

Mossi:

Movima:

N

Nambya:

Nateni:

Nauruan:

Navajo:

Ndau:

Ndebele (Northern):

Ndebele (Southern):

Nepali:

New Zealand Sign Language:

  • New Zealand (with English and Māori)

Niuean:

Noon:

North Slavey:

Northern Sotho:

Norwegian:

  • Norway (two official written forms – BokmÃ¥l and Nynorsk)

Nzema:

O

Odia:

  • India (with 21 other regional Languages, and with English as a link language)

Oniyan:

Oromo:

Ossetian:

  • South Ossetia (with Russian and Georgian; independence is disputed)

P

Pakawara:

Palauan:

Papiamento:

Pashto:

Persian:

Polish:

Portuguese:

Punjabi:

Puquina:

Q

Quechua:

R

Romanian:

Romansh:

Russian:

  • Russia (in some regions together with regional languages)
  • Abkhazia (with Abkhaz according to the Abkhazian constitution; independence is disputed)
  • Belarus (with Belarusian)
  • Kazakhstan (with Kazakh)
  • Kyrgyzstan (with Kyrgyz)
  • South Ossetia (with Ossetian and Georgian; independence is disputed)
  • Tajikistan ("inter-ethnic communication"; with Tajik)
  • Transnistria (with Moldovan and Ukrainian; independence is disputed)

S

Safen:

Samoan:

Sango:

Scots:

Sena:

Serbian:

Serer:

Seychellois Creole:

Shona:

Sinhala:

Sirionó:

Slovak:

Slovene:

Somali:

Songhay-Zarma:

Soninke:

Sonsorolese:

Sotho:

South African Sign Language:

South Slavey:

Spanish:

Susu:

Swahili:

  • Kenya (with English)
  • Rwanda (with English, French and Kinyarwanda)
  • Tanzania (de facto; with English)
  • Uganda (since 2005; with English)

Swati:

Swedish:

Syenara:

T

Tacana:

Tahitian:

Taiwan Sign Language:

Taiwanese Hokkien:

Tajik:

  • Tajikistan (a variant of Persian written in Cyrillic)

Tagalog:

Tapieté:

Tamasheq:

Tamil:

Tammari:

Tasawaq:

Tebu:

Telugu:

  • India (with 21 other regional Languages, and with English as a link language)

Tetum:

Thai:

Tigrinya:

Tłı̨chǫ:

Tobian:

Tok Pisin:

Tokelauan:

Toma:

Tonga:

Tongan:

Toromono:

Trinitario Moxos:

Tsonga:

Tswana:

Turkish:

Turkmen:

Tuvaluan:

U

Ukrainian:

Urdu:

  • Pakistan (with English)
  • India (Urdu dialect and in script it is Sanscrit with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)

Uru-Chipaya:

Uzbek:

V

Venda:

Vietnamese:

W

Waama:

Waci-Gbe:

Wamey:

Weenhayek:

Welsh:

Wolof:

X

Xhosa:

Xwela-Gbe:

Y

Yaminawa:

Yobe:

Yom:

Yoruba:

Yuki:

Yuracaré:

Z

Zimbabwean sign language:

Zulu:

List of languages by the number of countries in which they are the most widely used

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, co-official, an administrative or working language.

List of languages by number of countries in which they are the official language

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.

<small>Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk (*)</small>

Official regional and minority languages

Abaza:

Adyghe:

  • Adygea (state language; with Russian)

Aghul:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Ahtna

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Aklanon:

  • Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)

Albanian:

Altay:

Alutiiq:

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Arabic:

Aranese see Occitan

Armenian:

Aromanian:

Assamese:

Avar:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Azeri:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Balkar:

Bashkir:

Basque:

Bengali:

Bikol:

  • Luzon and Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)

Bosnian:

Buryat:

Cantonese Chinese:

  • China:
  • Some provinces Canton Province (with Mandarin)
  • Hong Kong (for Chinese language, Cantonese is spoken de facto; co-official with English)
  • Macau (for Chinese language, Cantonese is spoken de facto; co-official with Portuguese)

Catalan:

Cebuano:

  • Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)

Central Alaskan Yup'ik

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Chavacano:

  • Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)

Chechen:

  • Chechnya (state language; with Russian)
  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Cherkess:

Cherokee:

Chipewyan:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Chukchi:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Chukchi population)

Chuvash:

Cree:

  • Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Crimean Tatar

  • Crimea (with Russian and Ukrainian)

Croatian:

Dargwa:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Deg Xinag

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Dena'ina

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Dolgan:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Dolgan population)

Dutch:

English:

  • parts of Canada:
*Alberta
*British Columbia
*Manitoba (with French)
*Newfoundland and Labrador
*Nova Scotia
*Ontario
*Prince Edward Island
*Quebec
*Saskatchewan
*New Brunswick (with French)
*Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Slavey (North and South) and Tłįchǫ)
*Nunavut (with Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and French)
*Yukon (with French)
  • The United Kingdom:
*England
*Northern Ireland
*Scotland (with Scottish Gaelic in some municipalities)
*Wales (with Welsh)
*Isle of Man (with Manx Gaelic)
*Guernsey (with French)
*Jersey (with French)

