A world filled with linguistic nuances

Every year, we use on average 200 different language combinations in the handling of our clients’ tasks. We distinguish ourselves, among other things, by being language nerds and love finding exactly the right interpreter, translator and language combination for you. In order to share our enthusiasm for language and dialects, we have made a list intended to function as a guide and reference for anyone who would like to know which languages are spoken where in the world.

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, there are two official languages: Dari and Pashto. Dari is the Afghan version of Farsi/Persian, which is spoken mostly in the west and north of the country. Pashto is spoken mostly in the south and east. Some Pashto-speaking people also understand Dari. Pashto is also spoken in eastern Pakistan.

Albania

The principal language is Albanian. Albanian is also spoken in Macedonia and Kosovo.

Algeria

The official languages are Arabic and French.

Andorra

In Andorra, the official language is Catalan. Due to the country’s geographical position between France and Spain, both Spanish and French are taught in school.

Angola

Portuguese is the official language of Angola.

Argentina

The spoken language is Spanish.

Armenia

The spoken language is Armenian. Armenian is also spoken in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Jordan.

Azerbaijan

The national language is Azerbaijani, also called Azeri. It has evolved from the Turkish language branch.

Bahamas

In the Bahamas, they speak English.

Bahrain

The official language of Bahrain is Arabic.

Bangladesh

The national language is Bangla, which is also known as Bengali.

Belgium

In Belgium, the official languages are French, German and Flemish. Flemish is the same language as Dutch.

Bolivia

The official and by far the most widely spoken language is Spanish, but over 35 different indigenous dialects are spoken, such as Aymara, Quechua and Guarani.

Bosnia

In Bosnia, the national language is Bosnian, which is the same language as Croatian and Serbian.

Botswana

The official languages are English and Setswana.

Brazil

In Brazil, they speak Portuguese with a Brazilian dialect.

Bulgaria

The central language is Bulgarian. Some people can also speak Turkish.

Burkina Faso

The official language is French. Mori is also spoken there.

Burundi

The official languages are French and Kirundi.

Cambodia

Khmer is the official language, though some people also speak Thai.

Cameroon

The official languages are French and English.

Canada

When it comes to language, Canada is divided into two. In one part of the country, they speak French and in the other, they speak English.

Central African Republic

The official language is French. They also speak Sango/Sangho.

Chile

The central language of Chile is Spanish.

Colombia

The central language of Colombia is Spanish.

Congo

The official language is French. The most widely spoken dialects are Lingala and Kikongo.

Costa Rica

The central language is Spanish.

Cuba

In Cuba, they speak Spanish.

Cyprus

Cyprus is partitioned into a Greek Cypriot part and a Turkish Cypriot part. In the Greek Cypriot part, the language is Greek and in the Turkish Cypriot part, the language is Turkish

The Democratic Republic of Congo

The official language is French. In addition, people here speak Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba and Swahili.

Djibouti

The official languages are Arab, French and Somali. However, the most dominant spoken language is the Afar language.

The Dominican Republic

The country shares its island with Haiti. That said, Dominicans speak Spanish rather than French as Haitians do.

Ecuador

The official language is Spanish.

Egypt

Arab is the official language.

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

The official language is French, but Dyula, Akan and Cebaara, among others, are also spoken here.

El Salvador

The official language is Spanish.

Eritrea

The national language is Tigrinya/Tigrigna. Amharic and Saho are also spoken here.

Ethiopia

Amharic is spoken here. In some areas, people also speak Tigrinya/Tigrigna.

the philippines

In the Philippines, they speak Filipino which is also known as Tagalog. Furthermore, they also speak Cebuano in some areas.

Finland

The language is Finnish.

The people's republic of china

The official spoken language is Chinese Mandarin. The written language is called Written Cantonese.

france

The language is French.

Ghana

The official language is English. However, many other languages are spoken here since the country has many different ethnic groups such as: Ewe, Hausa, Akan, Dagaaba.

Gabon

The official language is French. However, around forty different languages are spoken in the country.

Georgia

The central language is Georgian. Russian is also spoken there.

Greece

The official language is Greek.

Guatemala

93% of the population speak Spanish. In addition, there are twenty-one Mayan languages which are spoken in rural areas in particular.

Guinea

The official language is French. They speak a version of French which is called Pidgin French. Other major dialects are Mandinka/Mandingo, Susu and Fula.

Guinea-Bissau

The official language is Portuguese. They also speak Portuguese Creole.

Haiti

The official languages are French and Creole. On the east side of the island lies The Dominican Republic, where they speak Spanish.

the netherlands

The language is Dutch. The same language is called Flemish when spoken in Belgium.

Honduras

The central language is Spanish.

belarus

They speak Belarussian, though almost the entire population speaks Russian as well.

India

The two official languages are Hindi and English. Hindi is also known as Urdu and, when spoken, as Punjabi. Other major dialects include Gujarati and Telugu.

Indonesia

They speak Indonesian, which is also known as Bahasa Indonesian.

Iraq

The majority speaks Arab. However, the large communities of Kurds in the country speak five different dialects and cannot necessarily understand each other. The dialects are split into Arab and Turkish language families. The dialects are Sorani, Kurdmanji, Zaza, Feli, and Bahdini. There is also a minority in northern Iraq who speaks Turkmani.

Iran

The official language is Farsi. Smaller communities of Kurds in the country speak Sorani.

Iceland

The language is Icelandic.

Israel

The two official languages are Hebrew and Arabic.

Italy

The language is Italian.

Jamaica

The official language is English.

Japan

In Japan, they speak Japanese.

Jordan

The central language is Arabic.

Kazakhstan

The two official languages are Russian and Kazakh.

Kenya

The two official languages are English and Swahili.

Kyrgyzstan

The two official languages are Russian and Kyrgyz. Uzbek is also spoken here.

Croatia

The official language is Croatian, which is the same language as Bosnian and Serbian.

Lebanon

Arabic is the official language.

Latvia

The language is Latvian. Part of the population also speaks Russian.

Libya

The official language is Arabic.

Lithuania

Lithuanian and Russian are spoken here.

Madagascar

The two official languages are Malagasy and French.

Macedonia

The language is Macedonian.

Malaysia

The official language is Malaysian, also known as Bahasa Malaysia.

Mali

The official language is French. Bambara is used in everyday speech.

Malta

The official language is Maltese. English is also taught at school.

Morocco

The official languages are Moroccan, Arabic and Berber. Many people also speak French. Berber is mainly spoken in rural areas in the North, and is becoming more widespread, also as a written language.

Mexico

The official language is Spanish. Furthermore, 62 indigenous languages are also spoken here.

Moldova

The language is Romanian. Some people also speak Russian.

Mozambique

The official language is Portugese.
The most widespread indigenous languages are Makua, Sena, Ndau and Shangana.

Myanmar

Myanmar is the former Burma. The official language is Burmese. Chin is a language spoken in the state Chin in Western Myanmar, which has the Latin alphabet.

Namibia

The official language is English. Other languages spoken here are Afrikaans, German and Oshiwambo.

Nepal

The official language is Nepali.

Nicaragua

The language is Spanish.

Niger

The official languge is French. However, French is mostly serves as the administrative and educational language. Additionally, there are 10 national languages, such as Arabic, Hausa. Buduma, Fula.

Nigeria

The official language is English, However, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo are very widespread languages in Nigeria.

Nordkorea

The language is Korean

Malta

The official language is Maltese. English is also taught at school.

Morocco

Mexico

The official language is Spanish. Furthermore, 62 indigenous languages are also spoken here.

Moldova

The language is Romanian. Some people also speak Russian.

Mozambique

The official language is Portugese.
The most widespread indigenous languages are Makua, Sena, Ndau and Shangana.

Myanmar

Myanmar is the former Burma. The official language is Burmese. Chin is a language spoken in the state Chin in Western Myanmar, which has the Latin alphabet.

Namibia

The official language is English. Other languages spoken here are Afrikaans, German and Oshiwambo.

Nepal

Det officielle sprog er nepalesisk.

Nicaragua

Hovedsproget er spansk.

Niger

Det officielle sprog er fransk. Dog bruges fransk mest i uddannelses- og statslige sammenhænge. Herudover er der ti officielle sprog i Niger. Fx arabisk, hausa, buduma og fula.

Nigeria

Det officielle sprog i landet er engelsk. Dog er hausa, yoruba og ibo meget udbredte talesprog.

Nordkorea

De taler nordkoreansk.

Norge

Her tales norsk. Der eksisterer to dialekter, som er bokmål og nynorsk.

Oman

Hovedsproget i Oman er arabisk.

Pakistan

Her tales der punjabi. I talesprog er det det samme som urdu og hindi. I den vestlige del tales der også pashto.

Palæstina

Taltesprog er arabisk og ofte kan folk også tale hebraisk.

Paraguay

De officielle sprog er spansk og guaraní.

Polen

Der tales polsk. Nogle taler også russisk.

Portugal

Hovedsproget er portugisisk, som også tales i Brasilien, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau og Angola.

Rumænien

Hovedsproget er rumænsk. Romani tales også af roma-folket (sigøjnere).

Russia

The official language is Russian. Russian is also spoken in many of the former Republics of the Soviet Union.

Rwanda

The official languages are Kinyarwanda, French, English and Swahili.

Saudi-Arabien

The language is Arabic.

Switzerland

The official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansh.

Senegal

The official language is French. Other languages spoken here are Wolof, Pulaar, Jola and Mandinka/Mandingo.

Serbia

The official language is Serbian, which is the same language as Croatian and Bosnian.

Sierra Leone

The official language is English. Other major languages are Temne, Mende and Krio.

Slovakia

The language is Slovak.

Slovenia

The language is Slovene.

Spain

The official language is Spanish, which is also spoken in all countries in Central and Southern America, except Brazil. Furthermore, Catalan is spoken in Valencia and Barcelona, and Basque is spoken in the Basque Country in Northern Spain.

Sri Lanka

The two official languages are Sinhala and Tamil.

Sudan

The official language is Arabic.

Sweden

The language is Swedish.

South Africa

There are 11 official languages in South Africa: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga, Swazi, Tshivenda and Southern Ndebele.