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@2098 Languages (%)
Afghanistan
Pashtu (official) 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic
languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages
(primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
Albania
Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek,
Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Algeria
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
American Samoa
Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other
Polynesian languages), English
note: most people are bilingual
Andorra
Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
Angola
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Anguilla
English (official)
Antigua and Barbuda
English (official), local dialects
Argentina
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
Armenia
Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
Aruba
Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,
English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish
Australia
English, native languages
Austria
German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in
Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official
in Burgenland)
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other
6% (1995 est.)
Bahamas, The
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Bahrain
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Bangladesh
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
Barbados
English
Belarus
Belarusian, Russian, other
Belgium
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German
(official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Belize
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
Benin
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in
south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Bermuda
English (official), Portuguese
Bhutan
Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,
Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Bolivia
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Botswana
English (official), Setswana
Brazil
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
British Virgin Islands
English (official)
Brunei
Malay (official), English, Chinese
Bulgaria
Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic
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