Erzya:

  • Mordovia (state language; with Moksha and Russian)

Even:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Even population)

Evenki:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Evenki population)

Eyak

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Faroese:

Finnish:

  • Karelia (authorized language; with Karelian and Veps)

French:

  • parts of Canada
*New Brunswick (co-official with English)
*Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, English, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Slavey (North and South) and Tłįchǫ)
*Nunavut (with English, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut)
*Quebec
*Yukon (with English)

Frisian (West):

Friulian:

  • The Friuli region of northeastern Italy

Gagauz:

Galician:

  • part of Spain
  • Galicia (with Spanish)

German:

Greek:

Guaraní:

Gujarati:

Gwich'in:

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)
  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Haida

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and English)

Hän

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Hawaiian:

Hiligaynon:

  • Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)

Hindi:

Holikachuk

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Hungarian:

Ibanag:

  • Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)

Ilocano:

  • Luzon and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan.)

Ingush:

Inuinnaqtun:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))
  • Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)

Inuktitut:

  • Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuinnaqtun)
  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Inupiaq

  • Alaska (with Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Inuvialuktun:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, North Slavey, South Slavey and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Irish:

Italian:

Ivatan:

  • Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)

Japanese:

Kabardian:

Kalmyk:

  • Kalmykia (state language; with Russian)

Kannada:

  • India (with 21 other regional languages)

Kapampangan:

  • Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ilocano, Ibanag, Ivatan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)

Karachay:

Karelian:

  • Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Veps)

Kashmiri:

Kazakh:

Khakas:

Khanty:

Kinaray-a:

  • Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)

Komi:

  • Komi (state language; with Russian)

Komi-Permyak:

Korean:

Koyukon

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Kumyk:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Kyrgyz:

Lak:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Lezgian:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Lower Tanana

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Macedonian

Maguindanao:

  • Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)

Malayalam:

Mansi:

Maranao:

  • Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, and Yakan)

Marathi:

Mari (Hill and Meadow):

  • Mari El (state language; with Russian)

Mayan:

Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):

Mi'kmaq:

  • Nova Scotia ("first language"; with English (de facto), French, Scottish Gaelic)

Moksha:

  • Mordovia (state language; with Erzya and Russian)

Mongolian:

Náhuatl:

  • Mexico (*only recognized)
  • El Salvador (*only recognized)

Nenets:

Nepali:

  • India (with 21 other regional languages)

Nogai:

Occitan:

Odia:

  • India (with 21 other regional languages)
  • Odisha

Ossetic (Digor and Iron dialects):

Pangasinan:

  • Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Sambal, and Tagalog)

Portuguese:

Punjabi:

Rapa Nui

Romanian:

  • Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak and Ruthenian)

Rotuman

  • Rotuma (with English, Fijian, and Fiji Hindi)

Russian. Russian is fixed as a state language in the Constitutions of the republics of the Russian Federation:

Rusyn:

  • Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak)
  • Ukraine
  • Zakarapts'ka region (with Ukrainian, Hungarian)

Rutul:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Sakha:

  • Sakha (state language; with Russian)

Sambal:

  • Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, and Tagalog)

Sami:

  • Finland (in four municipalities)
  • Norway (in six municipalities in two provinces)
  • Sweden (in four municipalities and surrounding municipalities)

Sanskrit:

Saraiki

Sarikoli:

Selkup:

Serbian:

Siberian Yupik

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Sindhi:

  • India (with 21 other regional languages)
  • Pakistan (Official language in the province of Sindh along with Urdu and English)

Sioux:

North and South Slavey:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and TłįchÇ« (Dogrib))

Slovak:

  • part of Serbia
  • Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)

Slovene:

Spanish:

Surigaonon:

  • Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)

Tabasaran:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Tagalog:

  • Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)

Tamil:

Tanacross

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Tat:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Tatar:

Tausug:

  • Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Maranao, and Yakan)

Telugu:

Tibetan:

Tłįchǫ:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, and South Slavey)

Tlingit

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Tsakhur:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)

Tsimshian

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and English)

Tswana:

Turkish:

Tuvan:

  • Tyva (state language; with Russian)

Udmurt:

  • Udmurtia (state language; with Russian)

Unangax̂

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Upper Kuskokwim

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Upper Tanana

  • Alaska (with Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Lower Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and English)

Urdu:

  • Pakistan (with English as co-official language)
  • India (with 21 other regional languages)
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Delhi Territory
  • Uttar Pradesh state
  • Bihar state
  • Andhra Pradesh mainly in Hyderabad (former princely state of Nizam) and adjacent areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka

Uyghur:

Veps:

  • Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Karelian)

Vietnamese:

Waray:

  • Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, and Tagalog)

Welsh:

  • Wales (United Kingdom) (with English)

Yakan:

  • Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Tausug)

Yiddish:

Yukaghir:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Yukaghir population)

Zhuang:

See also

Notes

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