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This list shows countries organised by the languages which are spoken there.
==Indo-European languages

Contents

Dependent entities

=Albanian===

★ Albania (official)

★ Greece (minority)

★ Macedonia (co-official with Macedonian)

★ Serbia (recognised regional language)

★ Turkey (significant minority)
===Armenian===

★ Armenia (official)

★ Georgia (significant minority)

★ Nagorno-Karabakh (official)

★ Russia (minority)
===Baltic

Latgalian

★ Latvia (unofficial, spoken in Latgale)

★ Russia (significant minority in Siberia)

Latvian

★ Latvia (official)

Lithuanian

★ Latvia (minority)

★ Lithuania (official)

★ Poland (minority, majority in the city of Puńsk)
===Celtic===

Breton

★ France (minority language in Brittany, but unofficial)

Cornish

★ England (minority language in Cornwall, but unofficial)

Irish

★ Ireland (co-official with English)

★ Northern Ireland (co-official with English and Ulster Scots)

Manx

★ Isle of Man (co-official with English)

Scottish Gaelic

★ Canada (minority in Nova Scotia)

★ Scotland (significant minority)

Welsh

★ Argentina (significant minority in Chubut)

★ England (minority)

★ Wales (co-official with English)
===Germanic

Afrikaans

★ South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)

★ (not official)

Danish

★ (official)

★ (in Schleswig-Holstein, not official)

★ Faroe Islands (co-official with Faroese)

★ Greenland (co-official with Kalaallisut)

Dutch

★ Europe

★
★ (official)

★
★ (co-official with French and German)

★
★ (in French Flanders)

★ Latin America

★
★ (official)

★
★ Netherlands Antilles (co-official with English and Papiamento)

English

=Countries

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★ Africa

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★ Botswana (co-official with Tswana)

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★ Cameroon (co-official with French)

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★ Gambia (official)

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★ Ghana (official)

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★ Kenya (co-official with Swahili)

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★ Lesotho (co-official with Sesotho)

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★ Liberia (official)

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★ Madagascar (co-official with French and Malagasy)

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★ Malawi (official)

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★ Mauritius (official)

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★ Namibia (official)

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★ Nigeria (official)

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★ Rwanda (co-official with Kinyarwanda and French)

★
★ Seychelles (co-official with French and Seychellois Creole)

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★ Sierra Leone (official)

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★ South Africa (co-official with 10 other languages)

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★ Swaziland (co-official with Swati)

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★ Uganda (co-official with Swahili)

★
★ Zambia (official)

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★ (official)

★ Americas

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official, see Canadian English)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official, see Jamaican English)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official, see American English)

★ Asia

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★ India (co-official with many other languages)

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★ Pakistan (co-official with Urdu

★
★ Philippines (co-official with Tagalog)

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★ Singapore (co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay)

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★ Sri Lanka (unofficial)

★ Europe

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★ (co-official with Irish, see Hiberno-English)

★
★ (co-official with Maltese)

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★ (official, see British English)

★ Oceania

★
★ (official, see Australian English)

★
★ Fiji (co-official with Fijian and Hindustani)

★
★ Kiribati (co-official with Kiribati)

★
★ Marshall Islands (co-official with Marshallese)

★
★ Micronesia

★
★ (official)

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★ (official, see New Zealand English)

★
★ Palau (co-official with Palauan)

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★ Papua New Guinea (co-official with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu)

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★ Solomon Islands (official)

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★ Vanuatu (co-official with Bislama and French)

Dependent entities

★ American Samoa (co-official with Samoan)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ Christmas Island (official)

★ Cook Islands (co-official with Cook Islands Maori)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ Guam (co-official with Chamorro)

★ (official)

★ Hong Kong (co-official with Chinese)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ Norfolk Island (co-official with Norfuk)

★ Northern Mariana Islands (co-official with Chamorro and Carolinian)

★ (co-official with Pitkern)

★ Puerto Rico (co-official with Spanish)

★ (official)

★ (official)

★ Tristan da Cunha (official)

★ (official)

★ United States Virgin Islands (official)

Faroese

★ Faroe Islands (co-official with Danish)

★ (not official)

German

★ Europe

★
★ (official)

★
★ (official with French and Dutch)

★
★ Czech Republic (minority)

★
★ Denmark (minority)

★
★ (official)

