An official language is a language having certain rights to be used in defined situations. These rights can be created in written form or by historic...

This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part...

countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of 2024[update], there are 57 sovereign...

designated national language of India. While the constitution was adopted in 1950, article 343 declared that Hindi would be the official language and English...

The official languages of the United Nations are the six languages used in United Nations (UN) meetings and in which the UN writes all its official documents...

French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English...

countries and territories by official language. List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages List of countries and territories...

lists lots of languages which have no administrative mandate as an official language, generally describing these as de facto official languages. Abkhaz: Abkhazia...

European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – were considered "procedural" languages but this notion was abandoned...

Spanish is an official language, plus several countries where Spanish or any language closely related to it, is an important or significant language. Spanish...

where Chinese is an official language. While those countries or territories that designate any variety of Chinese as an official language, as the term "Chinese"...

authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. The word official as a noun has been recorded since the...

thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi...

The Official Languages Act (French: Loi sur les langues officielles) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, which gives French and...

national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for...

The official languages of Canada are English and French, which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions...

communities. Tamil has been recognized as a classical language by the Indian government and holds official status in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Singapore. The...

speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 59 sovereign states (such as India, Ireland, and...

The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...

native language of the Russians. It was the de facto and de jure official language of the former Soviet Union. Russian has remained an official language of...

The Official Language Act of 1974 (French: Loi sur la langue officielle), also known as Bill 22, was an act of the National Assembly of Quebec, commissioned...

variety of Vernacular languages spoken in Spain. Spanish, the official language in the entire country, is the predominant native language in almost all of...

Constitution relating to official languages and the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963. Department of Official Language was set up in June 1975...

number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either nationally or locally, are included. List of languages by number...

Official Language Act or Official Languages Act may refer to: one of several acts passed in Sri Lanka, including the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956...

Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil...

conservative Romance languages). Spoken by about 85 million people, including 67 million native speakers (2024), Italian is an official language in Italy, San...

and French. French is an official language in 27 countries, as well as one of the most geographically widespread languages in the world, with about 50...

declares Filipino Sign Language or FSL as the country's official sign language and as the Philippine government's official language in communicating with...

This is a list of countries and territories where Russian is an official language: Geographical distribution of Russian speakers "Lost in translation...