English ... the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo ... www.exxun.com/Ireland/a_fg.html
English English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard www.exxun.com/Ireland/c_pp.html
English based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Ireland/d_gv.html
English English, Manx Gaelic www.exxun.com/IsleofMan/c_pp.html
English Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language www.exxun.com/Israel/c_pp.html
English mixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and, in personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; in December 1985, Israel informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept ... www.exxun.com/Israel/d_gv.html
English English, English patois www.exxun.com/Jamaica/c_pp.html
English based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Jamaica/d_gv.html
English modeled after German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations www.exxun.com/Japan/d_gv.html
English Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France www.exxun.com/Jersey/b_mp.html
English English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) www.exxun.com/Jersey/c_pp.html
English Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes www.exxun.com/Jordan/c_pp.html
English English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages www.exxun.com/Kenya/c_pp.html
English based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya ... www.exxun.com/Kenya/d_gv.html
English I-Kiribati, English (official) www.exxun.com/Kiribati/c_pp.html
English Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school www.exxun.com/Korea_South/c_pp.html
English Arabic (official), English widely spoken www.exxun.com/Kuwait/c_pp.html
English Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages www.exxun.com/Laos/c_pp.html
English Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian www.exxun.com/Lebanon/c_pp.html
English Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa www.exxun.com/Lesotho/c_pp.html
English based on English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations www.exxun.com/Lesotho/d_gv.html
English English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence www.exxun.com/Liberia/c_pp.html
English Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities www.exxun.com/Libya/c_pp.html
English English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official) www.exxun.com/Madagascar/c_pp.html
English based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations www.exxun.com/Malawi/d_gv.html
English Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan www.exxun.com/Malaysia/c_pp.html
English based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of the federation; Islamic law is applied to Muslims in matters of family ... www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
English Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials www.exxun.com/Maldives/c_pp.html
English based on Islamic law with admixtures of English common law primarily in commercial matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Maldives/d_gv.html
English Maltese (official), English (official) www.exxun.com/Malta/c_pp.html
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