Lists of countries and territories by official language

This is a list of lists of countries and territories by official language.

List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language List of countries and territories where English is an official language List of countries and territories where French is an official language List of countries and territories where German is an official language List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language

Other official languages

Greek

CountryRegionPopulationStatusEurope10,372,335Official languageAsia1,320,525Co-official language with TurkishTotal11,692,860

Hindustani

CountryRegionPopulationStatusAsia1,367,703,110Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English. Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India. Asia220,892,331Urdu is co-official with English.Oceania889,327Hindi is official alongside English and Fijian. Although the basilect Fiji Hindi koine spoken at home and on the street is based on Awadhi, an Eastern Hindi language and not Hindustani, the prestige dialect (acrolect) and language of education is standard Indian Hindi.

Italian

CountryRegionPopulationStatusEurope60,198,633Official languageEurope8,619,259Co-official language with German, French, and RomanshEurope208,055Istria CountyEurope93,089Slovene IstriaEurope33,607Official languageEurope825Co-official language with LatinTotal69,153,468

Malay

CountryRegionPopulationPrimary Language?NotesAsia417,200Yes Oceania596Yes (along with English)Cocos Malay and English are the official languages. Cocos Malay is a dialect of Malay with some different features. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are an Australian external territory.Asia237,424,363Yes (as Indonesian language, not Malay language)Malay language in Indonesia is considered a regional language (bahasa daerah), on part with regional languages spoken in the regions of Sumatra and KalimantanAsia30,018,242YesAsia5,469,700Yes (along with English, Mandarin & Tamil)Total273,330,101

Portuguese

CountryRegionPopulationMore informationSouth America217,637,297Brazil does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Brazilian PortugueseAfrica21,669,278Mozambique does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Mozambican PortugueseAfrica18,498,000Angola does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Angolan PortugueseEurope10,318,000The main language of Portuguese Communitities.European PortugueseAfrica1,795,834(co-official with Spanish and French)Asia1,245,000co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)East Timorese PortugueseAfrica1,110,000Guinea-Bissau does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Guinean PortugueseAsia641,000Co-official with Cantonese.Macanese PortugueseAfrica499,000Cape Verde does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Cape Verdean PortugueseAfrica212,679Sao Tome and Principe does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.Sao Tomean PortugueseTotal273,626,088

Turkish

CountryRegionPopulationStatusEurasia86,092,168Official languageAsia1,320,525Co-official language with GreekTotal87,412,693

See also List of official languages by country and territory De facto

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