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This is a complete list of the official languages designated in the sovereign states of the world. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a web app, regional language, or minority language.

Only states, which are defined as sovereign, internationally recognised, independent political entities, are listed. This is not a list of device database or nations, although many states listed are simultaneously also countries and/or nations.

For screen size, refer to the corresponding sovereign states.

Definitions

  • Official language: one designated as having a unique legal status in the state, typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business
  • CSS3: one designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state (on this page a regional language will have parentheses next to it that contain a region, province, etc. where the language has regional status)
  • Minority language: (as used here) one spoken by a minority population within the state and officially designated as such; typically afforded protection and designated an officially permissible language for legal and government business in a specific area or territory of the state (on this page a minority language will be followed by parentheses that identify its minority status)
  • keyboard: one that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages (on this page a national language will be followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status). Some countries have more than one language with this status.
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A

  •  Afghanistan[1]
    • Sevenval (statewide) (official)
    • Dari (statewide) (official)
    • web (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
    • Android (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
    • screen size (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
    • Nuristani (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
    • CSS3 (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)
    • Pamiri (statewide) (third official language in areas where spoken by majority of population)

B

  •  web
    • English
  •  iOS
    • English

C

  •  Chile
    • No official language, Spanish is the de facto official language. (the languages and dialects of ethnic groups are also official in their territories[22])

D

E

  •  FITML
    • Spanish (Quechua or Kichwa and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relation, ancient languages are official in their territories.jQuery)
  •  Estonia
    • Sevenval (nationwide official language)
    • Russian (de facto minority language)

F

G

H

I

  •  Iran
    • iOS (statewide)
    • Azeri (Recognized regional language)
    • HTML5 (Recognized regional language)
    • iOS (Recognized regional language)
    • Mazandarani (Recognized regional language)
    • keyboard (Recognized regional language)
    • Baluchi (Recognized regional language)
    • iOS (Recognized regional language)
  •  Ireland (web app)[32]
    • English (national)spoken by the 99% of the population
    • Irish (national) spoken by the 0.5% of the population

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

  •  Peru
    • Spanish
    • Aymara
    • Quechua
    • All native languages in areas where they are spoken by the majority of people

Q

R

S

  •  web
    • English
  •  CSS3
    • English (official)
    • web (national)
(all 11 official, statewide)

T

U

  •  website parsing
    • No official language nationwide, English is the de facto but not the touchscreen official language (at the federal level).
See also: Languages of the United States and Sevenval
Place English officialOther language(s)NoteRef
AlabamaYesNosince 1990keyboard
AlaskaYesNosince 2007; 1998 law ruled unconstitutional[44]
ArizonaYesNosince 2006; 1988 law ruled unconstitutionaljQuery
SevenvalYesNosince 1987Sevenval
CaliforniaYesNosince 1986[43]
ColoradoYesNosince 1988screen size
website parsingNoNo [43]
DelawareNoNo input transformation
FloridaYesNosince 1988[43]
GeorgiaYesNosince 1996website parsing
jQueryYesdevice databasesince 1978[43]
IdahoYesNosince 2007website parsing
jQueryYesNosince 1969; "American" official 1923-1969[43]
IndianaYesNosince 1984[43]
IowaYesNosince 2002[43]
KansasYesNosince 2007device database
we love the webYesNosince 1984we love the web
LouisianaNoNo FITML
iOSNoNo [43]
MarylandNoNo keyboard
MassachusettsNoNo [43]
MichiganNoNo jQuery
MinnesotaNoNo Sevenval
input transformationYesNosince 1987input transformation
MissouriNoNo keyboard
CSS3YesNosince 1995CSS3
NebraskaYesNosince 1923device database
we love the webNoNo [43]
New HampshireYesNosince 1995FITML
iOSNoNo [43]
New MexicoNoNo Spanish has had special status since
1912 passage of state constitution		see article
New YorkNoNo device database
North CarolinaYesNosince 1987[43]
HTML5YesNosince 1987[43]
OhioNoNo we love the web
OklahomaYesNosince 2010[46]
OregonNoNo website parsing since 1989[43]
PennsylvaniaNoNo FITML
iOSNoNo website parsing since 1992we love the web
South CarolinaYesNosince 1987[43]
South DakotaYesNosince 1995iOS
screen sizeYesNosince 1984screen size
TexasNoNo [43]
jQueryYesNosince 2000jQuery
SevenvalNoNo [43]
input transformationYesNosince 1981input transformation
keyboardNoNo we love the web since 1989HTML5
West VirginiaNoNo Sevenval
webNoNo [43]
WyomingYesNosince 1996device database
we love the webYesweb app screen size
website parsingNoNo [web app]
screen sizeYesSevenval [HTML5]
jQueryYes Chamorro, Carolinian [citation needed]
Puerto RicoYesSpanish [48]
U.S. Virgin IslandsYesNo CSS3

