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Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
Ireland, the first official language of Ireland is Irish, with the second being English. [275] English is the first language of the vast majority of the population. Luxembourg is a rare example of a truly trilingual society, in that it not only has three official languages – Luxembourgish , French and German [ 276 ] – but has a trilingual ...
Berber languages from North Africans are one of the most spoken languages in France, about 2,200,000 speakers. Italian: spoken by Italian communities in many major French cities, especially in southern regions, such as Nice, Savoie, and Corsica. [citation needed] About 790,000 speakers, excluding Italian dialects.
Bulgarian – български език Official language in: Republic of Bulgaria, and Hellenic Republic; Recognised Minority Language in: Romania, Republic of Serbia, and Ukraine; Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား. Official language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ
Number of living languages Number of speakers Established Immigrant Total Percent [note 1] Total Mean Median Papua New Guinea: 840 0 840 11.81 4,213,381 5,040 1,315 Indonesia: 707 2 709 9.98 222,191,197 315,165 3,500 Nigeria: 525 7 532 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000 India: 453 6 459 ? 1,257,421,714 2,924,237 35,000 China (mainland only) 302 3 305
French is the second most commonly spoken language in Canada and one of two federal official languages alongside English. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it was the native language of 7.7 million people (21% of the population) and the second language of 2.9 million (8% of the population).