★
★ (co-official with Hungarian in the city of Sopron)

★
★ (co-official in South Tyrol)

★
★ (official)

★
★ (co-official with French and Luxemburgish)

★
★ (co-official as auxiliary language in the Opole Voivodeship)

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★ Russia (minority)

★
★ (official with other languages)

★
★ (official with other languages, language of the Swiss Guard)

★ Other countries

★
★ (co-official as auxiliary language)

★
★ United States (minority)

Icelandic

★ Denmark (minority}

★ (official)

Norwegian

★ (official, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Swedish

★ (official)

★ (co-official with Finnish, except in Åland, where Swedish is the sole official language)
===Greek===

★ Albania (minority)

★ Cyprus (co-official with Turkish)

★ Greece (official)

★ Turkey (minority)
===Indo-Iranian

Angika

★ Cambodia (minority language)

★ India (majority in Anga, significant minority in the rest of the country)

★ Laos (minority language)

★ Malaysia (minority language)

★ Vietnam (minority language)

Assamese

★ Bangladesh (minority)

★ Bhutan (minority)

★ India (official language along with 21 others)

Awadhi

★ Bhutan (minority)

★ India (majority in Uttar Pradesh, minority in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi)

Balochi

★ Afghanistan (significant minority in Balochistan)

★ Iran (significant minority in Balochistan)

★ Pakistan (significant minority in Balochistan)

Bengali

★ Bangladesh (official)

★ India (official, along with 21 others, mostly in West Bengal)

★ United Kingdom (significant minority)

★ United States (significant minority)

Bhojpuri

★ Fiji (minority)

★ Guyana (minority)

★ India (in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh)

★ Mauritius (minority)

★ Nepal (minority)

★ United Kingdom (minority)

Chhattisgarhi

★ India (majority in Chhattisgarh, minority in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and Bihar)

Chittagonian

★ Bangladesh (significant minority)

★ Burma (minority)

Dhivehi

★ India (in Lakshadweep)

★ Maldives (official)

Dogri

★ India (in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh))

★ Pakistan (in Punjab)

Domari

★ Egypt (minority)

★ India (minority)

★ Iran (significant minority)

★ Iraq (minority)

★ Libya (minority)

★ Syria (minority)

★ Turkey (minority)

Farsi

★ Afghanistan (co-official as Dari, with Pashto)

★ Bahrain (minority)

★ Germany (minority)

★ Iran (official)

★ Iraq (significant minority)

★ Pakistan (minority)

★ Qatar (minority)

★ Russia (minority)

★ Tajikistan (official, as Tajik)

★ Turkey (significant minority)

★ United Arab Emirates (minority)

★ United States (minority)

★ Uzbekistan (minority)

Gujarati

★ Australia (minority)

★ Canada (minority)

★ India (official in Gujarat)

★ Pakistan (significant minority)

★ South Africa (significant minority)

★ Tanzania (minority)

★ Uganda (minority)

★ United Kingdom (significant minority)

★ United States (significant minority)

★ Zimbabwe (minority)

Halbi

★ India (in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh)

Hindi

★ Australia (minority)

★ Canada (minority)

★ Fiji (co-official as Hindustani, with Fijian and English)

★ India (co-official with 21 others)

★ Mauritius (significant minority}}

★ Nepal minority

★ Pakistan (significant minority)

★ South Africa (minority)

★ United Kingdom (minority)

★ United States (minority)

Kashmiri

★ India (official, spoken in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh)

★ Pakistan (in Azad Kashmir)

Khowar

★ Pakistan (majority in Chitral, minority in Gilgit)

Konkani

★ India (official in Konkan)

Kumaoni

★ India (majority in Uttarakhand)

Kurdish

★ Afghanistan (minority)

★ Armenia (minority)

★ Azerbaijan (minority)

★ France (minority)

★ Georgia (minority)

★ Germany (minority)

★ Iran (significant minority)

★ Iraq (significant minority)

★ Lebanon (significant minority)

★ Sweden (minority)

★ Syria (significant minority)

★ Turkey (significant minority)

★ United Kingdom (minority)

Magadhi

★ India (official in Bihar)

Maithili

★ India (official in Bihar)

★ Nepal (significant minority in Terai)

Marathi

★ India (official, spoken in Maharashtra and Goa)

★ Israel (minority)

★ Mauritius (minority)

