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Official Languages

An official language is defined as a language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Can you name the official language of every country in the world? For countries that have more than one official language, naming any one of them is correct.
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Hint
# of Languages
Answer
Barbados
1
English
Mexico
0
none, Spanish has de facto status
Marshall Islands
2
Marshallese, English
Bolivia
37
Castilian (Spanish), Aymara, Araona, Baure, Bésiro (Chiquitano), Canichana, Cavineña, Cayubaba, Chácobo, Chimán, Ese Ejja, Guaraní. Guarasu'we, Guarayu, Itonama, Leco, Machajuyai-Kallawaya, Machineri, Maropa, Mojeño-Ignaciano, Mojeño-Trinitario, Moré, Mosetén, Movima, Pacawara, Puquina, Quechua, Sirionó, Tacana, Tapieté, Toromona, Uru-Chipaya, Weenhayek, Yaminawa, Yuki, Yuracar, Zamuco
Belgium
3
Dutch, French, German
Italy
1
Italian
Cambodia
1
Khmer
Papua New Guinea
3
Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, English
Tonga
2
Tongan, English
Oman
1
Arabic
Fiji
3
Fijian, Fiji Hindi, English
Spain
1
Spanish
Lebanon
1
Arabic
Estonia
1
Estonian
Iceland
1
Icelandic
El Salvador
1
Spanish
Togo
1
French
Serbia
1
Serbian
Sudan
2
Arabic, English
Antigua and Barbuda
0
none, English has de facto status
Laos
1
Lao
Colombia
1
Spanish
China
1
Standard Chinese
Japan
0
none, Japanese has de facto status
Syria
1
Arabic
Russia
1
Russian
Czech Republic
1
Czech
Libya
1
Arabic
Tajikistan
1
Tajik
Kenya
2
Swahili, English
Niger
1
Hausa
Maldives
1
Dhivehi
Ukraine
1
Ukrainian
Pakistan
2
Urdu, English
Comoros
3
Comorian, Arabic, French
Equatorial Guinea
3
Spanish, Portuguese, French
Hungary
1
Hungarian
Kyrgyzstan
2
Kyrgyz, Russian
South Korea
1
Korean
Nepal
1
Nepali
Croatia
1
Croatian
Mauritania
1
Arabic
Republic of the Congo
1
French
San Mario
1
Italian
Mozambique
1
Portuguese
Timor-Leste
2
Tetum, Portuguese
Nicaragua
1
Spanish
Poland
1
Polish
Afghanistan
2
Persian (Dari), Pashto
Tanzania
2
Swahili, English
Macedonia
2
Macedonian, Albanian
Vanuatu
3
Bislama, French, English
United Arab Emirates
1
Arabic
Bulgaria
1
Bulgarian
Honduras
1
Spanish
Burkina Faso
4
Mooré, Bissa, Dyula, Fula
Morocco
2
Arabic, Berber
Côte d'Ivoire
1
French
Liechtenstein
1
German
Tunisia
1
Arabic
Armenia
1
Armenian
Micronesia
1
English
Nauru
2
Nauruan, English
Grenada
1
English
Cyprus
2
Turkish, Greek
Bhutan
1
Dzongkha
The Gambia
1
English
Georgia
1
Georgian
Brunei
1
Malay
Moldova
1
Romanian
Kosovo
2
Albanian, Serbian
Greece
1
Greek
Yemen
1
Arabic
Ecuador
1
Spanish
Slovenia
1
Slovene
Brazil
1
Portuguese
Belarus
2
Belarusian, Russian
Dominican Republic
1
Spanish
Denmark
1
Danish
Guinea-Bissau
1
Portuguese
Taiwan
0
none, Mandarin Chinese has de facto status
Albania
1
Albanian
Portugal
1
Portuguese
Lesotho
2
Sesotho, English
Jamaica
1
English
Sierra Leone
1
English
Slovakia
1
Slovak
Benin
1
French
Suriname
1
Dutch
Argentina
0
none, Spanish has de facto status
Austria
1
German
Kiribati
2
Gilbertese, English
Vietnam
1
Vietnamese
Iraq
2
Kurdish, Arabic
Nigeria
1
English
Peru
1
Spanish
Venezuela
1
Spanish
Zambia
1
English
Hint
# of Languages
Answer
Liberia
1
English
Canada
2
French, English
Turkmenistan
1
Turkmen
Malta
2
Maltese, English
Andorra
1
Catalan
Trinidad and Tobago
1
English
Malawi
1
English
Namibia
1
English
Guatemala
1
Spanish
Zimbabwe
15
Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, English
Qatar
1
Arabic
Sweden
1
Swedish
India
2
Hindi, English
Algeria
2
Arabic, Berber
Australia
0
none, English had de facto status
Costa Rica
1
Spanish
Thailand
1
Thai
South Africa
11
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Guyana
1
English
Montenegro
1
Montenegrin
Iran
1
Persian
Eritrea
1
Tigrinya
Romania
1
Romanian
United Kingdom
0
none, English has de facto status
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1
English
Haiti
3
Haitian Creole, French
Samoa
2
Samoan, English
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
French
Senegal
1
French
Chad
2
Arabic, French
Latvia
1
Latvian
Israel
1
Hebrew
Uganda
2
Swahili, English
Chile
1
Spanish
Ireland
2
Irish, English
Rwanda
4
Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, English
Singapore
4
Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, English
Madagascar
2
Malagasy, French
Philippines
2
Filipino, English
Dominica
1
English
Germany
1
German
Paraguay
2
Spanish, Guaraní
Monaco
1
French
Burundi
3
Kirundi, French, English
Tuvalu
2
Tuvaluan, English
Turkey
1
Turkish
Botswana
1
English
Cabo Verde
1
Portuguese
Malaysia
1
Malay
Bahrain
1
Arabic
Eswatini
2
Swazi, English
Panama
1
Spanish
Ghana
1
English
Saint Lucia
1
English
Azerbaijan
1
Azerbaijani
Egypt
1
Arabic
Norway
2
Norwegian, Sami languages
Belize
1
English
Kazakhstan
2
Kazakh, Russian
Finland
2
Finnish, Swedish
Mali
13
Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages, Soninke, Tamasheq
United States
0
none, English has de facto status
Uzbekistan
1
Uzbek
Palau
2
Palauan, English
Vatican City
2
Latin, Italian
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
none; Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian all have de facto status
Seychelles
3
Seychellois Creole, French, English
South Sudan
1
English
Cameroon
2
French, English
Switzerland
3
French, German, Italian, Romansh
Mongolia
1
Mongolian
Kuwait
1
Arabic
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1
English
Guinea
1
French
Mauritius
0
none, English has de jure status and French has de facto status
Myanmar
1
Burmese
Bahamas
1
English
Ethiopia
5
Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya
Solomon Islands
1
English
New Zealand
2
Māori language, English has de facto status
Saudi Arabia
1
Arabic
Netherlands
1
Dutch
Indonesia
1
Indonesian
Cuba
1
Spanish
France
1
French
Somalia
2
Somali, Arabic
Bangladesh
1
Bengali
Gabon
1
French
Jordan
1
Arabic
North Korea
1
Korean
Lithuana
1
Lithuanian
Uruguay
1
Spanish
Djibouti
2
Arabic, French
São Tomé and Príncipe
1
Portuguese
Luxembourg
3
Luxembourgish, German, French
Sri Lanka
2
Sinhala, Tamil
Angola
1
Portuguese
Central African Republic
2
Sango, French
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