English ... his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua ... www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/a_fg.html
English English (official), local dialects www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/c_pp.html
English based on English common law www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/d_gv.html
English Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French www.exxun.com/Argentina/c_pp.html
English Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census) www.exxun.com/Aruba/c_pp.html
English based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence www.exxun.com/Aruba/d_gv.html
English English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) www.exxun.com/Australia/c_pp.html
English based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations www.exxun.com/Australia/d_gv.html
English English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) www.exxun.com/Bahamas/c_pp.html
English based on English common law www.exxun.com/Bahamas/d_gv.html
English Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu www.exxun.com/Bahrain/c_pp.html
English based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Bahrain/d_gv.html
English Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/c_pp.html
English based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/d_gv.html
English English www.exxun.com/Barbados/c_pp.html
English English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations www.exxun.com/Barbados/d_gv.html
English based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations www.exxun.com/Belgium/d_gv.html
English Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census) www.exxun.com/Belize/c_pp.html
English English law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Belize/d_gv.html
English Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia. Tourism to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important ... www.exxun.com/Bermuda/a_fg.html
English English (official), Portuguese www.exxun.com/Bermuda/c_pp.html
English English law www.exxun.com/Bermuda/d_gv.html
English based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Bhutan/d_gv.html
ENGLISH chief of mission: Ambassador Charles L. ENGLISH embassy: Alipasina 43, 71000 Sarajevo mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [387] (33) 445-700 FAX: [387] (33) 659-722 branch office(s): Banja Luka, Mostar www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/d_gv.html
English Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census) www.exxun.com/Botswana/c_pp.html
English Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages www.exxun.com/Brazil/c_pp.html
English ... Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from ... www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/a_fg.html
English English (official) www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/c_pp.html
English English law www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/d_gv.html
English Malay (official), English, Chinese www.exxun.com/Brunei/c_pp.html
English based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Brunei/d_gv.html
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