NATIONS OF THE WORLD & THEIR LANGUAGES 2009-2010
COUNTRY
AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
AMERICAN SAMOA (territory of
U.S.)
ANDORRA
ANGOLA
ANGUILLA (territory of U.K.)
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ARMENIA
ARUBA (territory of the Netherlands)
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA (territory of U.K.)
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BONAIRE (Netherland Antilles)
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
BURMA, Union of Myanmar
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
CAYMAN ISLANDS (U.K.)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
MAJOR LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
Afghan Persian (Dari); Pastu/Pashtu (Pushto);
Turk/Turkic languages (Uzbek & Turkmen); Farsi
(Persian); Balochi & Pashai.
Albanian, Tosk, & Greek
Arabic, French, and Berber Dialects
English & Samoan
Catalan-Valencian-Baer, French
Portuguese, Bantu, Kikongo [Kongo], Kimbundu,
Kwanyama, & Umbundu
English, Leeward Caribbean Creole
English, Leeward Caribbean Creole
Spanish
Armenian, Assyrian, & Russian
Dutch & Papiamento
English (235 Other Living Languages)
German, Slovenian
Azerbaijani
English, Bahamas Creole
Arabic
Bangla (Bengali, Sylhetti)
English, Bajan
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian
Dutch, French, German, Vlaams
English, Creole, Kriol, Spanish, Hindustani
French, Fon, & Yoruba
Creole(English Based-Pidgin), English
Dzongkha
Spanish, Quechua, & Aymara
Dutch & Papiamento
Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Yugoslav
English, Tswana
Portuguese
Malay, English, & Mandarin
Bulgarian, Turkish
French, Moore, Fulfulde, Jula
Burmese
French, Rundi
Khmer, Cambodian
French & English
English & French
Portuguese, Kabuverdianu
English
French & Sangho
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CHAD
CHILE
CHINA, People’s Republic of
CHRISTMAS ISLAND (territory of
Australia)
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
(territory of Australia)
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
CONGO, Democratic Republic of
(Formerly Zaire)
COOK ISLANDS (territory of New
Zealand)
COSTA RICA
CROATIA
CUBA
CURACAO (territory of the
Netherlands)
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT, Arab Republic of
EL SALVADOR
ENGLAND
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESTONIA
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
Arabic & French
Spanish
Mandarin (Putonghua), Cantonese (Yue, Toishan,
Taishan), Chuang, Hakka dialects, Taiwanese, Uigur,
Wu, Gan,Minjia, Kuoyu Chin, Minbei, Minnan, & other
minority languages
English
English & Malay
Spanish
French, Arabic, & Comoran
French, Lingala, Munukutuba
French, Lingala, Luba-Kasai, Congoswahili
English
Spanish
Croatian, Italian
Spanish
Dutch & Papiamento
Greek & Turkish
Czech & Slovak
Danish, German
French & Arabic
English, Leeward Caribbean Creole, Lesser Antillean
Creole French
Spanish
Spanish
Arabic
Spanish
English
Spanish, Fang, Bube
Afar, Arabic, Hijaz Arabic, Tigringya
Estonian
Amharic, Tigrigna, English
English, Fijian, & Hindi
Finnish & Swedish
French
French
French & Tahitian
French
English, Mandinka, Mandingo, Wolof
Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azeri, Abkhaz, Assyrian
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GERMANY
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUAM
GUATEMALA
GUINEA, Republic of
GUINEA-BISSAU, Republic of
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
IVORY COAST (Côte d’Ivoire)
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA, North
KOREA, South
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
German
Asante, Twi, Akuapin Twi, Fante, Ewe, Ga-Adangme,
Nzema, Dagbani, Dagarri, Kasem, Frafra, Buli, Kusaal,
Sisaala, Gonja, Akan, Agona, krobo, Akan
English & Spanish
Greek
Danish
English, Creole French
French
Chamorro & English
Spanish
Fuuta, French (each ethnic group has its own language)
Portuguese, Crioulo, Mandingo, & African languages
English, Hindi, Hindustani, Urdu, & Amerindian
dialects
French & Haitian-Creole
Spanish
Hungarian (Magyar)
Icelandic
Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Guajarati, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Panjabi
(Punjabi), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, & Urdu
Indonesian & Javanese
Farsi (Persian)
Arabic & Kurdish (official in certain areas),Assyrian
Irish Gaelic, English
Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, & English
Italian, French, German
French, Krahn
English, Patwa, Patois
Japanese
Arabic
Kazakh
English, Swahili, Kiembu
English, Kiribati
Korean
Korean
Arabic
Kyrgyz (Kirghiz)
Lao (Laotian)
Latvian
Arabic
English, South Sotho
Bassa, Dan, Klao, Kru, Kisi, Krahn, Creole(English
Based-Pidgin)
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LIBYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU (Administrative Region of
China)
MACEDONIA, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MICRONESIA
MIDWAY ISLANDS (U.S. territory)
MOLDOVA
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MONTSERRAT (territory of U.K.)