Marwari

Mazandarani

Nepali

Oriya

★ Bangladesh (minority)

★ India (official in Orissa)

Pashto

Punjabi

Rajasthani

Romany

Sindhi

★ Hong Kong (minority)

★ India (official in Sindh)

★ Oman (minority)

★ Pakistan (majority)

★ Philippines (minority)

★ Singapore (minority)

★ United Arab Emirates (minority)

★ United Kingdom (minority)

★ United States (minority)

Sinhalese

★ Sri Lanka (co-official with Tamil)

Tajik

★ Afghanistan (significant minority)

★ Iran (minority)

★ Kazakhstan (minority)

★ Kyrgyzstan (minority)

★ Pakistan (minority)

★ Tajikistan (official)

Urdu

★ Bangladesh (significant minority)

★ Fiji (co-official as Hindustani with English and Fijian)

★ India (co-official with 21 others)

★ Nepal (minority)

★ Mauritius (minority)

★ Oman (minority)

★ Pakistan (co-official with English)

★ Qatar (minority)

★ Saudi Arabia (minority)

★ South Africa (minority)

★ United Arab Emirates (minority)

★ United Kingdom (minority)

★ United States (minority)
===Romance languages

Catalan

★ Andorra (official)

★ Balearic Islands (official)

★ France (in Northern Catalonia)

★ Italy (a significant minority in Alghero)

★ Spain (co-official with Spanish in Catalonia, Carxe and La Franja)

French

★ Europe

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★ (spoken, not official)

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★ (co-official with Dutch and German)

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★ (official)

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★ (co-official in the Aosta Valley)

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★ (co-official with German and Luxembourgish)

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★ (official)

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★ (co-official with German, Italian, and Romansh)

★ Africa

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★ Algeria (unofficial, but widely used)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (co-official with Kirundi)

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★ (co-official with English)

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★ (co-official with Sango)

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★ (co-official with Arabic)

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★ (co-official with Arabic and Comorian)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (co-official with Arabic)

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★ Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and Portuguese)

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★ (official)

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★ (official)

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★ (co-official with Malagasy and English)

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★ Mali (official)

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★ Mauritania (''de facto'')

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★ Morocco (''de facto'')

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★ Niger (official)

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★ Rwanda (co-official with English and Kinyarwanda)

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★ (official; Wolof most widely spoken)

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★ Seychelles (co-official with English and Seychellois Creole)

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★ Togo (official)

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★ Tunisia (unofficial, but widely used)

★ Americas

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★ (co-official with English, but generally only spoken in Quebec)

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★ French Guiana (official)

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★ Guadeloupe (official)

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★ (co-official with Haitian Creole)

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★ Martinique (official)

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★ Saint Barthelemy (official)

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★ Saint Martin (official)

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★ Saint Pierre and Miquelon (official)

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★ United States (minority language, especially in Louisiana, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire)

★ Asia

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★ Cambodia (minority)

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★ Laos (administrative language)

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★ Lebanon (unofficial, but widely used)

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★ India (in Puducherry, co-official with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam)

★ Oceania

★
★ French Polynesia (official)

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★ New Caledonia (official)

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★ Vanuatu (co-official with English and Bislama)

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★ Wallis and Futuna (official)

Galician

★ Galicia (co-official with Spanish)

Italian

★ Europe

★
★ Albania (minority)

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★ Croatia (official status in Istria)

★
★ France (in Corsica)

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★ (official)

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★ Malta (minority)

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★ Monaco (unofficial, but widely spoken)

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★ San Marino (official)

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★ Slovenia (co-official with Slovenian and Hungarian)

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★ Switzerland (co-official with French, German, and Romansh)

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★ Vatican City (unofficial, but widely used)

★ Africa

★
★ Eritrea (minority)

★
★ Libya (minority)

★
★ Somalia (minority)

Jèrriais

★ Jersey (unofficial)

★ Sark (unofficial)

Latin

★ Vatican City (official, but not spoken)

Portuguese

★ Europe

★
★ Portugal (official)

★ Africa

★
★ Angola (official)

★
★ Cape Verde (official)

★
★ Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and French)

★
★ Guinea-Bissau (official)

★
★ Mozambique (official)

★
★ São Tomé and Príncipe (official)

★ Americas

★
★ Brazil (official)

★ Asia

★
★ East Timor (co-official with Tetum)

