| Afghanistan |
Pashtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor |
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Albania |
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Algeria |
Arabic (official), |
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Andorra |
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Angola |
Bantu, Portuguese |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
English |
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Argentina |
Spanish |
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Armenia |
Armenian |
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Australia |
English |
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Austria |
German 98% (small Slovene, Croatian, and |
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Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijani Turkic, 82%; Russian, 7%; |
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Bahamas |
English |
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Bahrain |
Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu |
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Bangladesh |
Bangla (official), English |
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Barbados |
English |
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Belarus |
Belorussian (White Russian) |
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Belgium |
Dutch (Flemish), 57%; French, 32%; bilingual |
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Belize |
English (official), Creole, Spanish, |
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Benin |
French (official), African languages |
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Bhutan |
Dzongkha (official) |
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Bolivia |
Spanish (official), Quechua, Aymara, Guarani |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
The language that used to be known as |
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Botswana |
English (official), Setswana |
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Brazil |
Portuguese |
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Brunei Darussalam |
Malay (official), Chinese, English |
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian |
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Burkina Faso |
French (official), tribal languages |
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Burundi |
Kirundi and French (official), Swahili |
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Cambodia |
Khmer (official), French, English |
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Cameroon |
French and English (both official); 24 major |
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Canada |
English, French (both official) |
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Cape Verde |
Portuguese, Criuolo |
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Central African Republic |
French (official), Sangho, Arabic, Hansa, |
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Chad |
French and Arabic (official), more than 100 |
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Chile |
Spanish |
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China |
Chinese, Mandarin, also local dialects |
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Colombia |
Spanish |
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Comoros |
French and Arab (both official), Shaafi |
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Congo |
French (official), Lingala, Kikongo, others |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
French (official), Swahili, Lingala, |
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Costa Rica |
Spanish |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
French (official) and African languages |
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Croatia |
What was once known as Serbo-Croatian is now |
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Cuba |
Spanish |
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Cyprus |
Greek, Turkish (official), English is widely |
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Czech Republic |
Czech; Slovak minority |
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Denmark |
Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit |
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Djibouti |
Arabic and French (both official), Afar, |
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Dominica |
English (official) and French patois |
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Dominican Republic |
Spanish, English widely spoken |
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Ecuador |
Spanish (official), Quechua |
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Egypt |
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El Salvador |
Spanish |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Spanish (official), French (2nd official), |
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Eritrea |
Afar, Bilen, Kunama, Nara, Arabic, Tobedawi, |
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Estonia |
Estonian (official), Russian, Finnish, |
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Ethiopia |
Amharic (official), English, Orominga, |
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Fiji |
Fijian, Hindustani, English (official) |
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Finland |
Finnish, Swedish (both official); small |
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France |
French, declining regional dialects |
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Gabon |
French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, |
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Gambia, The |
Native tongues, English (official) |
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Georgia |
Georgian (official), 71%; Russian, 9%; |
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Germany |
German |
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Ghana |
English (official), Native tongues (Brong |
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Greece |
Greek |
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Grenada |
English |
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Guatemala |
Spanish, Indian languages |
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Guinea |
French (official), native tongues (Malinké, |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Portuguese Criolo, African languages |
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Guyana |
English (official), Amerindian dialects |
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Haiti |
Creole and French (both official) |
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Honduras |
Spanish (official), English widely spoken in |
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Hungary |
Magyar (Hungarian), 98.2%; other, 1.8% |
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Iceland |
Icelandic |
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India |
Hindi (official), English (official), |
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Indonesia |
Bahasa Indonesia (official), Dutch, English, |
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Iran |
Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic |
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Iraq |
Arabic (official) and Kurdish |
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Ireland |
English, Irish Gaelic |
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Israel |
Hebrew (official), Arabic, English |
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Italy |
Italian; small German-, French-, and |
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Jamaica |
English, Jamaican Creole |
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Japan |
Japanese |
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Jordan |
Arabic (official), English |
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Kazakhstan |
Kazak (Qazaq), official language spoken by |
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Kenya |
English (official), Swahili (national), and several |
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Kiribati |
English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese) |
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Korea, North |
Korean |
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Korea, South |
Korean |
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Kuwait |
Arabic (official), English |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyz (official); Russian is de facto |
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Laos |
Lao (official), French, English |
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Latvia |
Latvian |
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Lebanon |
Arabic (official), French, English |
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Lesotho |
English and Sesotho (official); also Zulu |
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Liberia |
English (official) and tribal dialects |
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Libya |
Arabic, Italian and English widely |
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Liechtenstein |
German (official), Alemmanic dialect |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian |
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Luxembourg |
Luxermbourgish, French, German |
