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The government of the new independent state later removed Arabic as an official language and chose English as the sole official language. Part One, 6(2) of the transitional constitution of the Republic of South Sudan of 2011 states that "English shall be the official working language in the Republic of South Sudan". [8] [9]
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
The official language of South Sudan is English. [1]There are over 60 indigenous languages, most classified under the Nilo-Saharan Language family.Collectively, they represent two of the first order divisions of Nile Sudanic and Central Sudanic.
Under the 1998 constitution, only Arabic was the official language. [6] [2] Nonetheless, English was acknowledged as the principal language in the South into the 1990s. [2]It was also the chief language at the University of Khartoum and was the language of secondary schools even in the North before 1969. [2]
Arabic had been recognized as South Sudan's second official language, alongside English, in its 2005 interim constitution, [202] but has no legal status in the current transitional constitution adopted in 2011. Swahili, a Bantu language spoken primarily in East Africa, has been proposed as a second official language.
Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English. Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India. Pakistan: Asia 220,892,331 [2] Urdu is co-official with English. South Africa: Africa 59,622,350 [3]
South Sudan: 69 0 69 0.97 ... This is the list of countries sorted by the number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either ...
South Sudan; Sri Lanka (with Sinhala and Tamil) Sudan (with Arabic) ... Sakha (local official language; in localities with Yukaghir population) [78] Zhuang: