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This list shows countries organised by the languages which are spoken there.

Afro-Asiatic languages

Semitic languages

Arabic

See also: List of countries where Arabic is an official language

Arabic speaking world

• Africa
  •  Algeria (co-official with French)
  •  Comoros (co-official with French)
  •  Chad (co-official with French)
  •  Djibouti (co-official with French)
  •  Egypt (official)
  •  Eritrea (co-official with Tigrinya and English)
  •  Libya (official)
  •  Mauritania (official)
  •  Morocco (official)
  •  Somalia (co-official with Somali)
  •  Sudan (official)
  •  Tunisia (co-official with French)
  •  Western Sahara

• Asia
  •  Bahrain (official)
  •  Iraq (co-official with Kurdish)
  •  Israel (co-official with Hebrew)
  •  Jordan (official)
  •  Kuwait (official)
  •  Lebanon (co-official with French)
  •  Oman (official)
  •  Qatar (official)
  •  Saudi Arabia (official)
  •  Syria (official)
  •  United Arab Emirates (official)
  •  Yemen (official)
  •  Pakistan (minority/religious)

• Europe
  •  France (minority)
  •  Germany (minority)
  •  Italy (minority)
  •  Netherlands (minority)
  •  Spain (minority)
  •  Sweden (minority)
  •  UK (minority)

• Liturgical language of Islam

Hebrew

•  Argentina (minority)
•  Australia (minority)
•  Belgium (minority)
•  Brazil (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  France (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Israel (official)
•  Russia (minority)
•  UK (minority)
•  Ukraine (minority)
•  US (minority)
• Gibraltar (minority)

• Liturgical language of Judaism

Indo-European languages

Albanian

•  Albania (official)
•  Greece (minority)
•  Italy (minority)
•  Kosovo (co-official with Serbian)
•  Macedonia (co-official with Macedonian)
•  Serbia (recognised regional language)
•  Turkey (significant minority)
•  Montenegro (minority)

Armenian

•  Armenia (official)
•  Azerbaijan (minority)
•  France (minority)
•  Iran (minority)
•  Georgia (significant minority)
•  Nagorno-Karabakh (official)
•  Russia (minority)
•  US (minority)

Baltic

Latgalian

•  Latvia (unofficial, spoken in Latgale)
•  Russia (significant minority in Siberia)

Latvian

•  Latvia (official)

Lithuanian

•  Latvia (minority)
•  Lithuania (official)
•  Poland (minority, majority in the city of Puńsk)

Celtic

Map of the Celtic Nations

Breton

•  France (minority language in Brittany, but unofficial)

Cornish

•  Cornwall (minority language in Cornwall, but unofficial)

Irish

•  Ireland (co-official with English)
•  United Kingdom (minority and official in Northern Ireland)

Manx

•  IMN (minority on Isle of Man)

Scottish Gaelic

•  Canada (minority in Nova Scotia)
•  Scotland (significant minority in Scotland)

Welsh

•  Argentina (significant minority in Chubut)
•  Wales (minority in Wales)

Germanic

Afrikaans

•  South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)
•  Namibia (not official)

Alsatian

•  France (regional language in  Alsace)

Danish

•  Greenland (co-official alongside with Greenlandic)
•  Denmark (official)
•  Germany (in Schleswig-Holstein, not official)
•  Faroe Islands (co-official alongside with Faroese)

Dutch

• Europe
  •  Netherlands (official)
  •  Belgium (co-official with French and German)
  •  France (in French Flanders)
  •  Germany (in Low Rhine Country)

• South America
  •  Suriname (official)
  •  Netherlands Antilles (co-official with English and Papiamento)
  •  Aruba (co-official with Papiamento)
  •  French Guiana (unofficial, spoken in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni)

English

See also: List of countries where English is an official language and List of countries by English-speaking population

Map of the English-speaking world

Countries

• Africa
  •  Botswana (co-official with Tswana)
  •  Cameroon (co-official with French)
  •  Gambia (official)
  •  Ghana (official)
  •  Kenya (co-official with Swahili)
  •  Lesotho (co-official with Sesotho)
  •  Liberia (official)
  •  Madagascar (co-official with French and Malagasy)
  •  Malawi (official)
  •  Mauritius (official)
  •  Namibia (official)
  •  Nigeria (official)
  •  Rwanda (co-official with Kinyarwanda and French)
  •  Seychelles (co-official with French and Seychellois Creole)
  •  Sierra Leone (official)
  •  South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)
  •  Swaziland (co-official with Swati)
  •  Uganda (co-official with Swahili)
  •  Zambia (official)
  •  Zimbabwe (official)

• Americas
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (official)
  •  Bahamas (official)
  •  Barbados (official)
  •  Belize (official)
  •  Canada (official, see Canadian English)
  •  Dominica (official)
  •  Grenada (official)
  •  Guyana (official)
  •  Jamaica (official, see Jamaican English)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (official)
  •  Saint Lucia (official)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (official)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (official)
  •  United States (de-facto, see American English)

• Asia
  •  India (co-official with many other languages)
  •  Pakistan (co-official with Urdu)
  •  Philippines (co-official with Filipino, and with regional languages as auxiliary official languages¹
•  Singapore (co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay)
  •  Sri Lanka (unofficial)
  •  Malaysia (co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay)
• Europe
  •  Ireland (co-official with Irish, see Hiberno-English)
  •  Malta (co-official with Maltese)
  •  United Kingdom (co-official with Welsh, see British English)

• Oceania
  •  Australia (de-facto, see Australian English)
  •  Fiji (co-official with Fijian and Hindustani)
  •  Kiribati (co-official with Kiribati)
  •  Marshall Islands (co-official with Marshallese)
  •  Micronesia
  •  Nauru (de-facto)
  •  New Zealand (de-facto, see New Zealand English)
  •  Palau (co-official with Palauan)
  •  Papua New Guinea (co-official with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu)
  •  Solomon Islands (official)
  •  Vanuatu (co-official with Bislama and French)

Dependent entities

•  American Samoa (co-official with Samoan)
•  British Indian Ocean Territory (de-facto)
•  Anguilla (official)
•  Bermuda (official)
•  British Virgin Islands (official)
•  Cayman Islands (official)
•  Christmas Island (official)
•  Cook Islands (co-official with Cook Islands Maori)
•  Falkland Islands (official)
•  Gibraltar (official)
•  Guam (co-official with Chamorro)
•  Guernsey (official)
•  Hong Kong (co-official with Chinese)
•  Isle of Man (official)
•  Jersey (official)
•  Montserrat (official)
•  Norfolk Island (co-official with Norfuk)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (co-official with Chamorro and Carolinian)
•  Pitcairn Islands (co-official with Pitkern)
•  Puerto Rico (co-official with Spanish)
•  Saint Helena (official)
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (official)
•  Tristan da Cunha (official)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (official)
•  United States Virgin Islands (official)

Faroese

•  Faroe Islands (co-official with Danish)
•  Denmark (not official)

Frisian

•  Denmark (minority)
•  Germany (minority)
•  Netherlands (minority language in Friesland)

German

Map of the German-speaking world

• Europe
  •  Austria (official)
  •  Belgium (official with French and Dutch)
  •  Czech Republic (minority)
  •  Denmark (minority)
  •  Germany (official)
  •  France (minority in Alsace and Lorrain)
  •  Hungary (co-official with Hungarian in the city of Sopron)
  •  Italy (co-official with Italian in Bolzano-Bozen)
  •  Liechtenstein (official)
  •  Luxembourg (co-official with French and Luxemburgish)
  •  Poland (co-official as auxiliary language in the Opole Voivodeship)
  •  Romania (minority)
  •  Russia (minority)
  •  Switzerland (official with other languages)
  •  Vatican City (official with other languages, language of the Swiss Guard)

• Other countries
  •  Argentina (minority)
  •  Brazil (minority)
  •  Kazakhstan (minority)
  •  Namibia (co-official as auxiliary language)
  •  United States (minority)

Icelandic

•  Iceland (official)
•  Denmark (minority)
•  Canada (minority)

Low Saxon

•  Germany (recognized as regional language)
•  Netherlands (recognized as regional language)
•  Belize (minority)
•  Brazil (minority)
•  Canada (minority)
•  Denmark (minority)
•  Kazakhstan (minority)
•  Mexico (minority)
•  Paraguay (minority)
•  Russia (minority)