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198 countries
AfghanistanPashto, Persian (Dari)Arabic, Gujari, Kyrgyz, Sindhi, Tajik, Urdu—
AlbaniaAlbanianAromanian, Greek, Macedonian, Romani, Serbo-CroatianItalian
AlgeriaArabic, Tamazight—English, French, Hassaniya Arabic, Korandje
AndorraCatalan—French, Spanish
AngolaPortugueseChokwe, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Kwanyama, Ganguela, UmbunduAngolan Portugese, English, French
Antigua and BarbudaEnglish (Recognised, not official)—Antiguan and Barbudan Creole, Spanish
ArgentinaSpanishChaná, Mapuche, Mataco-Guaicuru Languages, Quechua, Tapi-Guarani LanguagesLunfardo, Portuñol, Rioplatense Spanish
ArmeniaArmenianAssyrian, Greek, Russian, TurkishEnglish, French, Russian
AustraliaEnglishArnhem, Bunuban, Daly, Darwin, Garawan, Giimbiyu, Gunwinyguan, Iwaidjan, Jarrakan, Mindi, Nyulnyulan, Pama-Nyungan, Tangkic, Tiwi, Wagiman, Wardaman, Worrorran, these being some of more than 150 indigenous languages—
AustriaGermanAlemannic Bavarian, Austrian GermanCzech, Hungarian, Romani, Serbian, Slovene, Slovak
AzerbaijanAzerbaijaniAvar, Khinalug, Lezgian, Russian, Talysh, Tat, Tsakhur, Turkish—
BahamasEnglishBahamianeseHaitian Creole
BahrainArabic—Balochi
BangladeshBengali——
BarbadosEnglish—Bajan
BelarusBelarusian, RussianPolish, Trasianka, Ukrainian, Yiddish—
BelgiumDutch, French, GermanBrabantian, Champenois, Flemish, Limburgish, Lorrain, Luxembourgish, Moselle Franconian, Picard, Ripuarian, Walloon—
BelizeEnglishMopan, Q'eqchi', Yucatec MayaBelizean Spanish, Belizean Creole
BeninFrenchBariba, Fon, Fulfulde, Gen, Kabiyé, Tammari, Yom, Yoruba—
BhutanDzongkhaBantawa, Dzala, Kheng, Tshangla, NepaliBrokpa, Brokkat, Bumthang, Chali, Chocangacakha, Dakpa, Gongduk, Gurung, Khams Tibetan, Kiranti, Lakha, Lepcha, Lhokpu, Newar, Nyenkha, 'Ole, Sikkimese, Tamang
BoliviaAraona, Aymara, Baure, Bésiro, Canichana, Cavineño, Cayubaba, Chácobo, Chimán, Ese Ejja, Guaraní, Guarasu'we, Guarayu, Itonama, Leco, Machajuyai-Kallawaya, Machineri, Maropa, Mojeño-Ignaciano, Mojeño-Trinitario, Moré, Mosetén, Movima, Pacawara, Puquina, Quechua, Sirionó, Spani…——
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian and Serbian (de facto)Belait, Brunei Bisaya, Dusun, English, Kedayan, Murut, Tutong—
BotswanaEnglish!Xóõ, Kalanga, Kgalagadi, Mbukushu, Ndebele, Setswana, Shona, Tshwa—
BrazilPortuguese—A range of languages are legally enshrined on regional and local levels, such as: Apalaí, Arára, Bororo, Canela, Carajá, Carib, Guarani, Kaingang, Nadëb, Nheengatu, Pirahã, Terena, Ticuna, Tucano, Wanano, Ye'kuana
BruneiMalay——
BulgariaBulgarianRomani, TurkishEnglish, Russian
Burkina FasoAfrican French (Semi-Official), Dyula, Fula, MooréGur languages, Hausa, Humburi Senni, Mande languages, Senufo languages, Siamou, Tamasheq, Wara–Natyoro languages, Western Plains Dogon—
BurundiEnglish, French, KirundiKirundiSwahili
CambodiaKhmerBrao, Chong, Kaco', Krung, Kuy, Mnong, Por, Sa'och, Somray, Sou, Stieng, Suoy, Tampuan—
CameroonEnglish, French55 Afro-Asiatic languages, 173 Niger–Congo languages and 2 Nilo-Saharan languages—
CanadaEnglish, FrenchChipewyan, Cree, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey—
Cape VerdePortuguese, Kriolu—Cape Verdean Creole
Central African RepublicFrench, Sango—Bongo–Bagirmi languages, Chadian Arabic, Runga, Ubangian languages, some Bantu languages,
ChadArabic, French—Adamawa languages, Chadic languages, Nilo-Saharan languages
ChileChilean SpanishAymara, Kawésqar, Mapudungun, Quechua, Rapa Nui—