★
★ Macau (co-official with Chinese)

Romanian

★ Bulgaria (minority)

★ Moldova (official, but the issue of whether Moldovan is distinct from Romanian is controversial)

★ Romania (official)

★ Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

Romansh

★ Switzerland (co-official with French, Italian, and German)

Sardinian

★ Sardinia (unofficial)

Sicilian

★ Sicily (unofficial)

★ Italy (minority in Campania, Apulia, and Calabria)

Spanish

★ Europe

★
★ Spain (official)

★ Americas

★
★ Argentina (official)

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★ Bolivia (co-official with Quechua and Aymara)

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★ Belize (majority, but unofficial)

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★ Chile (official)

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★ Colombia (official)

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★ Costa Rica (official)

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★ Cuba (official)

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★ Dominican Republic (official)

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★ Ecuador (official)

★
★ El Salvador (official)

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★ Honduras (official)

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★ Mexico (official)

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★ Nicaragua (official)

★
★ Panama (official)

★
★ Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní)

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★ Peru (official)

★
★ Puerto Rico (co-official with English)

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★ United States (co-official with English in New Mexico, significant minorities in Arizona and California)

★
★ Uruguay (official)

★
★ Venezuela (official)

★ Other countries

★
★ Equatorial Guinea (co-official with French and Portugese)

★
★ Philippines (minority)
===Slavic

Belarusian

★ Belarus (co-official with Russian)

★ Lithuania (minority)

★ Poland (minority)

Bosnian

★ Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-official with Croatian and Serbian)

★ Croatia (significant minority minority)

★ Macedonia (minority)

★ Montenegro (minority) (minority, official in Sandžak)

★ Serbia (significant minority, official in Sandžak)

Bulgarian

★ Bulgaria (official)

★ Moldova (minority)

★ Serbia (minority)

★ Ukraine (minority)

Croatian

★ Austria (co-official with German and Hungarian in Burgenland)

★ Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-official with Bosnian and Serbian)

★ Croatia (official)

★ Italy (co-official in Molise)

★ Romania (co-official in Caraşova)

★ Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

Czech

★ Austria (minority)

★ Czech Republic (official)

★ Germany (minority)

★ Slovakia (minority)

Kashubian

★ Poland (official in Pomerania)

Macedonian

★ Albania (minority)

★ Greece (significant minority)

★ Macedonia (co-official with Albanian)

Polish

★ Belarus (significant minority)

★ Lithuania (significant minority)

★ Poland (official)

★ Ukraine (significant minority)

Russian

★ Armenia (significant minority)

★ Azerbaijan (significant minority)

★ Belarus (co-official with Russian)

★ Estonia (minority)

★ Georgia (official with Georgian in Abkhazia and with Ossetian in South Ossetia, significant minority otherwise)

★ Israel (minority)

★ Kazakhstan (co-official with Kazakh)

★ Kyrgyzstan (co-official with Kyrgyz)

★ Latvia (significant minority)

★ Lithuania (minority)

★ Moldova (co-official with Ukrainian and Romanian in Transnistria)

★ Mongolia (significant minority)

★ Russia (official)

★ Tajikistan (significant minority)

★ Turkmenistan (significant minority)

★ Ukraine (recognised regional language in Crimea)

★ Uzbekistan (significant minority)

Rusyn

★ Hungary (minority)

★ Poland (minority)

★ Romania (minority)

★ Ukraine (official in Zakarpattia)

★ Vojvodina (co-official with 5 other languages)

Serbian

★ Bosnia and Herzegovina (official with Croatian and Bosnian)

★ Croatia (significant minority)

★ Macedonia (minority)

★ Montenegro (official)

★ Serbia (official)

Slovak

★ Czech Republic (minority)

★ Serbia (minority)

★ Slovakia (official)

★ Vojvodina (official with 5 other languages)

Slovenian

★ Austria (minority)

★ Croatia (minority)

★ Hungary (minority)

★ Italy (minority)

★ Slovenia (co-official with Hungarian and Italian)

Sorbian, Lower

★ Germany (regional language in Brandenburg)

Sorbian, Upper

★ Germany (regional language in Brandenburg and Saxony)

Ukrainian

★ Kazakhstan (minority)

★ Romania (significant minority)

★ Russia (significant minority)

★ Transnistria (co-official with Romanian and Russian)

★ Ukraine (official)

★ United States (minority)