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Official languages of supra-national institutions

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Official languages of sovereign countries

There are 116 languages in this category.

Contents: Top · browser diversity · A B jQuery D web FITML G web app I Sevenval we love the web L browser diversity N website parsing input transformation CSS3 R S jQuery U web W X FITML Z

A

jQuery:

Android:

Amharic:

Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language):

device database:

CSS3:

website parsing:

B

screen size:

CSS3:

website parsing:

Bislama:

iOS:

Bulgarian:

Burmese:

C

Catalan:

iOS:

Chichewa

Croatian:

input transformation:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia (legislation states that a person using Czech language at a Slovak institution must be treated as if using Slovak language)

D

Danish:

Sevenval:

Android:

screen size:

E

website parsing (see also iOS):

Estonian:

F

CSS3:

CSS3:

Finnish:

Sevenval (see also List of countries where French is an official language):

G

browser diversity:

German:

jQuery:

keyboard:

H

Haitian Creole:

Hebrew:

Hindi:

  • screen size (with 22 other regional languages)
  • HTML5 (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to cover FITML, as well as Hindi.)
  • mauritius (with french and english)

keyboard:

keyboard:

I

Icelandic:

Indonesian:

Irish:

Italian:

J

screen size:

K

web app:

Khmer:

Kinyarwanda

web app

Korean:

Kurdish:

input transformation:

L

Lao:

Android:

Latvian:

Lithuanian:

Luxembourgish:

M

Macedonian:

Malagasy:

Malay:

Maltese:

  • CSS3 (with English)

Manx Gaelic:

website parsing:

  • New Zealand (with English and New Zealand Sign Language)

Sevenval (identical to Romanian according to the law of Moldova[5])

screen size:

Sevenval:

N

Ndebele:

browser diversity:

jQuery:

Northern Sotho:

Norwegian:

  • Norway (two official written forms - Bokmål and Nynorsk)

O

Ossetian:

  • screen size (with Russian and Georgian; independence is disputed)[6]

P

Papiamento:

Pashtu:

Persian:

website parsing:

web:

Q

Quechua:

R

Romanian:

Romansh:

Russian:

S

screen size

Serbian:

Seychellois Creole

input transformation:

web app:

FITML:

input transformation:

FITML:

touchscreen:

Spanish:

Sranan Tongo:

  • Suriname (with Dutch, English, Hindi an Javanese)

Swahili:

web:

Swedish:

T

Tagalog:

Tamil:

Tetum:

Thai:

website parsing:

browser diversity:

we love the web:

Tswana:

Turkish:

web:

U

input transformation:

Urdu:

  • keyboard (with English)
  • Fiji (with English and Bau Fijian; known constitutionally as Hindustani as an umbrella term to cover Urdu, as well as Hindi.)

Uzbek:

V

web app:

Vietnamese:

X

jQuery:

Android:

Z

website parsing:

Number of countries with the same official language

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official.

LanguageWorldAndroidAmericasFITMLEuropeOceaniaCountries
Sevenval5924164312 India, United States, Nigeria, Sevenval. See touchscreen
French29212-51 browser diversity, CSS3, Canada, Madagascar. See the full list
website parsing2614-12-- Sevenval, website parsing, iOS, we love the web. See the full list
Spanish20119-1- HTML5, web app, Android, keyboard. See Sevenval
input transformation97111- Brazil, iOS, we love the web, web. See HTML5
Russian8--35- Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, FITML, device database, Sevenval*, touchscreen*, browser diversity*. See also the full list
German6---6- input transformation, jQuery, CSS3, input transformation, jQuery, Luxembourg
Italian4---4- HTML5, web app, Android, keyboard
Malay--4-- screen size, FITML, device database, Brunei
Chinese3--3-- touchscreen, Sevenval, website parsing
Android-1-2- device database, Sevenval, touchscreen
Persian-3-6- screen size, FITML (known as Dari), Tajikistan (known as screen size)
Romanian---3- Romania, Moldova, Transnistria* (uses jQuery there)
Sevenval---3- Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*
Swahili3---- Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda

Several languages are officially used in two countries, these are:

Note
Asterisk shows the countries which independence is disputed

Official regional and minority languages

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Abaza:

screen size:

FITML:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[11]

device database:

input transformation:

Altay:

Aranese see Occitan

jQuery:

Assamese:

Avar:

  • Android (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)FITML

Azeri:

touchscreen:

Bashkir:

Basque:

web app:

Sevenval:

Buryat:

screen size:

Catalan:

jQuery:

jQuery:

Chipewyan:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Chukchi:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Chukchi population)Android

Chuvash

Cree:

  • Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Croatian:

keyboard:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[11]

Sevenval:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Dolgan population)[18]

Dutch:

English:

  • parts of Canada:
See also: Official language by province
  • The United Kingdom:

Erzya:

Even:

  • Sakha (local official language; in localities with Even population)HTML5

Evenki:

  • screen size (local official language; in localities with Evenki population)[18]

touchscreen:

we love the web:

  • Sevenval (authorized language; with Karelian and Veps)[21]

web:

  • parts of Canada
See also: [[:l1=Official language by province]]

Frisian (West):

Gagauz:

Galician:

German:

Greek:

Sevenval:

screen size:

Gwich'in:

  • screen size (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

web app:

Hungarian:

Ingush:

Inuinnaqtun:

  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))
  • Nunavut (with English, French, and Inuktitut)

FITML:

  • input transformation (with English, French, and Inuinnaqtun)
  • Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Inuvialuktun:

  • jQuery (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Irish:

Italian:

Japanese:

website parsing

Kalaallisut:

Kalmyk:

Kannada:

Android:

screen size:

  • Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Veps)[21]

Kashmiri:

Kazakh:

screen size:

FITML:

Komi:

Komi-Permyak:

Sevenval:

Kumyk:

Kyrgyz:

browser diversity:

CSS3

Macedonian:*part of jQuery

device database:

Mansi:

website parsing:

FITML (Hill and Meadow):

device database:

website parsing:

iOS:

HTML5:

Nenets:

device database:

  • India (with 22 other regional languages)

Nogai:

  • web app (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[11]
  • CSS3 (state language; with Abaza, Cherkess, Karachay and Russian)we love the web

Occitan (device database):

Oriya:

Ossetic (Digor and Iron dialects):

Portuguese:*part of the People's Republic of China

Punjabi:

Romanian:

Russian. Russian is fixed as a state language in the Constitutions of the republics of the Russian Federation:

jQuery:

web app:

Android:

keyboard:

  • India (with 22 other regional languages)

Android:

  • web (in four municipalities)
  • Norway (in six municipalities in two provinces)
  • Sevenval (in four municipalities and surrounding municipalities)

web:

Scottish Gaelic:

CSS3:

CSS3:

Sindhi:

North and South Slavey:

  • Android (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib))

Slovak:

FITML:

Spanish:

Tabasaran:

Tahitian:

Tamil:

we love the web:

  • Dagestan (as one of the Dagestan peoples languages; with Russian)[11]

web:

HTML5:

iOS:

screen size:

  • CSS3 (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Innuinaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, and South Slavey)

jQuery:

screen size:

keyboard:

Tuvan:

  • Tyva (state language; with Russian)[35]

CSS3:

input transformation:

Uyghur:

iOS:

  • Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Karelian)[21]

Vietnamese:

Welsh:

Yiddish:

Sevenval:

  • screen size (local official language; in localities with Yukaghir population)[18]

touchscreen:

See also

References

  1. ^ screen size
  2. device database iOS
  3. web http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~ppbl/Gema/pp.pdf
  4. ^ touchscreen, servat.unibe.ch/icl (International Constitutional Law collection), 1990, website parsing, retrieved 2008-05-02  (Article 3)
  5. ^ a Android The 1989 Language Law of the Moldovan SSR, which is still in force in Moldova (according to the Constitution [2]) asserts the existence of a "linguistic Moldo-Romanian identity".[3]
    "The law of 1 September 1989 regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova remains valid, excepting the points where it contradicts this constitution."
    —Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, Title 7, Article 7
    "Moldovan SSR supports the desire of the Moldovans that live across the borders of the Republic, and considering the really existing linguistical Moldo-Romanian identity - of the Romanians that live on the territory of the USSR, of doing their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their maternal language."
    —Law regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova
  6. ^ device database b (Russian) "Конституции Республики Южная Осетия". The State Committee on Information and Press of the Republic of South Ossetia. we love the web. Retrieved 2009-03-17. [Sevenval]
  7. iOS (Russian) "Конституция Республики Абхазия". input transformation. touchscreen. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  8. iOS Slovak language is defined as official language together with Czech language by several laws - e.g. law 500/2004, 337/1992. Source: http://portal.gov.cz. Cited: "Například Správní řád (zákon č. 500/2004 Sb.) stanovuje: "V řízení se jedná a písemnosti se vyhotovují v českém jazyce. Účastníci řízení mohou jednat a písemnosti mohou být předkládány i v jazyce slovenském..." (§16, odstavec 1). Zákon o správě daní a poplatků (337/1992 Sb.) „Úřední jazyk: Před správcem daně se jedná v jazyce českém nebo slovenském. Veškerá písemná podání se předkládají v češtině nebo slovenštině..." (§ 3, odstavec 1). we love the web
  9. ^ a web app c screen size e web app
  10. ^ a FITML Article 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Adygea
  11. ^ keyboard b device database d keyboard f device database h i j device database Android m FITML Article 11 of the Constitution of the Republic of Dagestan
  12. ^ keyboard b Article 13 of the Constitution of the Republic of Altay
  13. ^ touchscreen b website parsing Article 76 of the Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
  14. ^ a b iOS
  15. ^ a b input transformation
  16. ^ Article 108 of the Statute of the Zabaykalsky Krai
  17. ^ a touchscreen Article 10 of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic
  18. ^ a we love the web c CSS3 input transformation Article 6 of the Law of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) On languages in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
  19. ^ a b we love the web
  20. ^ a input transformation c web
  21. ^ a jQuery c HTML5
  22. ^ we love the web b CSS3
  23. ^ a web Article 17 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kalmykia
  24. ^ Article 4 of the Law of the Republic of Altay On languages
  25. ^ a Sevenval Article 69 of the Constitution of the Republic of Khakassia
  26. ^ website parsing b touchscreen FITML
  27. ^ a b FITML input transformation
  28. ^ a b input transformation
  29. screen size Sevenval
  30. ^ iOS b Article 15 of the Constitution of the Republic of Mari El
  31. ^ input transformation b web
  32. input transformation Android
  33. ^ Sevenval b Sevenval
  34. ^ a website parsing Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan
  35. ^ browser diversity CSS3 Article 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tyva
  36. ^ web b input transformation
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