ChinaMandarin ChineseKazakh, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Zhuang—
ColombiaSpanish—Andoque, Arawakan languages, Barbacoan languages, Bora–Witoto languages, Cariban languages, Chibchan languages, Choco languages, Cofán, Guajiboan languages, Kamëntsá, Nadahup languages, Páez, Piaroa–Saliban languages, Quechuan languages, Ticuna, Tucanoan languages
ComorosArabic, Comorian, FrenchBushi, Malagasy, Maore—
Cook IslandsEnglish, Cook Islands Maori——
Costa RicaSpanishBuglere, Bribri, Cabécar, Guaymí, MalékuLimonese Creole
CroatiaCroatianCzech, German, Hungarian, Italian, Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovene, and Slovak—
CubaSpanish——
CyprusGreek, Turkish—Armeniani, Cypriot Arabic, English
CzechiaCzech, SlovakBelarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese—
DenmarkDanishGermanFaroese, German, Greenlandic
DjiboutiArabic, FrenchAfar, SomaliAmharic, Greek, Hindi, Omani Arabic, Oromo, Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
DominicaEnglish—Antillean Creole
Dominican RepublicSpanish—Haitian Creole
DR CongoFrenchKituba, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba—
EcuadorKichwa, Shuar, Spanish——
EgyptArabicCopticEnglish
El SalvadorSpanishEnglish, Nawat—
Equatorial GuineaFrench, Portuguese, SpanishAnnobonese Creole, Bube, Fang, Kombe, Kwasio—
EritreaAfar, Beja, Bilen, Kunama, Nara, Saho, Tigrinya, Tigre—Arabic, English, Italian
EstoniaEstonian—German, Polish, Russian, Seto, Swedish, Ukrainian, Võro
EswatiniEnglish, Swazi—Tsonga, Zulu
EthiopiaAfar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, TigrinyaGamo, Gedeo, Gurage, Hadiyya, Harari, Kafa, Sidamo, Silt'e, Wolaytta—
FijiEnglish, Fijian, Fiji Hindi, Standard HindiRotuman—
FinlandFinnish, SwedishFinnish Sign Language, Finland-Swedish Sign Language, Karelian, Romani, Sámi—
FranceFrenchAlsatian, Amerindian languages of French Guiana, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Franco-Provençal, French Guiana Creole, Gallo, Guadeloupean Creole, languages of New Caledonia, Lorraine Franconian, Martiniquan Creole, Occitan, Oïl languages, Réunion Creole, Savoyard, some W…—
GabonFrench—Baka, Fang, Other Bantu Languages
GambiaEnglishBainouk, Jola, Mandinka, Manjak, Portuguese Creole, Pulaar, Serer, Soninke, Wolof—
GeorgiaGeorgian, Abkhaz—Azerbaijani, Armenian, Russian
GermanyGerman—Danish, Lower Sorbian, North Frisian, Romani, Upper Sorbian
GhanaEnglishAdangme, Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Dagaare, Dagbanli, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema—
GreeceGreek——
GrenadaEnglish—Grenadian Creole English
GuatemalaSpanish—Garifuna, Twenty-two Mayan languages
GuineaFrench, Fula, Kissi, Kpelle, Loma, Maninka, Susu——
Guinea-BissauPortugueseBadyara, Bainouk-Gunyuño, Balanta-Kentohe, Bassari, Bayot, Biafada, Bijago, Fula, Jola-Felupe, Jola-Fonyi, Kasanga, Kobiana, Mandinka, Manjak, Mankanya, Mansoanka, Nalu, Papel, SoninkeGuinea-Bissau Creole
GuyanaEnglishAkawaio, Lokono, Atorada, Carib, Macushi, Mapidian, Patamona, Pemon, Waiwai, Wapishana, WaraoGuyanese Creole
HaitiFrench, Haitian Creole—Spanish
HondurasSpanishChʼortiʼ, Garifuna, Jicaquean, Misumalpan, Pech—
HungaryHungarianArmenian, Boyash, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, UkrainianEnglish
IcelandIcelandic—English
IndiaAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu——
IndonesiaIndonesianBanjarese, Buginese, Balinese, Batak, Cirebonese, Indonesian, Javanese, Malay, Madurese, Minangkabau, SundaneseIndonesia has 700 living languages in addition to those mentioned
