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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.
Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10] Armenian: Armenia [11] Artsakh [12] (independence disputed) Assamese: India (with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language) Aymara: Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10] Peru (with Spanish and Quechua and other languages ...
chronologically: List of languages by first written accounts; by number of speakers: List of languages by total number of speakers; List of languages by number of native speakers; List of languages by number of words according to authoritative dictionaries; List of languages by number of phonemes
(On this page a regional language has parentheses next to it that contain a region, province, etc. where the language has regional status.) National language 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.
Another study found that the percentage of each language used at each United Nations meeting in 2010 was distributed as follows: English (98%), French (87%), Spanish (34%), Russian (10%), Arabic (7%), and Chinese (3%). [3] The following is a list of major international and inter-governmental organizations.
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Arabic is sometimes considered a single language centred on Modern Standard Arabic , other authors consider its mutually unintelligible varieties separate languages. [ 1 ]
Abau Language Papuan Languages Abaza Northwest Caucasian Abenaki Eastern Algonquian Abkhaz or Abkhazian Northwest Caucasian Abujmaria or Madiya or Maria Dravidian Acehnese Malayo-Polynesian Adamorobe Sign Language Language isolate Adele Kwa Adyghe or West Circassian Northwest Caucasian Afar Cushitic Afrikaans Germanic Afro-Seminole Creole English-based creole Aguaruna Chicham Ahom Kra–Dai ...
Extinct or near-extinct American English. Boontling "Good American Speech": Mid-Atlantic or Transatlantic English; Elite Northeastern American English; Older Southern American English; American English-based hybrid languages (creoles or pidgins) Afro-Seminole Creole; Gullah language/Sea Island Creole English, South-East US related to Bahamian ...