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With nearly 200 countries and up to 7,000 different languages spoken worldwide, it’s more important than ever to communicate globally. Our table below reflects a list of the most commonly spoken languages by country.
CLI provides professional interpreters for the languages in bold.
| Afghanistan | Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Tajik, other Turkic and minor languages |
| Albania | Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek |
| Algeria | Arabic, Arabic (Algerian), Berber dialects, French |
| Andorra | Catalan, Castilian, French, Portuguese |
| Angola | Bantu, Portuguese, other African languages |
| Antigua and Barbuda | English, local dialects |
| Argentina | English, French, German, Guarani, Italian, Spanish |
| Armenia | Armenian, Russian |
| Australia | English, native languages |
| Austria | Croatian, German, Hungarian, Slovene |
| Azerbaijan | Armenian, Azerbaijani Turkic, Azeri, Russian |
| Bahamas | English, Bahamian Creole |
| Bahrain | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), English, Farsi, Urdu |
| Bangladesh | Bengali, English, Sylheti |
| Barbados | English |
| Belarus | Belarusian, Russian |
| Belgium | Dutch (Flemish), French, German |
| Belize | English, Creole, Garifuna (Carib), Mayan, Q’eqchi’, Spanish |
| Benin | Cotocoli (Tem), Fon, French, Yoruba, tribal languages |
| Bhutan | Dzongkha, Tibetan, Nepalese dialects |
| Bolivia | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), Yiddish |
| Botswana | English, Setswana |
| Brazil | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Brunei Darussalam | Chinese, English, Malay |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian, secondary ethnic languages |
| Burkina Faso | Dioula, French, More, native African (Sudanic) languages |
| Burma (formerly Burma; now Myanmar) | Burmese, Chin (including Falam, Hakha, Lai, Mizo, Rohingya, Tedim, Zo, Zomi,and Zophei), Karen, Karen (Pwo), Karenni (Kayah) |
| Burundi | French, Kirundi, Swahili |
| Cambodia | English, French, Jarai, Khmer (Cambodian) |
| Cameroon | English, French, Pidgin (Cameroonian), 24 major African language groups |
| Canada | English, French, French Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German), Yiddish |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde Creole, Criuolo, Portuguese |
| Central African Republic | Arabic, French, Hansa, Kaba, Mbay, Sango, Swahili |
| Chad | Arabic, French, Kaba, Mbay, Sango, Sara, 120+ other languages and dialects |
| Chile | Spanish |
| China | Cantonese, Chao-Chow, Chinese, Foochow (Fuzhou), Hainanese, Hakka, Hmong, Hokkien, Jiangsu, Mandarin, Mien, Shanghainese, Sichuan, Teochew, Toisanese, many local dialects |
| Colombia | Spanish |
| Comoros | Arabic, French, Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French, Kikongo, Lingala, Kingwana, Sango, Swahili, Tshiluba, 200+ indigenous languages |
| Congo, Republic of the | Bantu languages, Bateke, French, Kikongo, Kituba, Lingala, Lari, Mboshi, Munukutuba, many local languages and dialects |
| Costa Rica | English, Spanish |
| Croatia | Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, German, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), Slovak, other languages |
| Cuba | Spanish |
| Cyprus | English, Greek, Turkish |
| Czech Republic | Czech |
| Denmark | Danish, English, Faeroese, German, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect) |
| Djibouti | Afar, Arabic, French, Somali |
| Dominica | English, French patois |
| Dominican Republic | Spanish |
| East Timor | Bahasa (Indonesian), English, Portuguese, Tetum, other indigenous languages (including Galole, Kemak, and Mambae) |
| Ecuador | Spanish, Quechua, other Amerindian languages |
| Egypt | Arabic (Egyptian), English, French |
| El Salvador | Spanish, Nahua |
| Equatorial Guinea | Bubi, pidgin English, Fang, French, Igbo, Spanish |
| Eritrea | Afar, Arabic, Kunama, Tigre, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages |
| Estonia | Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Ethiopia | Amharic, Anuak, Arabic, English, Guaragigna, Harar, Oromifa, Orominga, Somali, Tigrinya, 70 other languages and dialects |
| Fiji | English, Fijian, Hindustani |
| Finland | Finnish, Swedish, Sami (Lapp), Russian |
| France | French, regional dialects (including Alsatian, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Flemish, and Provençal) |
| Gabon | Bandjabi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bateke, Fang, French, Myene |
| Gambia, The | English, Fula, Mandinka, Wolof, other indigenous languages |