IranPersianArabic, Armenian, Azeri Turkic, Balochi, Circassian, Gilaki, Georgian, Kurdish, Lorish, Mazandarani—
IraqArabic, KurdishArmenian, Classical Syriac, Domari, Northeastern Neo-Aramaic, Persian, Turkmen,—
IrelandIrish, EnglishShelta, Ulster Scots—
IsraelHebrew, ArabicRussia, YiddishEnglish
ItalyItalianAlbanian, Sardinian, Catalan, Croatian, Franco-Provencal, Friulian, Greek, Ladin, Occitan, Slovene—
Ivory CoastFrench69 National Minority Languages also exist, including: Agni, Baoulé, Sénoufo, Yao Una—
JamaicaEnglish—Jamaican Patois
JapanJapaneseAinu, Ryukyuan languagesChinese, English, Korean
JordanArabic—Armenian, Chechen, Circassian, Tagalog, Russian
KazakhstanKazakh, RussianAzerbaijani, Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekGerman, Korean
KenyaEnglish, SwahiliMore than 60 indigenous languages in the Bantu, Cushitic and Nilotic families—
KiribatiEnglish, Gilbertese—Kiribati
KuwaitArabicKuwaiti Persian—
KyrgyzstanKyrgyz, RussianDungan, Kalmyk, Koryo-mar, Tajik, Uyghur, Uzbek—
LaosLaoHmong, Khmu—
LatviaLatvianLivonian, LatgalianBelarusian, English, Lithuanian, Polish, Romani, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yiddish
LebanonArabic, French (Semi-Official)ArmenianEnglish, French
LesothoEnglish, Sotho—Armenian, Domari, Kurdish, Syriac Aramaic
LiberiaEnglish27 indigenous languages from the Grebo, Kru, Mande and Mel families—
LibyaArabicBerber languages, Domari, Greek, Tedaga, Turkish—
LiechtensteinGerman—English, French
LithuaniaLithuanian—English, Polish, Russian
LuxembourgFrench, German, Luxembourgish—English
MadagascarFrench, Malagasy—English
MalawiChichewa, Chitumbuka, EnglishLambya, Lomwe, Ngonde, Sena, Sukwa, Yao—
MalaysiaMalayAcehnese, Banjar, Bengali, Bugis, Cham, Gujarati, Hindustani, Javanese, Kerinci, Malayalam, Mandailing, Marathi, Minangkabau, Punjabi, Southern Thai, TeluguChinese, English, Malay, Tamil
MaldivesDhivehi—English, Arabic
MaliAfrican French (Semi-Official), Arabic, Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages, Soninke, TamasheqBomu, Mamara, Maninkakan, Syenara, Xaasongaxango—
MaltaEnglish, MalteseArabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish—
Marshall IslandsEnglish, Marshallese——
MauritaniaArabic (Official), Pulaar (National), Soninke (National), Wolof (National)—Bambara, Hassaniya Arabic, Serer, Tamasheq, Zenaga
MauritiusMauritian Creole, French, English—Arabic, Bhojpuri, Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu
MexicoSpanish (de facto) and 68 Indigenous Languages including Mixtec, Nahuatl, Tzeltal Maya, Tzotzil Maya, Yucatec Maya and Zapotec—Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian
MicronesiaEnglishChuukese, Kosraean, Pohnpeian, Yapese—
MoldovaRomanianBulgarian, Gagauz, RussianEnglish
MonacoFrenchItalian, Monégasque—
MongoliaMongolian—English, Russian
MontenegroAlbanian (Official Use) Bosnian (Official), Croatian (Official), Montenegrin (Official), Serbian (Official),RomaniRussian
MoroccoArabic, Tamazight—English, French, Spanish
MozambiquePortugueseLomwe, Makhuwa, Sena, Shona, Tsonga—
MyanmarBurmeseChin, Karen, Karenni, Kachin, Kokang, Mon, Rakhine, ShanEnglish
NamibiaEnglish (Official); Afrikaans, German, Otjiherero, Khoekhoegowab, Oshiwambo, RuKwangali, Setswana and SiLozi (National); !Kung, Gciriku, Thimbukushu (Recognised)Fwe, Kuhane, Mbukushu, Naro, Yeyi, ǃXóõ, ǂKxʼauǁʼein—
NepalNepaliAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Gurung, Limbu, Maithili, Magar, Newar, Tamang, Tharu—
