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