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:
- Djibouti (with Arabic, French, Somali)
- Ethiopia (with Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya)
Afrikaans:
- Namibia (with English and German)
- South Africa (with English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
Aja-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official language is French)
Albanian:
- Albania
- Kosovo (with Serbian)
- Montenegro (in Gusinje, Plav, Podgorica, Rožaje, Tivat, Tuzi, and Ulcinj)
- North Macedonia (with Macedonian)
Akuapem Twi:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Amharic:
- Ethiopia (with Afar, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya)
Anii:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language):
- Algeria (with Berber)
- Bahrain
- Chad (with French)
- Comoros (with French and Comorian)
- Djibouti (with French)
- Egypt
- Eritrea (with Tigrinya and English)
- Iraq (with Kurdish)
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali (with Tuareg and French)
- Mauritania (with several national languages: Fula, Soninke, Wolof)
- Morocco (with Berber)
- Oman
- Palestine
- Philippines (in Bangsamoro)
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Somaliland (with English and Somali; independence is disputed)
- Somalia (with Somali)
- Sudan (with English)
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates (along with English)
- Yemen
Araona:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Armenian:
- Armenia
Asante Twi:
- Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English)
Assamese:
- India (with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)
Aymara:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Ayoreo (Zamuco):
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
B
Balanta:
- Senegal (a national language along with Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Bambara:
- see Manding
- Mali (a national language along with Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
Bariba:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Basque:
- Co-official in some autonomous communities of Spain:
- Basque Country
- Navarre; both with Spanish
Bassari:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Baure:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Bengali:
- Bangladesh
- India (with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language)
- Sierra Leone
Berber:
- Algeria (with Arabic)
- Morocco (with Arabic)
Biali:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Bislama:
- Vanuatu (with English and French)
Boko:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Bomu:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
Bosnian:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Croatian, Serbian) (de facto)
Bozo:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
Buduma:
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Songhay-Zarma, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)
Burmese:
- Myanmar (formerly Burma)
C
Canichana:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
- Co-official in some autonomous communities of Spain:
- Balearic Islands
- Catalonia
- Valencian Community; all with Spanish
Cavineña:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
- Taiwan (using Traditional Chinese characters; other official languages of Taiwan are Formosan languages, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka and Taiwan Sign Language.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Bosnian and Serbian) (de facto)
Dendi:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Dhivehi:
- Maldives
Dioula:
- see Manding
- Burkina Faso (a national language along with Fula, Mossi and other languages, the official language is French)
Dogon:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Fula, Mamara, Songhay, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
Dutch:
- Belgium (official language with French and German)
:sole official language in:
:*Flanders
:co-official language in:
:*Brussels (with French)
- The Netherlands (sole official language in every province except Friesland, where West Frisian is co-official and the BES islands, where Papiamento and English are co-official)
- Aruba (with Papiamento)
- Curaçao (with Papiamento and English)
- Sint Maarten (with English)
- Suriname
Dzongkha:
- Bhutan
E
English (see also List of countries where English is an official language):
- Australia
- The Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Botswana (but the national language is Tswana)
- Cameroon (with French)
- Canada (with French)
- Ontario (de facto; with limited French)
- Quebec (with French)
- Nova Scotia (de facto; with limited French & Gaelic)
- New Brunswick (with French)
- Manitoba (with French)
- British Columbia (de facto; with limited French)
- Prince Edward Island (de facto; with limited French)
- Saskatchewan (de facto; with limited French)
- Alberta (de facto; with limited French)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (de facto; with limited French, Innu-aimun, & Inuttut)
- Northwest Territories (with 10 others)
- Yukon (with French)
- Nunavut (with Inuit & French)
- Curaçao (with Dutch and Papiamento)
- Dominica
- England
- Eritrea (with Tigrinya and Arabic)
- Eswatini (with Swati)
- Fiji (with Bau Fijian and Fiji Hindi)
- Malta (with Maltese)
- Marshall Islands (with Marshallese)
- Mauritius (with French)
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Namibia (Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are spoken regionally)
- Nauru (with Nauruan)
- New Zealand (with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language)
- Nigeria (with Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)
- Pakistan (with Urdu as the national language)
- Palau (with Palauan)
- Papua New Guinea (with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu)
- Philippines (with Filipino)
- Rwanda (with Kinyarwanda, French and Swahili
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa (with Samoan)
- Seychelles (with Seychellois Creole and French)
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore (with Chinese, Malay, Tamil) Thirty-two states recognize English as official by law.)