NetherlandsDutch, FrisianDutch Low Saxon, Dutch Sign Language, Limburgish, Sinte Romani, YiddishEnglish
New ZealandEnglish, Māori——
NicaraguaSpanishGarifuna, Miskito, Rama, Sumo languages—
NigerHausaArabic, Buduma, Fulfulde, Gourmanchéma, Kanuri, Songhai, Tamasheq, Tassawaq, Tebu, ZarmaFrench
NigeriaEnglish, French, Nigerian Pidgin—Hausa, Igbo, Tiv, Yoruba
NiueEnglish, Niuean——
North KoreaKorean——
North MacedoniaAlbanian, MacedonianAromanian, Bosnian, Romani, Serbian, TurkishEnglish, French, German, Russian, Serbo-Croatian
NorwayNorwegian, SamiKven Finnish, Romani, RomanesArabic, English, Serbo-Croatian
OmanArabic—Baluchi, Malayalam
PakistanEnglish, Sindhi, UrduBalochi, Pashto, Punjabi and over 70 regional languages—
PalauEnglish, Japanese, Palauan, Sonsorolese, Tobian,——
PalestineArabicArmenian, DomariAmharic, English, Hausa language, Hebrew, Nubian languages, Syriac
PanamaSpanishBuglere, Guaymí, Guna, Northern Embera and Teribe—
Papua New GuineaEnglish, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin—Chinese
ParaguayGuaraní, Spanish,Aché, Angaité, Ava Guarani, Enlhet, Enxet, Iyo'wujwa Chorote, Kaskihá, Maka, Nivaclé, Pai Tavytera, Sanapaná, Toba QomPlautdietsch
PeruPeruvian Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, AsháninkaLanguages of the Arawakan, Piro, Upper Amazon, Bora–Witoto, Cahuapanan, Chicham, Panoan, Quechuan, Tucanoan, Tupian and Zaparoan familiesEnglish
PhilippinesFilipino, EnglishAklanon Central Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, Yakan—
PolandPolishBelarusian, German, Kashubian, Romani, Rusyn, Silesian—
PortugalMirandese, PortugueseBarranquenho, Leonese, Minderico—
QatarArabic—English
Republic of the CongoFrenchKituba, Lingala, a wide range of Bantoid LanguagesEnglish, Portugese
RomaniaRomanianBulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Romani, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, YiddishEnglish, French
RussiaRussian, 35 semi-official regional languages——
RwandaEnglish, French, Kinyarwanda, SwahiliMashi—
Saint Kitts and NevisEnglish—Saint Kitts Creole English
Saint LuciaEnglish—Saint Lucian Creole French
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglish——
SamoaEnglish, Samoan—Samoan
San MarinoItalian, Romagnol——
Sao Tome and PrincipePortugueseAngolar Creole, Forro Creole, Principense Creole, São Tomean PortugueseEnglish
Saudi ArabiaArabicFaifi, Mehri—
SenegalFrench (Official); Balanta-Ganja, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon, Pulaar, Serer, Soninke, Wolof (National)Bambara, Bandial, Bapeng, Bassari, Bayot, Bedik, Dyula, Gusilay, Jola-Felupe, Karon, Kasa, Kassonke, Kobiana, Laalaa, Maninka, Ndut, Palor, SafenEnglish, Arabic
SerbiaSerbianAlbanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Bunjevac, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Slovak, Vlach—
SeychellesEnglish, French, Seychellois Creole——
Sierra LeoneEnglish, Krio, Mende, Temne——
SingaporeEnglish, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, TamilBaba Malay, Bazaar Malay, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Henghua, Hokchew, Hokchia, Hokkien, Javanese, Kristang, Malayalam, Punjabi, Shanghainese, Telugu, Teochew—
SlovakiaSlovakRusyn, Hungarian—
SloveniaSloveneCroatian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romani, Serbian—
Solomon IslandsEnglish——
SomaliaArabic (Semi-Official); Somali—Somali
South AfricaAfrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu!Orakobab, !Xunthali, HiPai, IsiHlubi, IsiMpondo, IsiMpondomise, KheLobedu, Khoekhoegowab, Khwedam, N|uuki, SeHananwa, SeKutswe, Sepulane, SeṰokwa, SheKgalagari, SiBhaca, SiLala, SiLaNgomane, SiNdebele, SiNhlangwini, SiPhuthi, SiThonga, Tamil, Telugu, XiRhonga, Xirikobab—
South KoreaKorean—Cantonese, Mandarin
South SudanEnglish60+ Indigenous languages including: Bari, Dinka, Luo, Murle, Nuer, ZandeArabic
SpainSpanishBasque and Aranese Occitan, Catalan/Valencian, Galician—
Sri LankaEnglish (Semi-Official); Sinhala, Tamil (Official)Arwi, Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole, Vedda—
SudanArabic, EnglishBeja, Fur, Masalit, Nubian, Tigre, Zaghawa—
SurinameDutch—English, Sranan Tongo
SwedenSwedishFinnishEnglish, Romani, Yiddish
SwitzerlandFrench, German, Italian, Romansh—English
SyriaArabic, KurdishArmenian, Chechen, Circassian, Classical Syriac, Domari, Greek, Neo-Aramaic, Turkish—
TaiwanMandarinFormosan languages, Mandarin, Matsu, Hokkien, HakkaTaiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Formosan
TajikistanRussian, Tajik, UzbekAimaqi, Bartangi, Bukhori, Ishkashimi, Khowar, Khufi, Oroshani, Pamir Kyrgyz, Parya, Rushani, Sanglechi, Shughni, Uzbek, Wakhi, Yaghnobi, YazgulyamRussian
TanzaniaEnglish, SwahiliArabic, Chaga, Datooga, Makonde, Nyiramba, Sukama—
ThailandThai51 additional indigenous languages—
Timor-LestePortuguese, TetumBekais, Bunak, Dili Malay, Fataluku, Galoli, Habun, Idalaka, Kawaimina, Kemak, Lovaia, Makalero, Makasae, Mambai, Tokodede, Uab Meto, Wetarese—
TogoFrench, Ewe, KabiyéAguna, Aja, Gbe languages, Gur languages, Ifè, Kwa languages; Talensi, Ngangam, Ntcham, Tammari, Tem, Wasa—
TongaEnglish, Tongan——
Trinidad and TobagoEnglishAntillean French Creole, Tobagonian English Creole, Trinidadian English Creole, Trinidadian HindustaniSpanish, Chinese
TunisiaArabic, FrenchDomari, Jerba Berber, Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, Matmata Berber—
TurkeyTurkish (Official); Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew (Recognised)Arabic, Azerbaijani, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Georgian, Judaeo-Spanish, Kurdish, Laz, Megleno-Romanian, Neo-Aramaic and Classical Syriac, Pomak Bulgarian, Pontic Greek, Zazaki—
TurkmenistanTurkmenKazakh, Russian, Uzbek,Russian
TuvaluEnglish, Tuvaluan——
UgandaEnglish, SwahiliAteso, Lugbara, Lusoga, Runyankole, Southern Luo—
UkraineUkrainianCrimean Tatar, Karaim, Krymchak, Urum—
United Arab EmiratesArabic—English
United KingdomEnglish, Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Welsh—Polish, Punjabi, Romanian
United StatesEnglishSpanish, Indigenous Languages including but not limited to: Cherokee, Choctaw, Dakota, Muscogee, NavajoChinese languages, Russian
UruguaySpanish——
UzbekistanRussian (Semi-Official), UzbekKarakalpak—
VanuatuBislama, English, French——
Vatican CityItalian, Latin—Swiss German
VenezuelaSpanishLanguages of the Arawakan, Arutani-Sape, Cariban, Chibchan, Guahiban, Jirajaran, Timotean families—
VietnamVietnameseCantonese, Cham, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Muong, Rade, Tay, Thai—
Western SaharaArabic, Spanish, Tamazight——
YemenArabicMehri, Soqotri—
ZambiaEnglishBemba, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga—
ZimbabweChewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa——

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Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Languages by Country - Population U; United States - Ethnologue; Languages of India - Wiki; Languages of Albania - Wiki.