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 few of which can be written or 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
Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
www.exxun.com/Macau/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) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)
www.exxun.com/Malta/c_pp.html
English
based on English common law and Roman civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Malta/d_gv.html
English
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
English
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/c_pp.html
English
based on French civil law system with elements of English common law in certain areas; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/d_gv.html
English
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/c_pp.html
English
French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque
www.exxun.com/Monaco/c_pp.html