| Georgia | Abkhaz, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian |
| Germany | German |
| Ghana | Akan, Ashanti, Cotocoli (Tem), English, native tongues (including Ahafo, Brong, Dagbani, Ewe, Fanti, Ga, and Twi) |
| Greece | English, French, Greek |
| Grenada | English, French patois |
| Guam | Chamorro |
| Guatemala | Akateco, Choujo, Q’eqchi’, Q’anjob’al, Spanish, and 23+ Amerindian languages (including Cakchiquel, Garifuna, K’iche’ [Quiché], Kekchi, Mam, and Xinca) |
| Guinea | French, Fulde, Kissi, Lorma, Pulaar, Sousou, native tongues (including Fulani, Malinké, and Susu) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Criolo, Portuguese, other African languages |
| Guyana | Amerindian dialects, Creole, English, Hindi, Urdu |
| Haiti | French, French Creole, Haitian Creole |
| Honduras | English, Spanish, Amerindian dialects |
| Hong Kong | Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Toisanese |
| Hungary | English, Magyar (Hungarian) |
| Iceland | English, German, Icelandic, Nordic languages |
| India | Assamese, Bengali, Chin, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Mara, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and 1600+ dialects |
| Indonesia | Acehnese, Bahasa (Indonesian), Dutch, English, Hokkien, Javanese, and 580+ languages and dialects |
| Iran | Arabic, Assyrian, Azeri, Farsi, Kurdish, Kurdish (Bahdini), Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani) |
| Iraq | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), Arabic (Iraqi), Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Levantine), Assyrian, Chaldean, Kurdish, Kurdish (Bahdini), Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani) |
| Ireland | English, Irish Gaelic |
| Israel | Arabic, Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Levantine), English, Hebrew, Yiddish |
| Italy | French, German, Italian, Sicilian, Slovene |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) | Akan, Ashanti, Dioula, French, Soninke, Soninke (Sarahuli), Soninke (Sarakhole), many African languages |
| Jamaica | English, Jamaican Creole, Patois (Jamaican) |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Jordan | Arabic, Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Levantine), English |
| Kazakhstan | Bashkir, Kazakh (Qazaq), Russian |
| Kenya | English, Kikuyu, Swahili, 25 ethnic group languages |
| Kiribati | English, I-Kiribati (Gilbertese) |
| Korea, North | Korean |
| Korea, South | Korean |
| Kuwait | Arabic, English |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz, Russian |
| Laos | English, French, Hmong, Lao, Mien |
| Latvia | Latvian |
| Lebanon | Arabic, Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Levantine), English, French |
| Lesotho | English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa |
| Liberia | English, Bassa, Kissi, Krahn, Lorma, tribal dialects |
| Libya | Arabic, English, Italian |
| Liechtenstein | German, Alemmanic dialect |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian, Polish, Russian |
| Luxembourg | French, German, Luxermbourgish |
| Macedonia | Albanian, Macedonian, Turkish |
| Madagascar | French, Malagasy |
| Malawi | Chichewa, English |
| Malaysia | Bahasa (Malaysian), Chinese, English, Hokkien, Malay, Matu, Tamil |
| Maldives | Arabic, Dhivehi, English, Hindi |
| Mali | Bambara, Dioula, French, Soninke, Soninke (Sarahuli), Soninke (Sarakhole),many African languages |
| Malta | English, Maltese |
| Mariana Islands | Carolinian, Chamorro, English, Japanese |
| Marshall Islands | English, Marshallese |
| Mauritania | Arabic, French, Wolof |
| Mauritius | Bojpoori, Creole, English, French, Hakka, Hindi, Urdu |
| Mexico | Akateco, Choujo, Mixteco (Alto), Mixteco (Bajo), Spanish, Zapotec, indigenous languages |
| Micronesia | English, Kosraean, Ponapean/Pohnpeian, Trukese/Chuukese, Yapese |
| Moldova | Gagauz (Turkish dialect), Moldovan (similar to Romanian), Russian, Yiddish |
| Monaco | English, French, Italian, Monégasque |
| Mongolia | Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, Turkic |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin |
| Morocco | Arabic (Moroccan), Berber dialects, French, Spanish |
| Mozambique | Bantu languages, Portuguese |
| Myanmar (formerly Burma) | Burmese, Chin, Karen, Karen (Pwo), Karenni (Kayah), Lautu, Mara, Rohingya, Senthang, Siyin |
| Namibia | Afrikaans, English, German, several indigenous languages |
| Nauru | English, Kosraean, Nauruan |
| Nepal | Bhojpuri, Maithali, Nepali, Newar, Tharu, Tamang |
| Netherlands, The | Dutch, Frisian |
| New Zealand | English, Maori |