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PALAU
PANAMA
Arabic
German
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish, French, & German
Portuguese & Cantonese
Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, and Serbo-Croatian
French & Malagasy
English, Nyanja (Chewa), Tunbuka
Malay
Dhivehi (Sinhalese/Sinhala dialect) & English
French, Bamanankan, Bomu, Bozo, Dogoso, Fulfulde,
Hasanya, Mamara, Maninkakan, Sonoy, Syenara,
Tamasayt, Xaasongaxanno
English & Maltese
English & Japanese
French & Creole dialects
Arabic, Hassaniyya
Creole (common), French, English, Hindi, Urdu,
Bhojpuri
Spanish
English , Chuuk, Kosraean, Ponapean, Yapase
English
Romanian (Moldovian), Gagauz, & Bulgarian
French, English, Italian, & Monegasque
Mongolian (Khalkha Mongol)
English
Arabic; French (language of business, government, &
post-primary education)
Portuguese & indigenous languages/dialects
Afrikaans, English, German, Herero, & and indigenous
languages
Nepali (Pahari)
Dutch, West Frisian, Drents, Gronings, Wester Wolds,
Hindustani
English & Maori
Spanish
French, Hausa, Djerma, Fula, Arabic
Creole(English Based-Pidgin), Hausa, & others
Norwegian
Arabic
Urdu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu, & Balochi
English & Palauan
Spanish
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PAPAU NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILLIPINES
PITCAIRN ISLANDS (territory of
U.K.)
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO, Commonwealth of
(Free Associated State of the U.S.)
QATAR
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SABA (territory of the Netherlands)
SAINT HELENA (territory of U.K.)
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT MAARTEN (territory of the
Netherlands)
SAINT MARTIN (territory of France)
SAINT PIERRE & MIQUELON
(territory of France)
SAINT VINCENT & THE
GRENADINES
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SCOTLAND
SENEGAL
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
Motu, English, Hiri, Motu, Tokpisin
Spanish & Guarani
Spanish & Quechua
Pilipino (Tagalog), English, Pampangan
(Kapampangan, Pampango)
English, Pitcairn-Norfolk
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish & English
Arabic
Romanian
Russian
French, Rwanda, English
Dutch & Papiamento
English
English, Leeward Caribbean Creole
English, French Creole
Dutch & Papiamento
Papiamento, English, French, & Dutch
French
English, Windward Caribbean Creole
Samoan & English
Italian
Portuguese, Saotomense, Principense
Arabic
English
French, Wolof, Pulaar, Serer, Diola, Mandinka,
Mandingo, Soninke, Halinke, Serer-Sine, Jola-Fogny
Serbo-Croatian (Serbian) & Albanian
English, French, & Seswela
English, Bassa, Fuuta Jalon, Kono, Krio, Kuranko
English, Mandarin & other Chinese dialects, Malay &
Tamil, Bengali
Slovak
Slovenian, Hungarian, Italian
English, Baelelea Cheke Holo
Somali, Arabic, English
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi,
Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, & Zulu
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SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SUDAN
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TIBET
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
(territory of U.K.)
TUVALU (former Ellice Islands)
UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
VIRGIN ISLANDS (territory of U.K.)
VIRGIN ISLANDS (St. Thomas,
St.Criox, & St. John-territory of U.S.)
WALES
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA, Federal Republic of
(Serbia & Montenegro)
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
Spanish, Basque, Galician, Gascon, Catalan
Sihala (Sinhalese) & English
Arabic, Fulfulde, Fur, Hausa
Dutch, Hindustani
Swati, English
Swedish
German, French, & Italian
Arabic
Mandarin & Taiwanese (Fukien, Amoy, Min Swatow)
Tajik
Swahili, Arabic, English
Thai
Tibetan
French, Ewe, Kabiye
English & Tongan
English, Hindustani, French Creole
Arabic & French
Turkish
Turkmenistan
English
Tuvaluan
English, Luganda, Swahili, Bantu, & Nilotic languages.
Ukrainian
Arabic
English
Spanish
Uzbek
English, French, and Bislama
Spanish
Vietnamese, Cambodian
English, Creole
English, Creole
English & Welsh
Arabic
Serbo-Croatian (Serbian), Albanian, Hungarian,
Yugoslav
English, Bemba, Tonga, Nyanja, Lozi, Luvale, Ndembu
(Lundu), & Kaonde.
English, Shona, Sindebele, & tribal dialects
NOTE: This list represents the major immigrant groups in New Jersey public schools but
is not intended to be a complete listing of every nation and language group in the world.
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