Language List by Country

Communicate in a Diverse World

Not sure which language your client speaks? Refer to this list of languages by country of origin.

• Afghanistan: Pashtu, Farsi, Dari, other Turkic and minor languages
• Albania: Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
• Algeria: Arabic, French, Berber dialects
• Andorra: Catalán, French, Castilian, Portuguese
• Angola: Portuguese, Bantu and other African languages
• Antigua and Barbuda: English, local dialects
• Argentina: Spanish, English, Italian, German, French
• Armenia: Armenian, Russian
• Australia: English, native languages
• Austria: German, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian
• Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Turkic, Russian, Armenian, other
• Bahamas: English, Creole
• Bahrain: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
• Bangladesh: Bangla, English
• Barbados: English
• Belarus: Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other
• Belgium: Dutch (Flemish), French, German; legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
• Belize: English, Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
• Benin: French, Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
• Bhutan: Dzongkha, Tibetan and Nepalese dialects
• Bolivia: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian)
  Written languages are Latin and Cyrillic
• Botswana: English, Setswana
• Brazil: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French
• Brunei Darussalam: Malay, English, Chinese
• Bulgaria: Bulgarian; secondary ethnic languages
• Burkina Faso: French, native African (Sudanic) languages
• Burundi: Kirundi, French, Swahili
• Cambodia: Khmer, French, English
• Cameroon: French, English; 24 major African language groups
• Canada: English, French; other 17.5%
• Cape Verde: Portuguese, Criuolo
• Central African Republic: French, Sangho, Arabic, Hansa, Swahili
• Chad: French, Arabic, Sara, more than 120 languages and dialects
• Chile: Spanish
• China: Chinese, Mandarin, also local dialects
• Colombia: Spanish
• Comoros: Arabic and French, Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)
• Congo, Republic of: French, Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects
• Congo, (DRC): French, Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
• Costa Rica: Spanish, English
• Côte d’Ivoire: French, African languages (Diaula esp.)
• Croatia: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German, and other languages.
• Cuba: Spanish
• Cyprus: Greek, Turkish, English
• Czech Republic: Czech
• Denmark: Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German, English
• Djibouti: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
• Dominica: English, French patois
• Dominican Republic: Spanish
• East Timor: Tetum, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, English, other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak
• Ecuador: Spanish, Quechua, other Amerindian languages
• Egypt: Arabic, English and French widely understood by educated classes
• El Salvador: Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
• Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French, pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
• Eritrea: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
• Estonia: Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other
• Ethiopia: Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, 70 others
• Fiji: English, Fijian, Hindustani
• Finland: Finnish, Swedish; small Sami- (Lapp), Russian
• France: French 100%, regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
• Gabon: French, Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
• Gambia, The: English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous
• Georgia: Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Abkhaz
• Germany: German
• Ghana: English, Native tongues (Brong Ahafo, Twi, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani)
• Greece: Greek, English, French
• Grenada: English, French patois
• Guatemala: Spanish, Amerindian languages (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
• Guinea: French, native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
• Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese, Criolo, African languages
• Guyana: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
• Haiti: Creole, French
• Honduras: Spanish, Amerindian dialects, English
• Hungary: Magyar (Hungarian), other
• Iceland: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German
• India: Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi, and 1600+ dialects
• Indonesia: Bahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch, Javanese, and 580+ languages and dialects
• Iran: Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic
• Iraq: Arabic, Kurdish
• Ireland: English, Irish Gaelic
• Israel: Hebrew, Arabic, English
• Italy: Italian, German, French, Slovene
• Jamaica: English, Jamaican Creole
• Japan: Japanese
• Jordan: Arabic, English
• Kazakhstan: Kazak (Qazaq), Russian
• Kenya: English, Swahili, 25 ethnic group languages
• Kiribati: English, I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
• Korea, North: Korean
• Korea, South: Korean
• Kuwait: Arabic, English
• Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian
• Laos: Lao, French, English
• Latvia: Latvian
• Lebanon: Arabic, French, English
• Lesotho: English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa
• Liberia: English, tribal dialects
• Libya: Arabic, Italian, English
• Liechtenstein: German, Alemmanic dialect
• Lithuania: Lithuanian, Polish, Russian
• Luxembourg: Luxermbourgish, French, German
• Macedonia: Macedonian (uses the Cyrillic alphabet), Albanian, Turkish, other
• Madagascar: Malagasy, French
• Malawi: English, Chichewa
• Malaysia: Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English
• Maldives: Dhivehi, Arabic, Hindi, English
• Mali: French, African languages
• Malta: Maltese, English
• Marshall Islands: Marshallese, English
• Mauritania: Arabic, Wolof, French
• Mauritius: English, French, Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
• Mexico: Spanish, Indian languages
• Micronesia: English, Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean
• Moldova: Moldovan (similar to Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (Turkish dialect)
• Monaco: French, English, Italian, Monégasque
• Mongolia: Mongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese
• Morocco: Arabic, French, Berber dialects, Spanish
• Mozambique: Portuguese, Bantu languages
• Myanmar: Burmese, Karen
• Namibia: Afrikaans, German, English, several indigenous languages
• Nauru: Nauruan, English
• Nepal: Nepali, Newar, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, and others
• The Netherlands: Dutch, Frisian
• New Zealand: English, Maori
• Nicaragua: Spanish
• Niger: French, Hausa; Songhai; Arabic
• Nigeria: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, 200+ others
• Norway: Bokmål, Nynorsk (forms of Norwegian)
• Oman: Arabic, English, Indian languages
• Pakistan: Punjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (Punjabi variant), Pashtu, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, English, Burushaski, and others
• Palau: Palauan, English
• Palestinian State (proposed): Arabic, Hebrew, English, French
• Panama: Spanish, English
• Papua New Guinea: English, Tok Pisin (Melanesian Creole English), Hiri Motu, and 717 distinct native languages
• Paraguay: Spanish, Guaraní
• Peru: Spanish, Quéchua, Aymara, and other native languages
• The Philippines: Filipino (based on Tagalog), English, regional languages: Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, others
• Poland: Polish
• Portugal: Portuguese
• Qatar: Arabic, English
• Romania: Romanian, Hungarian, German
• Russia: Russian, others
• Rwanda: Kinyarwanda, French, English
• St. Kitts and Nevis: English
• St. Lucia: English, patois
• St. Vincent/the Grenadines: English, French patois
• Samoa: Samoan, English
• San Marino: Italian
• São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese
• Saudi Arabia: Arabic, English widely spoken
• Senegal: French, Wolof, Serer, other ethnic dialects
• Serbia and Montenegro: Serbian, Albanian (once known as Serbo-Croatian)
  Written language is Latin and Cyrillic
• Seychelles: English, French, Seselwa (a creole)
• Sierra Leone: English, Mende, Temne, Krio
• Singapore: Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English
• Slovakia: Slovak, Hungarian
• Slovenia: Slovenian; Serbo-Croatian
• Solomon Islands: English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), 60 indigenous Melanesian languages
• Somalia: Somali, Arabic, English, Italian
• South Africa: Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda
• Spain: Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque
• Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil, English
• Sudan: Arabic, English, tribal dialects
• Suriname: Dutch, Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken
• Swaziland: English, Swazi
• Sweden: Swedish
• Switzerland: German, French, Italian, Romansch
• Syria: Arabic, French and English widely understood
• Taiwan: Chinese (Mandarin)
• Tajikistan: Tajik
• Tanzania: Swahili, English, local languages
• Thailand: Thai (Siamese), Chinese, English
• Togo: French, Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, Cotocoli (north), and many dialects
• Tonga: Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
• Trinidad and: Tobago English, Hindi, French, Spanish
• Tunisia: Arabic, French
• Turkey: Turkish
• Turkmenistan: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
• Tuvalu: Tuvaluan, English
• Uganda: English, Swahili, Luganda, Ateso, Luo
• Ukraine: Ukrainian
• United Arab Emirates: Arabic, English as a second language
• United Kingdom: English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
• United States: English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority
• Uruguay: Spanish
• Uzbekistan: Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, other
• Vanuatu: Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French
• Vatican City: Latin, Italian, and various other languages
• Venezuela: Spanish, various indigenous languages in the remote interior
• Vietnam: Vietnamese, French, English, Khmer, Chinese
• Western Sahara (proposed state): Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
• Yemen: Arabic
• Zambia: English, local dialects
• Zimbabwe: English, Ndebele, Shona