| Nicaragua | Spanish |
| Niger | Arabic, French, Hausa, Songhai |
| Nigeria | English, Edo, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin (Nigerian), Yoruba, 200+ others |
| Norway | Bokmål, Nynorsk (forms of Norwegian) |
| Oman | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), English, Indian languages |
| Pakistan | Balochi, Brahui, Burushaski, English, Hindko, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (Punjabi variant), Tajik, Urdu |
| Palau | English, Palauan |
| Palestinian State (proposed) | Arabic, English, French, Hebrew |
| Panama | English, Spanish |
| Papua New Guinea | English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin (Melanesian Creole English), and 717 distinct native languages |
| Paraguay | Guarani, Spanish |
| Peru | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish, and other native languages |
| Philippines, The | Cebuano, English, Filipino (Tagalog), Hokkien, Ilocano, Ilonggo, Visayan, other regional languages |
| Poland | Polish |
| Portugal | Portuguese |
| Qatar | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), English |
| Romania | German, Hungarian, Romanian |
| Russia | Bashkir, Russian, Yup’ik |
| Rwanda | English, French, Kinyamulenge, Kinyarwanda |
| Samoa | English, Samoan |
| San Marino | Italian |
| Saudi Arabia | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), English |
| Senegal | French, Serer, Soninke, Soninke (Sarahuli), Soninke (Sarakhole), Wolof, other ethnic dialects |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Albanian (once known as Serbo-Croatian), Serbian |
| Seychelles | English, French, Seselwa |
| Sierra Leone | English, Kissi, Krio, Mende, Sousou, Temne |
| Singapore | Chinese (Mandarin), English, Malay, Tamil |
| Slovakia | Hungarian, Slovak |
| Slovenia | Serbo-Croatian, Slovene (Slovenian) |
| Solomon Islands | English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), many indigenous Melanesian languages |
| Somalia | Arabic, English, Garre, Italian, Kizigua (Kizigula), Maay Maay, Mushunguli, Somali, Somali Bantu |
| South Africa | Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sesotho, Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, Swati, Tshivenda, Xhosa, Xitsonga, Zulu |
| South Sudan | Acholi, Anuak, Arabic (Juba), Dinka, English, Nuer, 60+ indigenous languages |
| Spain | Basque, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician |
| Sri Lanka | English, Sinhala, Sinhalese, Tamil |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | English |
| St. Lucia | English, patois |
| St. Vincent/The Grenadines | English, French patois |
| Sudan | Arabic (Sudanese), English, tribal dialects |
| Suriname | Dutch, Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken |
| Swaziland | English, Swazi |
| Sweden | Swedish, Yiddish |
| Switzerland | French, German, Italian, Romansch |
| Syria | Arabic, Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Levantine), Assyrian, English, French, Kurdish (Bahdini), Kurdish (Kurmanji) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Portuguese |
| Taiwan | Chinese (Mandarin), Fukiense, Hokkien, Taiwanese |
| Tajikistan | Tajik |
| Tanzania | English, Kizigua (Kizigula), Mushunguli, Swahili, local languages |
| Thailand | Chinese, English, Hmong, Thai (Siamese) |
| Togo | Cotocoli (Tem), Ewe, French, Kabyé, Mina, and many dialects |
| Tonga | English, Tongan |
| Trinidad and Tobago | English, French, Hindi, Spanish |
| Tunisia | Arabic, French |
| Turkey | Assyrian, Azeri, Kurdish (Bahdini), Kurdish (Kurmanji), Turkish |
| Turkmenistan | Russian, Turkmen, Uzbek |
| Tuvalu | English, Tuvaluan |
| Uganda | Acholi, Ateso, English, Luganda, Luo, Swahili |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian, Yiddish |
| United Arab Emirates | Arabic, Arabic (Gulf), English |
| United Kingdom | English, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Yiddish |
| United States | American Sign Language (ASL), English, Cherokee, French Creole, Navajo, Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German), Spanish, Yiddish, Yup’ik |
| Uruguay | Spanish |
| Uzbekistan | Russian, Tajik, Uzbek |
| Vanuatu | Bislama, English, French |
| Vatican City | Italian, Latin |
| Venezuela | Spanish, various indigenous languages |
| Vietnam | Chinese, English, French, Hmong, Jarai, Khmer (Cambodian), Mien, Vietnamese |
| Western Sahara (proposed state) | Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic |
| Yemen | Arabic (Yemeni) |
| Zambia | English, local dialects |
| Zimbabwe | English, Ndebele, Shona |
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