If you’re thinking of traveling to other countries, it’s interesting to see the languages officially used there. I’m hoping this series will help you plan which countries to visit to practice, study, or hear a rare language or simply just to know which languages are official in which state.
Namibia
- English
- Afrikaans (national language)
- German (regional language)
- Oshiwambo (regional language)
Nauru
- English
- Nauruan
Nepal
- Nepali
Netherlands
- Dutch (de facto, statewide)
- West Frisian (in Friesland)
- Limburgish (regional language)
- Low Saxon (regional language)
- Papiamento (on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire)
- English (on Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
New Zealand
- English is a de facto official language (statewide)
- Maori (statewide)
- NZSL (NZ Deaf community)
- Tokelauan (in Tokelau)
- Cook Islands Maori (in Cook Islands)
- Niuean (in Niue)
Nicaragua
- Spanish
Niger
- French
- Hausa (national)
- Fulfulde (national)
- Gulmancema (national)
- Kanuri (national)
- Zarma (national)
- Tamasheq (national)
Nigeria
- English (official)
- Hausa (national)
- Yoruba (national)
- Igbo (national)
Norway (Languages of Norway)
- Norwegian (statewide) (Bokmål and Nynorsk are the official forms, and municipalities choose between them or a neutral stance)
- Sami (indigenous language in vast areas from Engerdal to the Russian border, official administrative language in Kautokeino, Karasjok, Gáivuotna – Kåfjord, Nesseby,Porsanger, Tana, Tysfjord, and Snåsa)
- Kven (national minority language, administrative language in Porsanger)
- Romani (national minority language)
- Scandoromani (national minority language)
Info retrieved from Wikipedia.
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