- Vanuatu (with Bislama and French)
Ese Ejja:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Filipino:
- Philippines (with English)
Finnish:
- Finland (with Swedish)
Fon-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Foodo:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Formosan:
- Taiwan (other national languages of Taiwan are Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien,
: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)
- Togo (with Ewe-Gbe and Kabye)
- Vanuatu (with Bislama and English)
Gbe:
- see Aja-Gbe, Ewe-Gbe, Fon-Gbe, Gen-Gbe, Waci-Gbe, Xwela-Gbe
Gen-Gbe:
- Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French)
Georgian:
- Georgia
- South Ossetia (with Ossetian and Russian; independence is disputed)
- Albania (Greek Minority Zone of Himara, Finiq and Dervican with Albanian)
Guaraní:
- Paraguay (with Spanish)
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and 33 other languages)
Hakka:
- Taiwan (other national languages of Taiwan are Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien,)
- Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Fiji Hindi as an umbrella term to cover Standard Hindi, Urdu, as well as other Hindustani dialects)
I
Igbo:
- Nigeria (with English, Hausa and Yoruba)
- East Timor (a minority working language in East Timor)
Inuinnaqtun:
- Canada (in Northwest Territories)
Inuit:
- Canada (in Nunavut)
Inuktitut:
- Canada (in Northwest Territories)
Inuvialuktun:
- Canada (in Northwest Territories)
Irish:
- Republic of Ireland ("national"; with English being "second official")
Italian:
- Italy
- Croatia
- Istria County (with Croatian)
- San Marino
- Slovenia
- Slovenian Istria (with Slovene)
- Switzerland (National and official language with French, German, and (Romansh))
Jola:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
K
Kabye:
- Togo (with French and Ewe-Gbe)
Kalaallisut:
- Greenland
Kalanga:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Tshuwau ("Koisan"), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)
Khmer:
- Cambodia
Kinyarwanda:
- Rwanda (with English, French, and Swahili)
Kirundi:
- Burundi (with French)
Kissi:
- Guinea (a national language along with Fula, Kpelle, Malinke, Susu, Toma, Oniyan, Wamey, the official language is French)
Koisan (Tshuwau):
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)
- South Korea
L
Lao:
- Laos
Latin:
- Holy See
Latvian:
- Latvia
Leco:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Ndau:
- Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa)
Ossetian:
- South Ossetia (with Russian and Georgian; independence is disputed)
P
Pakawara:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Russian:
- Russia (in some regions together with regional languages)
- Abkhazia (with Abkhaz according to the Abkhazian constitution;
S
Safen:
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Serer, Soninke, Wolof, the official language is French)
Samoan:
- American Samoa
- Samoa (with English)
Sango:
- Central African Republic (with French)
Scots:
- Scotland (With English and Scots Gaelic)
Slovene:
- Slovenia
Somali:
- Djibouti (with Arabic, French, Afar)
- Somalia (with Arabic)
- Somaliland (with Arabic and English; independence is disputed)
Songhay-Zarma:
- Mali (a national language along with Bambara, Bomu, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Mamara, Soninke, Syenara, Tamasheq, the official language is French)
- Niger (with French, Arabic, Buduma, Fula, Gourmanché, Hausa, Kanuri, Tamasheq, Tasawaq, Tebu)
- Peru (with Aymara, Quechua and other languages) (Aranese, Basque, Catalan, and Galician are co-official in some regions)
- United States (in the US territory of Puerto Rico)
- Uruguay (de facto)
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara (with Arabic)
Susu:
- Guinea (a national language along with Fula, Kissi, Kpelle, Malinke, Toma, Oniyan, Wamey, the official language is French)
Swahili:
- Kenya (with English)
- Rwanda (with English, French and Kinyarwanda)
- Tanzania (de facto; with English)
- Uganda (since 2005; with English)
Swati:
- Eswatini (with English)
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,
Tagalog:
- see Filipino
Tapieté:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
Wolof:
- Mauritania (a national language along with Fula, Soninke, the official language is Arabic)
- Senegal (a national language along with Balanta, Bassari, Bedik, Fula, Hassaniya, Jola, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Safen, Serer, Soninke, the official language is French)
X
Xhosa:
- South Africa (with Afrikaans, English, Ndebele (Southern), Northern Sotho, Sotho, South African Sign Language,
Yuki:
- Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Language
!Number of countries language spoken
|-
|English
|101
|-
|Arabic
|60
|-
|French
|51
|-
|Standard Chinese
|33
|-
|Spanish
|31
|-
|Persian
|29
|-
|German
|18
|-
|Russian
|16
|-
|Malay
|13
|-
|Portuguese
|12
|-
|}