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Macedonia |
Macedonian, which uses the Cyrillic |
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Madagascar |
Malagasy and French (both official) |
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Malawi |
English and Chichewa (both official) |
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Malaysia |
Malay (official), Chinese, Tamil, English |
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Maldives |
Dhivehi (official); Arabic, Hindi, and |
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Mali |
French (official), African languages |
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Malta |
Maltese and English (both official) |
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Marshall Islands |
Both Marshallese and English are official |
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Mauritania |
Arabic (official) and French |
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Mauritius |
English (official), French, Creole, Hindi, |
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Mexico |
Spanish, Indian languages |
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Micronesia |
English is the official and common language; |
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Moldova |
Moldovan (official; virtually the same as |
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Monaco |
French (official), English, Italian, |
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Mongolia |
Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic, Russian, and |
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Morocco |
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects, |
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Mozambique |
Portuguese (official), Bantu languages |
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Myanmar |
Burmese, minority languages |
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Namibia |
Afrikaans, German, English (official), |
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Nauru |
Nauruan (official) and English |
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Nepal |
Nepali (official), Newari, Bhutia, Maithali |
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The Netherlands |
Dutch, Frisian |
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New Zealand |
English (official), Maori |
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Nicaragua |
Spanish |
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Niger |
French (official); Hausa; Songhai; Arabic |
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Nigeria |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, and |
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Norway |
Two official forms of Norwegian: Bokmål and |
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Oman |
Arabic (official); also English and Indian |
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Pakistan |
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi |
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Palau |
Palauan, English (official) |
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Palestinian State (proposed) |
Arabic, Hebrew, English, French |
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Panama |
Spanish (official); many bilingual in |
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Papua New Guinea |
English, Tok Pisin (a Melanesian Creole |
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Paraguay |
Spanish (official), Guaraní |
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Peru |
Spanish and Quéchua (both official), Aymara, |
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The Philippines |
Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English |
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Poland |
Polish |
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Portugal |
Portuguese |
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Qatar |
Arabic (official); English is also widely |
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Romania |
Romanian (official); Hungarian- and |
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Russia |
Russian, others |
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Rwanda |
Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all |
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St. Lucia |
English (official) and patois |
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St. Vincent and The Grenadines |
English (official), French patois |
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Samoa |
Samoan and English |
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San Marino |
Italian |
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
Portuguese |
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Saudi Arabia |
Arabic, English widely spoken |
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Senegal |
French (official); Wolof, Serer, other |
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Seychelles |
English and French (both official), and |
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Sierra Leone |
English (official), Mende, Temne, Krio |
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Singapore |
Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English |
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Slovakia |
Slovak (official), Hungarian |
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Slovenia |
Slovenian; most can also speak Serbo-Croatian |
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Solomon Islands |
English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), |
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Somalia |
Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian |
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South Africa |
Xhosa and Zulu (official), English, |
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Spain |
Castilian Spanish 74% (official), Catalan |
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Sri Lanka |
Sinhala (official), Tamil, English |
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Sudan |
Arabic (official), English, tribal dialects |
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Suriname |
Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua |
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Swaziland |
English and Swazi (official) |
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Sweden |
Swedish |
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Switzerland |
German, French, Italian (all official), |
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Syria |
Arabic (official), French and English widely |
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Taiwan |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
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Tajikistan |
Tajik |
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Tanzania |
Swahili and English (both official), local |
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Thailand |
Thai (Siamese), Chinese, English |
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Togo |
French (official), Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, |
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Tonga |
Tongan (an Austronesian language), English |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish |
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Tunisia |
Arabic (official), French |
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Turkey |
Turkish |
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Turkmenistan |
Turkmen, 72%; Russian, 12%; Uzbek, 9% |
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Tuvalu |
Tuvaluan, English |
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Uganda |
English (official), Swahili, Luganda, Ateso, |
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Ukraine |
Ukrainian |
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United Arab Emirates |
Arabic (official), English as a second |
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United Kingdom |
English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic |
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United States |
English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority |
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Uruguay |
Spanish |
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Uzbekistan |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, |
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Vanuatu |
Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), |
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Vatican City (Holy See) |
Latin, Italian, and various other languages |
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Venezuela |
Spanish (official), various indigenous |
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Vietnam |
Vietnamese (official), French, English, |
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Western Sahara |
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Yemen |
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Yugoslavia |
Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%. What was once |
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Zambia |
English (official) and local dialects |
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Zimbabwe |
English (official), Ndebele, Shona (85%) |
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