English
IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/c_pp.html
English
based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/d_gv.html
English
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/c_pp.html
English
a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Kandyan, and Jaffna Tamil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/d_gv.html
English
Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages note: program of "Arabization" in process
www.exxun.com/Sudan/c_pp.html
English
based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states; Islamic law applies to all residents ...
www.exxun.com/Sudan/d_gv.html
English
First explored by the Spaniards in the 16th century and then settled by the English in the mid-17th century, Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of slavery ...
www.exxun.com/Suriname/a_fg.html
English
Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a ...
www.exxun.com/Suriname/c_pp.html
English
English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/c_pp.html
English
... 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census) note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are ...
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/c_pp.html
English
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
www.exxun.com/Syria/c_pp.html
English
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/c_pp.html
English
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/d_gv.html
English
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
www.exxun.com/Thailand/c_pp.html
English
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/c_pp.html
English
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/c_pp.html
|