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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. [1] In 1946, five languages were chosen as official languages of the UN: Chinese, [2] English (British English with Oxford spelling), [3] French, Russian, and Spanish.
United Nations (UN/ONU) Under the Charter, the official languages are Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish as well as Arabic which was added in 1973. Portuguese is the only unofficial language to have its day (May 5) proclaimed as "World Day". [5] See also: Official languages of the United Nations. Universal Postal Union (UPU)
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.
Switzerland (National and official language with French, German, and ) [42] Official language in: Canton of Ticino; Canton of Grisons (with German and Romansh) Vatican City (with Latin) Itene: Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10] Itonama: Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10]
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
Ethiopia has five official languages (Amharic alone until 2020) Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, and Afar, but Amharic is the de facto sole official language which is used by the government for issuing driving licenses, business licenses, passport, and foreign diplomacy with the addition that Court documents are in Amharic, and the ...
Country Region Population Status India Asia 1,367,703,110 [1]: Hindi 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.