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languages
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
www.exxun.com/Benin/c_pp.html
languages
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
languages
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/c_pp.html
languages
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
www.exxun.com/Burma/c_pp.html
languages
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/c_pp.html
languages
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
www.exxun.com/Chad/c_pp.html
languages
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
www.exxun.com/China/c_pp.html
languages
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/c_pp.html
languages
Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/c_pp.html
languages
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/c_pp.html
languages
... Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely ...
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/c_pp.html
languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
www.exxun.com/France/c_pp.html
languages
French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4% (official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census)
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/c_pp.html
languages
English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census)
www.exxun.com/Guam/c_pp.html
languages
Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/c_pp.html
languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/c_pp.html
languages
Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/c_pp.html
languages
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
www.exxun.com/Iceland/c_pp.html
languages
... the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 21 other official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi ...
www.exxun.com/India/c_pp.html
languages
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
www.exxun.com/Kenya/c_pp.html
languages
Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
www.exxun.com/Laos/c_pp.html
languages
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
languages
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
languages
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
www.exxun.com/Mali/c_pp.html
languages
Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language
www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/c_pp.html
languages
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
www.exxun.com/Mexico/c_pp.html
languages
... Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/c_pp.html
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