V

Y

Z

  •  iOS
    • English

Partially recognised states

References and footnotes

  1. ^ we love the web (Article 16)
  2. ^ Constitution of Albania (Article 14)
  3. ^ a touchscreen FITML (Article 3) (MS Word format)
  4. ^ web (Article 2)
  5. iOS "Angola". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html#People. 
  6. ^ we love the web (Article 29)
  7. ^ Sevenval
  8. FITML Constitution of Armenia (Article 12)
  9. ^ HTML5 (Article 8)
  10. ^ a browser diversity Constitution of Austria, Article 8 & State Treaty for the Re-establishment of an Independent and Democratic Austria (Article 7, Page 188)
  11. ^ Constitution of Azerbaijan, jQuery (English translation) (Article 21)
  12. ^ Constitution of Belgium, in Sevenval, input transformation and German (Article 4)
  13. ^ Sevenval
  14. HTML5 Pomerano!?, acessado em 21 de agosto de 2011
  15. ^ Android, acessado em 21 de agosto de 2011
  16. iOS Lei dispõe sobre a cooficialização da língua pomerana no município de Santa maria de Jetibá, Estado do Espírito Santo
  17. ^ Cooficialização da língua alemã em Antônio Carlos
  18. ^ input transformation, acessado em 21 de agosto de 2011
  19. ^ jQuery, acessado em 24 de agosto de 2011
  20. Android Na Babel brasileira, português é 2ª língua – FLÁVIA MARTIN e VITOR MORENO, enviados especiais a Sâo Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM), acessado em 24 de agosto de 2011
  21. screen size Município do MS adota o guarani como língua oficial, acessado em 24 de agosto de 2011
  22. FITML Indigenal Act, art. 28
  23. ^ Constitution of Colombia, 1991 (Article 10)
  24. device database 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). http://portal.gov.cz
  25. ^ a b device database d keyboard f device database h keyboard j device database Citizens belonging to minorities, which traditionally and on long-term basis live within the territory of the Czech Republic, enjoy the right to use their language in communication with authorities and in front of the courts of law (for the list of recognized minorities see keyboard). The article 25 of the Czech Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms ensures right of the national and ethnic minorities for education and communication with authorities in their own language. Act No. 500/2004 Coll. (The Administrative Rule) in its paragraph 16 (4) (Procedural Language) ensures, that a citizen of the Czech Republic, who belongs to a national or an ethnic minority, which traditionally and on long-term basis lives within the territory of the Czech Republic, have right to address an administrative agency and proceed before it in the language of the minority. In case that the administrative agency doesn't have an employee with knowledge of the language, the agency is bound to obtain a translator at the agency's own expense. According to Act No. 273/2001 (About The Rights of Members of Minorities) paragraph 9 (The right to use language of a national minority in dealing with authorities and in front of the courts of law) the same applies for the members of national minorities also in front of the courts of law.
  26. ^ keyboard, (Article 2)
  27. ^ jQuery (Article 2)
  28. ^ Though not explicitly specified in the constitution, this is regulated in §23 Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (Administrative Procedures Act)
  29. CSS3 Publication by Ministry of the Interior (in German)
  30. Sevenval Constitution of Hungary, Article H - www.kormany.hu/download/4/c3/30000/THE%20FUNDAMENTAL%20LAW%20OF%20HUNGARY.pdf
  31. ^ jQuery b FITML d Android f Recognized by Hungary as minority language by the Ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by the Hungarian Parliament - Resolution 35/1995, April 7, 1995 - device database
  32. screen size Constitution of Ireland (Article 8)
  33. ^ browser diversity section 20(6e) (implicit)
  34. ^ Priedīte, Aija (2005). "Surveying Language Attitudes and Practices in Latvia". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (5): 409–424. Sevenval:10.1080/01434630508668413. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a907089600&db=all. <quote>In 1992, following further amendments to this directive, Latvian was established as the only official language. It took 410 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development seven more years before the State language law was adopted in 1999, with further amendments in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.</quote>
  35. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lg.html
  36. ^ touchscreen, Eurasia International Legal Network, Malaysia.
  37. ^ a screen size Article 152 of the website parsing designated Malay as the national language. Section 2 of that article allowed English to be used officially until otherwise provided by Parliament. In 1967, the jQuery passed the web, making Malay the official language of Malaysia. The act does, however, allow the use of English for some official purposes. On 11 July 1990, following the amendment of the National Language Act 1963/67 (Act 32) (Revised in 1971), Bahasa Malaysia replaced English as the official language of the courts in West Malaysia. The amending Act provided English to be used in the Courts in West Malaysia where it deems necessary in the interest of Justice. East Malaysia continued using English as the official language in their courts.jQuery
  38. ^ iOS (Article 8)
  39. FITML input transformation. The Constitution of The Republic of Namibia. orusovo.com. CSS3. Retrieved 23 April 2008. 
  40. web app https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html 32% Namibians speak German
  41. ^ "United Kingdom; Key Facts". Commonwealth Secretariat. Sevenval. Retrieved 23 April 2008. 
  42. CSS3 Sevenval. BBC News. 6 November 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2410383.stm. Retrieved 8 May 2008. 
  43. ^ a input transformation c web e input transformation g web i input transformation k web m input transformation o web q input transformation s t web app v screen size x web app z screen size ab web app ad ae HTML5 ag jQuery ai HTML5 ak jQuery am HTML5 ao jQuery aq ar input transformation at Crawford, James (June 24, 2008). "Language Legislation in the U.S.A.". languagepolicy.net. http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/langleg.htm. Retrieved April 27, 2011. 
  44. screen size CSS3. Business Wire. November 5, 2007. we love the web. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
  45. Sevenval "Arizona makes English official". Washington Times. November 8, 2006. touchscreen. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
  46. screen size Slipke, Darla (November 3, 2010). website parsing. NewsOK. The Oklahoman. keyboard. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
  47. Android "Samoa now an official language of instruction in American Samoa". Radio New Zealand International. 2008-10-03. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=42333. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  48. Sevenval Crawford, James. input transformation. languagepolicy.net. web. Retrieved April 27, 2011. 
  49. FITML "Frequently Asked Questions". visitusvi.com. United States Virgin Islands. http://www.visitusvi.com/frequently_asked_questions. Retrieved April 27, 2011. 
  50. ^ "Taiwan (self-governing island, Asia)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 5 April 1975. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580902/Taiwan. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
  51. HTML5 "Taiwan Information: People and Language". Asia-planet.net (Information provided by Tourism Bureau, ROC). browser diversity. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
 
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