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>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Language
!World
!Africa
!Americas
!Asia
!Europe
!Oceania
!Countries
|-
|English
|58
|23
|14
|4
|3
|14
|United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India, Nigeria (See the full list)
|-
|French
|26
|18
|2
| –
|5
|1
|France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Vanuatu (See the full list)
|-
|Arabic
|23–26*
|12–14*
| –
|11–12*
| –
| –
|Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine* (See the full list)
|-
|Spanish
|20
|1
|18
| –
|1
|–
|Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico (See the full list)
|-
|Portuguese
|9
|6
|1
|1
|1
| –
|Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor (See the full list)
|-
|German
|6
| –
| –
| –
|6
| –
|Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein (See the full list)
|-
|Russian
|5–8*
| –
| –
|3
|2–5*
| –
|Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia*, South Ossetia*, Transnistria*. (See the full list)
|-
|Swahili
|5
|5
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
|-
|Serbo-Croatian
|4–5*
| –
| –
| –
|4–5*
| –
|Serbia (known as Serbian), Croatia (known as Croatian), Montenegro (known as Montenegrin), Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian), Kosovo* (known as Serbian)
|-
|Italian
|4
| –
| –
| –
|4
| –
|Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City
|-
|Malay
|4
| –
| –
|4
| –
| –
|Malaysia (known as Malaysian), Indonesia (known as Indonesian), Singapore, Brunei
|-
|Dutch
|3
| –
|1
| –
|2
| –
|Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname
|-
|Persian
|3
| –
| –
|3
| –
| –
|Iran, Afghanistan (known as Dari), Tajikistan (known as Tajik)
|-
|Sotho
|3
|3
| –
| –
| –
| –
|South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe
|-
|Tswana
|3
|3
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe
|-
|Albanian
|2–3*
| –
| –
| –
|2–3*
| –
|Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia
|-
|Standard Chinese
|2–3*
| –
| –
|2–3*
| –
| –
|China, Singapore, Taiwan*
|-
|Romanian
|2–3*
| –
| –
| –
|2-3*
| –
|Romania, Moldova, Transnistria*
|-
|Somali
|2–3*
|2–3*
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Somalia, Ethiopia, and Somaliland*
|-
|Turkish
|2–3*
| –
| –
| –
|2–3*
| –
|Turkey, Northern Cyprus* and Cyprus
|-
|Aymara
|2
| –
|2
| –
| –
| –
|Bolivia and Peru
|-
|Berber
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Algeria and Morocco
|-
|Chichewa
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Malawi and Zimbabwe
|-
|Fula
|2
|2
| –
| –
| -
| –
|Burkina Faso and Mali
|-
|Greek
|2
| –
| –
| –
|2
| –
|Greece and Cyprus
|-
|Guarani
|2
| –
|2
| –
| –
| –
|Paraguay and Bolivia
|-
|Hindi
|2
| –
| –
|2
| –
| –
|India, Fiji
|-
|Quechua
|2
| –
|2
| –
| –
| –
|Bolivia and Peru
|-
|Korean
|2
| –
| –
|2
| –
| –
|North Korea and South Korea
|-
|Kurdish
|2
| –
| –
|2
| –
| –
|Iraq and Armenia
|-
|Rwanda-Rundi
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Burundi (known as Kirundi) & Rwanda (known as Kinyarwanda)
|-
|Swati
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa
|-
|Swedish
|2
| –
| –
| –
|2
| –
|Sweden and Finland
|-
|Tamil
|2
| –
| –
|2
| –
| –
|Sri Lanka and Singapore
|-
|Tigrinya
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|Eritrea and Ethiopia
|-
|Venda
|2
|2
| –
| –
| –
| –
|South Africa and Zimbabwe
|-
|}
Official regional and minority languages
Abaza:
- Karachay–Cherkessia (state language; with Cherkess, Karachay, Nogai and Russian)
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)
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:
- Philippines (mainly in Mindanao)
Aranese see Occitan
Armenian:
- Nagorno Karabagh
Aromanian:
- Kruševo
Assamese:
- India (with Hindi, English {as a "subsidiary official language"} and 20 other official languages)
- Assam
Avar:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)
Bashkir:
- Bashkortostan (state language; with Russian)
Basque:
- Basque Autonomous Community (with Spanish)
- Navarre (in some areas with Spanish)
Bengali:
- India (as a "subsidiary official language"} and 20 other official languages; second most spoken Indian Language)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Assam
- Tripura
- West Bengal
Bikol:
- Luzon and Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Agin-Buryat Okrug (authorized language)
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:
- parts of Spain
- Balearic Islands (with Spanish)
- Catalonia (with Spanish)
- Valencia (named as Valencian, with Spanish)
- parts of France
- Pyrénées Orientales
- parts of Italy
- Alghero
Cebuano:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)
Chipewyan:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Chukchi:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Chukchi population)
Chuvash:
- Chuvashia (state language; with Russian)
Cree:
- Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Crimean Tatar
- Crimea (with Russian and Ukrainian)
Croatian:
- part of Austria
- Burgenland (with German and Hungarian)*part of Italy
- Molise
- part of Serbia
- Vojvodina (with Hungarian, Pannonian Rusyn, Romanian, Serbian and Slovak)
- Montenegro (with Montenegrin, Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian)
Dargwa:
- Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)
Even:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Even population)
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)
- Guernsey (with English)
- Jersey (with English)
- Puducherry (co-official with Tamil in the Union Territory of Puducherry. Also Telugu and Malayalam are its regional official languages)
- part of Italy
- Aosta (co-official with Italian)
- part of United States with Louisiana
Frisian (West):
- The Netherlands: co-official in the province of Friesland (with Dutch)
Friulian:
- The Friuli region of northeastern Italy
Gagauz:
- Gagauzia (Moldova) (with Russian)
Galician:
- part of Spain
- Galicia (with Spanish)
German:
- Italy
- South Tyrol (together with Italian and Ladin)
Greek:
- parts of south Albania
- parts of south Italy
- Salento (Grecia Salentina, together with Italian)
- Calabria (Bovesia, together with Italian)
Guaraní:
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- in Argentina
- Corrientes Province (co-official with Spanish)
Gujarati:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Gujarat
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 Tłįchǫ (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:
- Hawaii (with English)
Hiligaynon:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)
Inuinnaqtun:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (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 Tłįchǫ (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 Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Irish:
- Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) (along with Ulster Scots and English)
Italian:
- part of Croatia
- Istria county (with Croatian)
- part of Slovenia
- Izola, Koper and Piran municipalities (with Slovene)
Ivatan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)
Kannada:
- India (with 21 other regional languages)
Kapampangan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ilocano, Ibanag, Ivatan, Pangasinan, Sambal, and Tagalog)
- part of the People's Republic of China
- Ili, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Barkol, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Mori, with Chinese (Mandarin)
- part of Mongolia
- Mori, with Mongolian
Khakas:
- Khakassia (state language; with Russian)
Khanty:
- Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug (aboriginal language; with Mansi and Nenets)
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (aboriginal language; with Nenets and Selkup)
Kinaray-a:
- Visayas (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Surigaonon, Tagalog, and Waray)
Komi-Permyak:
- Perm Krai
- Komi-Permyak Okrug (official language)
Korean:
- part of the People's Republic of China with Chinese (Mandarin)
- Changbai (Jangbaek, Changbaek)
- Yanbian (Yeonbyeon, Yŏnbyŏn)
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)
Mayan:
- Mexico (*only recognized)
- Guatemala (*only recognized)
- Belize (*only recognized)
- Honduras (*only recognized)
- El Salvador (*only recognized)
Meitei (officially known as Manipuri):
- India (with 21 other official languages)
- Manipur
- Tripura (formerly)
Mi'kmaq:
- Nova Scotia ("first language"; with English (de facto), French, Scottish Gaelic)
Moksha:
- Mordovia (state language; with Erzya and Russian)
Pangasinan:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Sambal, and Tagalog)
- Khakassia (state language; with Khakas)
Sambal:
- Luzon (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Bikol, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, and Tagalog) Trpinja, Dvor, Ervenik,
North and South Slavey:
- Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
Slovak:
- part of Serbia
- Vojvodina (with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian and Ruthenian)
Slovene:
- part of Italy
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia (with Italian, Friulian and German)
- part of Austria
- Carinthia (with German)
Spanish:
- New Mexico (spoken with English)
- Puerto Rico (with English)
- Philippines (mainly as Chavacano in Mindanao)
- El Cenizo, Texas
Surigaonon:
- Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan)
Tausug:
- Mindanao (Philippines) (with Filipino, English, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maguindanao, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Maranao, and Yakan)
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:
- Xinjiang (with Chinese (Mandarin))
Veps:
- Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Karelian)
Yiddish:
- Russia (only in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, with Russian)
Yukaghir:
- Sakha (local official language; in localities with Yukaghir population)
