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  2. Official language - Wikipedia

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    An official language is a language having certain rights to be used in defined situations. These rights can be created in written form or by historic usage. [1][2] 178 countries recognize an official language, 101 of them recognizing more than one. The government of Italy made Italian official only in 1999, [3] and some nations (such as the ...

  3. National language - Wikipedia

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    Andorra's national language is Catalan; moreover Catalan is an official language in several territories in Spain (Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands), and is spoken (without official recognition or status) in territories in Spain (the Catalan-Aragonese borderlands known as La Franja and the Murcian municipality of El Carche ...

  4. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    Berges Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2023. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, and it is an official language, either de facto (in practice) or de jure (by law) in 20 countries. Spanish is also an official language in Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, the United Nations, the African Union, and the Organization of American States.

  5. American English - Wikipedia

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    American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States; the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce; and an official language of most U.S. states (32 out of 50). [5]

  6. Khmer language - Wikipedia

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    Khmer (/ kəˈmɛər / kə-MAIR; [3] ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Khmêr [kʰmae]) is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people. This language is an official language and national language of Cambodia. The language is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, also in Southeast and Mekong Delta of ...

  7. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Mandarin (/ ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese ...

  8. Indonesian language - Wikipedia

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    The Indonesian language serves as the national and official language, the language of education, communication, transaction and trade documentation, the development of national culture, science, technology, and mass media. It also serves as a vehicle of communication among the provinces and different regional cultures in the country. [74]

  9. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, just under 21.5 million Canadians, representing 65% of the population, spoke English most of the time at home, while 58% declared it their mother language. [ 14 ] English is the major language everywhere in Canada except Quebec and Nunavut, and most Canadians (85%) can speak English. [ 15 ]