An official language is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as, "the language or one of the languages that is accepted by a country's government...

343 declared that Hindi would be the official language and English would serve as an additional official language for a period not exceeding 15 years....

This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part...

countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of 2025[update], there are 58 sovereign...

French is an official language in 26 independent nations. It is the 16th most natively spoken language in the world, the sixth most spoken by total number...

lists lots of languages which have no administrative mandate as an official language, generally describing these as de facto official languages. Abkhaz: Abkhazia...

The official languages of the United Nations, are the six languages used in United Nations (UN) meetings and in which the UN writes all its official documents...

national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for...

countries and territories by official language. List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages List of countries and territories...

Spanish is an official language, plus several countries where Spanish or any language closely related to it, is an important or significant language. Spanish...

language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil is the official language of...

thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi...

The official standing of languages in Puducherry is governed by the 1963 assembly resolution to continue French as official language and the subsequent...

national language. A March 2025 executive order declared English the official language of the United States; despite some previous attempts, no legislation...

European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – were considered "procedural" languages, but this notion was abandoned...

The official languages of Canada are English and French, which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions...

variety of Vernacular languages spoken in Spain. Spanish, the official language in the entire country, is the predominant native language in almost all of...

list of countries sorted by the number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either nationally or locally, are included...

The Official Languages Act (French: Loi sur les langues officielles) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, which gives French and...

Official Language Act or Official Languages Ordinance may refer to: one of several acts passed in Sri Lanka, including the Official Language Act No. 33...

authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. The word official as a noun has been recorded since the...

where Chinese is an official language. While those countries or territories that designate any variety of Chinese as an official language, as the term "Chinese"...

The Official Language Act of 1974 (French: Loi sur la langue officielle), also known as Bill 22, was an act of the National Assembly of Quebec, commissioned...

majority language, otherwise it is a minority language.   Official as majority language   Official as minority language   Co-official as majority language   Co-official...

The Official Languages Act 2003 (Irish: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003) is an Act of the Oireachtas of Ireland. The Act sets out rules regarding use...

Official Languages Commission is an Indian commission which was constituted by the president of India in pursuance to the provisions stated in the Article-344...

national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the...

This is a list of countries and territories where Russian is an official language: Geographical distribution of Russian speakers "Lost in translation...

countries use native languages as their official languages, though English is also widespread as an international language. Asia portal Language portal Asian...

is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language(s), as...