Antigua And Barbuda
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
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Australia
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Yes
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Yes
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none
|
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Bahamas
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
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Barbados
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Spoken dialect, Bajan, is heavily evolved.
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Belize
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
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Botswana
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No (Setswana)
|
No
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Yes (see note)
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Two official: English and Tswana. English is official written language.
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Burundi
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No (Kirundi)
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No
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Yes (see note)
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Three official: Kirundi, French, and English.
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Cameroon
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No
|
No
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Yes
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Two official: English and French, with dozens of languages spoken.
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Canada
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Yes (see note)
|
Yes
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Yes
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Primary except in Quebec.
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Dominica
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
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Eritrea
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No
|
No
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Yes (see note)
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Three official: Tigrinya, Arabic, English.
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Eswatini
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No (Swazi)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: English, Swazi
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Fiji
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No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Fijian and Hindi. Widespread lingua franca, business, and educational usage.
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Gambia
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No (Mandinka)
|
No
|
Yes
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English is main official language for government and education.
|
Ghana
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Many (see note)
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Country has 80+ native languages, English is primary by default.
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Grenada
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Yes (see note)
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Primary except in small French Creole population.
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Guyana
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Guyana is the only South American country to choose English as its official language.
|
India
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Hindi, English. Neither is legally declared the national language.
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Ireland
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Irish, English.
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Jamaica
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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Kenya
|
No (Kiswahili)
|
Yes
|
Yes (see note)
|
68 languages. English and Kiswahili are official, Kiswahili is national. English is primary in business and education.
|
Kiribati
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Official.
|
Lesotho
|
No (Sesotho)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Sesotho, English.
|
Liberia
|
Many (see note)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
20+ languages. English is primary by default.
|
Malawi
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Chichewa, English.
|
Malta
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Maltese, English.
|
Mauritius
|
No (Mauritian Creole)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
English and French both named in Constitution.
|
Micronesia
|
No (Chuukese)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
18+ languages. English is official language and lingua franca.
|
Namibia
|
No (Oshiwambo dialects)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
13 national languages, including English.
|
New Zealand
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
none
|
|
Nigeria
|
Many (see note)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Country has 500+ native languages, English is primary by default.
|
Pakistan
|
No (Punjabi)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
English is official and lingua franca.
|
Papua New Guinea
|
No (Tok Pisin)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Three official: Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu.
|
Philippines
|
No (Filipino)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Filipino, English.
|
Rwanda
|
No (Kinyarwanda)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Kinyarwanda, English.
|
Saint Kitts And Nevis
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Main spoken dialect is English-based creole.
|
Saint Lucia
|
No (Creole French)
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
|
Samoa
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Samoan, English.
|
Seychelles
|
No (Seychellois Creole)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Seychellois Creole, English.
|
Sierra Leone
|
No (Krio)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Official and one of several lingua francas.
|
Singapore
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No (Malay)
|
Two official: English, Mandarin. Widespread lingua franca, business, and educational usage.
|
Solomon Islands
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
120 native languages. English is official, but spoken by 1-2%
|
South Africa
|
No (Zulu)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
One of 11 official languages. Also lingua franca in formal economy.
|
South Sudan
|
No (Nuer/Dinka)
|
No
|
Yes
|
More than 60 languages. English is lingua franca and official language.
|
Sudan
|
No (Arabic)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Arabic, English.
|
Tanzania
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Kiswahili/Swahili, English.
|
Tonga
|
No (Tongan)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Tongan, English. nearly 90% of population speaks both.
|
Trinidad And Tobago
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multilple dialects, including two main creole variants.
|
Tuvalu
|
No (Tuvaluan)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: Tuvaluan, English.
|
Uganda
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Two official: English, Swahili. Many languages spoken.
|
United Kingdom
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
none
|
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
none
|
|
Vanuatu
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
Three official: Bislama, English, French. 100+ local languages.
|
Zambia
|
No (Bemba)
|
No
|
Yes
|
70+ languages and dialects.
|
Zimbabwe
|
No (Shona)
|
No
|
Yes (see note)
|
16 official: Shona, Ndebele, English, + 13 minority languages.
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