Language by Countries

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# Country Languages (%)
1 Afghanistan Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
2 Akrotiri English, Greek
3 Albania Albanian (official – derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
4 Algeria Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
5 American Samoa Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%
6 Andorra Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
7 Angola Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
8 Anguilla English (official)
9 Antigua and Barbuda English (official), local dialects
10 Argentina Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
11 Armenia Armenian (official) 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
12 Aruba Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
13 Australia English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006 Census)
14 Austria German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
15 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
16 Bahamas, The English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
17 Bahrain Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu
18 Bangladesh Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
19 Barbados English
20 Belarus Belarusian (official) 36.7%, Russian (official) 62.8%, other 0.5% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities) (1999 census)
21 Belgium Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
22 Belize Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
23 Benin French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
24 Bermuda English (official), Portuguese
25 Bhutan Sharchhopka 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (2005 Census)
26 Bolivia Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian (official), Croatian (official), Serbian
28 Botswana Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)
29 Brazil Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)
30 British Virgin Islands English (official)
31 Brunei Malay (official), English, Chinese
32 Bulgaria Bulgarian (official) 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
33 Burkina Faso French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
34 Burma Burmese (official)
35 Burundi Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
36 Cambodia Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
37 Cameroon 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
38 Canada English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6% (2006 Census)
39 Cape Verde Portuguese (official), Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
40 Cayman Islands English (official) 95%, Spanish 3.2%, other 1.8% (1999 census)
41 Central African Republic French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
42 Chad French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
43 Chile Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
44 China Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
45 Christmas Island English (official), Chinese, Malay
46 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Malay (Cocos dialect), English
47 Colombia Spanish (official)
48 Comoros Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
49 Congo, Democratic Republic of the French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
50 Congo, Republic of the French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
51 Cook Islands English (official), Maori
52 Costa Rica Spanish (official), English
53 Cote d’Ivoire French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
54 Croatia Croatian (official) 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) 2.9% (2001 census)
55 Cuba Spanish (official)
56 Curacao Papiamentu (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 81.2%, Dutch (official) 8%, Spanish 4%, English 2.9%, other 3.9% (2001 census)
57 Cyprus Greek (official), Turkish (official), English
58 Czech Republic Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
59 Denmark Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
60 Dhekelia English, Greek
61 Djibouti French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
62 Dominica English (official), French patois
63 Dominican Republic Spanish (official)
64 Ecuador Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
65 Egypt Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
66 El Salvador Spanish (official), Nahua (among some Amerindians)
67 Equatorial Guinea Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) 32.4% (1994 census)
68 Eritrea Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages
69 Estonia Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census)
70 Ethiopia Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 32.7%, Oromigna (official regional) 31.6%, Tigrigna (official regional) 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official) (1994 census)
71 European Union Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
72 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) English
73 Faroe Islands Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish
74 Fiji English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
75 Finland Finnish (official) 91.2%, Swedish (official) 5.5%, other (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) 3.3% (2007)
76 France French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
77 French Polynesia French (official) 61.1%, Polynesian (official) 31.4%, Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census)
78 Gabon French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
79 Gambia, The English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
80 Gaza Strip Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
81 Georgia Georgian (official) 71%, Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
82 Germany German
83 Ghana Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other (includes English (official)) 36.1% (2000 census)
84 Gibraltar English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
85 Greece Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
86 Greenland Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish (official), English
87 Grenada English (official), French patois
88 Guam English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census)
89 Guatemala Spanish (official) 60%, Amerindian languages 40%
90 Guernsey English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
91 Guinea French (official)
92 Guinea-Bissau Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
93 Guyana English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu
94 Haiti French (official), Creole (official)
95 Holy See (Vatican City) Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
96 Honduras Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
97 Hong Kong Cantonese (official) 90.8%, English (official) 2.8%, Putonghua (Mandarin) 0.9%, other Chinese dialects 4.4%, other 1.1% (2006 census)
98 Hungary Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
99 Iceland Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
100 India Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
101 Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)
102 Iran Persian and Persian dialects (official) 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
103 Iraq Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian
104 Ireland English (official,the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast
105 Isle of Man English, Manx Gaelic (about 2% of the population has some knowledge)
106 Israel Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)
107 Italy Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d’Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
108 Jamaica English, English patois
109 Japan Japanese
110 Jersey English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)
111 Jordan Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)
112 Kazakhstan Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the “language of interethnic communication”) 95% (2001 est.)
113 Kenya English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
114 Kiribati I-Kiribati, English (official)
115 Korea, North Korean
116 Korea, South Korean, English (widely taught in junior high and high school)
117 Kosovo Albanian (official), Serbian (official), Bosnian, Turkish, Roma
118 Kuwait Arabic (official), English widely spoken
119 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz (official) 64.7%, Uzbek 13.6%, Russian (official) 12.5%, Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
120 Laos Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
121 Latvia Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
122 Lebanon Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
123 Lesotho Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
124 Liberia English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
125 Libya Arabic (official), Italian, English
126 Liechtenstein German (official), Alemannic dialect
127 Lithuania Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census)
128 Luxembourg Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
129 Macau Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6%
130 Macedonia Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census)
131 Madagascar French (official), Malagasy (official), English
132 Malawi Chichewa (official) 57.2%, Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
133 Malaysia Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
134 Maldives Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
135 Mali French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
136 Malta Maltese (official) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)
137 Marshall Islands Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census)
138 Mauritania Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
139 Mauritius Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
140 Mexico Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%
141 Micronesia, Federated States of English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
142 Moldova Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
143 Monaco French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque
144 Mongolia Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
145 Montenegro Serbian 63.6%, Montenegrin (official) 22%, Bosnian 5.5%, Albanian 5.3%, unspecified 3.7% (2003 census)
146 Montserrat English
147 Morocco Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)
148 Mozambique Emakhuwa 25.3%, Portuguese (official) 10.7%, Xichangana 10.3%, Cisena 7.5%, Elomwe 7%, Echuwabo 5.1%, other Mozambican languages 30.1%, other 4% (2007 census)
149 Namibia English (official) 7%, Afrikaans (common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population), German 32%, indigenous languages (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama) 1%
150 Nauru Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes)
151 Nepal Nepali (official) 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census)
152 Netherlands Dutch (official), Frisian (official)
153 New Caledonia French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
154 New Zealand English (official) 91.2%, Maori (official) 3.9%, Samoan 2.1%, French 1.3%, Hindi 1.1%, Yue 1.1%, Northern Chinese 1%, other 12.9%, New Zealand Sign Language (official)
155 Nicaragua Spanish (official) 97.5%, Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
156 Niger French (official), Hausa, Djerma
157 Nigeria English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages
158 Niue English (official), Niuean (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan)
159 Norfolk Island English (official), Norfolk (a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian)
160 Northern Mariana Islands Philippine languages 24.4%, Chinese 23.4%, Chamorro 22.4%, English 10.8%, other Pacific island languages 9.5%, other 9.6% (2000 census)
161 Norway Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
162 Oman Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
163 Pakistan Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
164 Palau Palauan (official on most islands) 64.7%, Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
165 Panama Spanish (official), English 14%
166 Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world’s total)
167 Paraguay Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
168 Peru Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other 0.2% (2007 Census)
169 Philippines Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects – Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
170 Pitcairn Islands English (official), Pitkern (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)
171 Poland Polish (official) 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
172 Portugal Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)
173 Puerto Rico Spanish, English
174 Qatar Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
175 Romania Romanian (official) 91%, Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2%
176 Russia Russian (official), many minority languages
177 Rwanda Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular), French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili, used in commercial centers)
178 Saint Barthelemy French (primary), English
179 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha English
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis English (official)
181 Saint Lucia English (official), French patois
182 Saint Martin French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)
183 Saint Pierre and Miquelon French (official)
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines English, French patois
185 Samoa Samoan (Polynesian) (official), English
186 San Marino Italian
187 Sao Tome and Principe Portuguese (official)
188 Saudi Arabia Arabic (official)
189 Senegal French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
190 Serbia Serbian (official) 88.3%, Hungarian 3.8%, Bosniak 1.8%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 4.1%, unknown 0.9% (2002 census)
191 Seychelles Creole 91.8%, English (official) 4.9%, other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census)
192 Sierra Leone English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
193 Singapore Mandarin (official) 35%, English (official) 23%, Malay (official) 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil (official) 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)
194 Sint Maarten English (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 census)
195 Slovakia Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
196 Slovenia Slovenian (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside, Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside (2002 census)
197 Solomon Islands Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
198 Somalia Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
199 South Africa IsiZulu (official) 23.8%, IsiXhosa (official) 17.6%, Afrikaans (official) 13.3%, Sepedi (offcial) 9.4%, English (official) 8.2%, Setswana (official) 8.2%, Sesotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga (official) 4.4%, other 7.2%, isiNdebele (official), Tshivenda (official), siSwati (official) (2001 census)
200 South Sudan English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants) (official), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk
201 Spain Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, and Basque 2% (official regionally)
202 Sri Lanka Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
203 Sudan Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur
204 Suriname Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
205 Svalbard Norwegian, Russian
206 Swaziland English (official, used for government business), siSwati (official)
207 Sweden Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
208 Switzerland German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
209 Syria Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian (widely understood); French, English (somewhat understood)
210 Taiwan Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
211 Tajikistan Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
212 Tanzania Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
213 Thailand Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
214 Timor-Leste Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
215 Togo French (official, the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
216 Tokelau Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
217 Tonga Tongan (official), English (official)
218 Trinidad and Tobago English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese
219 Tunisia Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
220 Turkey Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages
221 Turkmenistan Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
222 Turks and Caicos Islands English (official)
223 Tuvalu Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
224 Uganda English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
225 Ukraine Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 9%
226 United Arab Emirates Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
227 United Kingdom English
228 United States English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
229 Uruguay Spanish (official), Portunol, Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
230 Uzbekistan Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
231 Vanuatu local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English (official) 1.9%, French (official) 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
232 Venezuela Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
233 Vietnam Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
234 Virgin Islands English 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census)
235 Wallis and Futuna Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) 58.9%, Futunian 30.1%, French (official) 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census)
236 West Bank Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
237 Western Sahara Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
238 World Mandarin Chinese 12.44%, Spanish 4.85%, English 4.83%, Arabic 3.25%, Hindi 2.68%, Bengali 2.66%, Portuguese 2.62%, Russian 2.12%, Japanese 1.8%, Standard German 1.33%, Javanese 1.25% (2009 est.)
239 Yemen Arabic (official)
240 Zambia Bemba (official) 30.1%, Nyanja (official) 10.7%, Tonga (official) 10.6%, Lozi (official) 5.7%, Chewa 4.9%, Nsenga 3.4%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (official) 2.2%, Kaonde (official) 2%, Lala 2%, Luvale (official) 1.7%, English (official) 1.7%, other 22.5% (2000 Census)
241 Zimbabwe English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects