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Why is Sinhalese in the list if it's only official in one single country, Sri Lanka? I'm going to delete that language from the list. Also, since both Serbo-Croatian and Swahili are both official in five countries, I'm going to place them higher in the list, after Russian. --Apolo13 (talk) 13:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC
According to the Wikipedia article, the Quechua language is official no only in Peru and Bolivia, but also in Ecuador. Since it's official in 3 languages, I'll add it to the main list.--Apolo13 (talk) 13:48, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
Lots of incorrect rankings. Indian languages that aren't recognised as official nationally has been counted as so, and lots of other minor mistakes. I've cleaned up as much as I can- the list could be missing some that weren't there to begin with though. J43437 (talk) 22:05, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia articles, Hindustani languages has status in India and Pakistan only. Tamil is the only language in the Indian subcontinent which has official 3 countries (which means more than 2 countries) in Sri Lanka, India and Singapore. It also hase recognized as minority language in many countries such as Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa and Reunion. Removing it by replacing unwanted sources are considered vandalizing this article or page. Please don't vandalize this page by editing Hindustani languages in those list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JudeBob123 (talk • contribs) 12:53, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
Please add sources for the edits. Some entries are dubious as to whether they are an official language or not, and it is hard to judge without sources to justify their addition here. Hzh (talk) 14:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
One problem: Danish is the official language of the Kingdom of Denmark. This Kingdom of Denmark includes both the Faroe Islands and Greenland. If these (autonomous countries) are to be listed as seperate countries, the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (i. e. Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) have to be treated the same. This would make Dutch official in 6 countries and on three continents. The more reasonable approach, IMO, is to remove Danish from the list of languages which are official in more than two countries. The current list has to be changed. What do you think?
Quanstizium (talk) 17:37, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
This article is basically a duplicate of the table at List of official languages § Number of countries with the same official language, and they don't exactly match. It seems there are three options:
Comments? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 04:09, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
I think that the other article should have a link to this one, considering that this (in my opinion) deserves a standalone article/list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoozaz1 (talk • contribs) 18:53, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
The following is a work table containing a merge of the tables from the three articles mentioned. The row below each group will contain notes regarding the discrepancies between them which need to be resolved (TBD after I get some sleep ).
# | A | Language | W | Af | Am | As | Eu | Oc | Countries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 | a | Albanian | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia |
100 | b | Albanian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Albania, Kosovo*% |
100 | c | (none) | |||||||
100 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
100 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
110 | a | Arabic | 26 | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, etc. |
110 | b | Arabic | 26 | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, etc. |
110 | c | Arabic | 27 | 14 | - | 13 | - | - | Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, etc. |
110 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
110 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
120 | a | (none) | |||||||
120 | b | (none) | |||||||
120 | c | Armenian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh* |
120 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
120 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
130 | a | Aymara | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Peru% |
130 | b | Aymara | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Peru% |
130 | c | Aymara | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Peru |
130 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
130 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
140 | a | Bengali | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | Bangladesh, India% |
140 | b | Bengali | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | Bangladesh, India% |
140 | c | Bengali | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone |
140 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
140 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
150 | a | Berber | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Algeria, Morocco% |
150 | b | Berber | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Algeria, Morocco% |
150 | c | Berber | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Algeria, Morocco |
150 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
150 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
160 | a | (none) | |||||||
160 | b | (none) | |||||||
160 | c | Bulgarian | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | Bulgaria |
160 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
160 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
165 | a | Cantonese | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | China, Hong Kong, Macau% |
165 | b | Cantonese | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | China, Hong Kong, Macau% |
165 | c | (none) | |||||||
165 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
165 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
170 | a | (none) | |||||||
170 | b | (none) | |||||||
170 | c | Catalan | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Andorra, Spain |
170 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
170 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
180 | a | (none) | |||||||
180 | b | (none) | |||||||
180 | c | Chichewa | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Malawi, Zimbabwe |
180 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
180 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
190 | a | Chinese | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | China, Singapore, Taiwan* |
190 | b | Chinese | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | China, Singapore, Taiwan* |
190 | c | (none) | |||||||
190 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
190 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
200 | a | (none) | |||||||
200 | b | (none) | |||||||
200 | c | Croatian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia |
200 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
200 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
210 | a | (none) | |||||||
210 | b | (none) | |||||||
210 | c | Danish | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland |
210 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
210 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
220 | a | Dutch | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
220 | b | Dutch | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
220 | c | Dutch | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
220 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
220 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
230 | a | English | 59 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 12 | Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States, etc. |
230 | b | English | 59 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 12 | India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States, etc. |
230 | c | English | 59 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 12 | India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, etc. |
230 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
230 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
240 | a | (none) | |||||||
240 | b | (none) | |||||||
240 | c | Finnish | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | Finland |
240 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
240 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
250 | a | French | 29 | 21 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | Belgium, Canada, France, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Switzerland, etc. |
250 | b | French | 29 | 21 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Madagascar, etc. |
250 | c | French | 29 | 21 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Madagascar, etc. |
250 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
250 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
260 | a | (none) | |||||||
260 | b | (none) | |||||||
260 | c | Fula | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal |
260 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
260 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
270 | a | (none) | |||||||
270 | b | (none) | |||||||
270 | c | Gbe | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Benin, Ghana, Togo |
270 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
270 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
280 | a | German | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
280 | b | German | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | Austria, Germany, Switzerland, etc. |
280 | c | German | 7 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Namibia, Switzerland |
280 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
280 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
290 | a | Greek | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Greece, Cyprus% |
290 | b | Greek | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Greece, Cyprus% |
290 | c | Greek | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Greece, Cyprus |
290 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
290 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
300 | a | Guarani | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Paraguay% |
300 | b | Guarani | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Paraguay% |
300 | c | Guarani | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Paraguay |
300 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
300 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
310 | a | Hausa | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo |
310 | b | Hausa | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Niger, Nigeria% |
310 | c | Hausa | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Niger, Nigeria |
310 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
310 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
320 | a | (none) | |||||||
320 | b | (none) | |||||||
320 | c | Hindi | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | India, Fiji |
320 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
320 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
330 | a | Hindustani | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | Fiji, India, Pakistan |
330 | b | Hindustani | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | Fiji, India, Pakistan |
330 | c | (none) | |||||||
330 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
330 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
340 | a | (none) | |||||||
340 | b | (none) | |||||||
340 | c | Icelandic | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | Iceland |
340 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
340 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
350 | a | Italian | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City |
350 | b | Italian | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City |
350 | c | Italian | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City |
350 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
350 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
360 | a | Korean | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | North Korea, South Korea% |
360 | b | Korean | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | North Korea, South Korea% |
360 | c | Korean | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | North Korea, South Korea |
360 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
360 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
370 | a | (none) | |||||||
370 | b | (none) | |||||||
370 | c | Lingala | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo |
370 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
370 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
380 | a | (none) | |||||||
380 | b | (none) | |||||||
380 | c | Malay | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
380 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
380 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
390 | a | Malayan | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | Brunei, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Malaysia, Singapore |
390 | b | Malayan | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | Brunei, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand |
390 | c | (none) | |||||||
390 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
390 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
400 | a | (none) | |||||||
400 | b | (none) | |||||||
400 | c | Mandarin Chinese | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | China, Singapore, Taiwan |
400 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
400 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
410 | a | (none) | |||||||
410 | b | (none) | |||||||
410 | c | Manding | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | Burkina Faso (as Dioula), Guinea (as Malinke), Mali (as Bambara), Senegal (as Maninka) |
410 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
410 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
420 | a | (none) | |||||||
420 | b | (none) | |||||||
420 | c | Nepali | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | India, Nepal |
420 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
420 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
430 | a | (none) | |||||||
430 | b | (none) | |||||||
430 | c | Northern Sami | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
430 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
430 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
440 | a | (none) | |||||||
440 | b | (none) | |||||||
440 | c | Norwegian | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | Norway |
440 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
440 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
450 | a | Persian | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | Afghanistan (as Dari), Iran, Tajikistan (as Tajik) |
450 | b | Persian | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | Afghanistan (as Dari), Iran, Tajikistan (as Tajik) |
450 | c | Persian | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | Afghanistan (as Dari), Iran, Tajikistan (as Tajik) |
450 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
450 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
460 | a | Portuguese | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, etc. |
460 | b | Portuguese | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, etc. |
460 | c | Portuguese | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, etc. |
460 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
460 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
470 | a | Quechua | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru |
470 | b | Quechua | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru |
470 | c | Quechua | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | Bolivia, Peru |
470 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
470 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
480 | a | Romanian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Moldova, Romania% |
480 | b | Romanian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Moldova, Romania% |
480 | c | Romanian | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | Moldova, Romania, Transnistria* |
480 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
480 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
490 | a | Russian | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
490 | b | Russian | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
490 | c | Russian | 8 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | Abkhazia*, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, South Ossetia*, Tajikistan, Transnistria* |
490 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
490 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
495 | a | Rwanda-Rundi | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Burundi (as Kirundi), Rwanda (as Kinyarwanda)% |
495 | b | Rwanda-Rundi | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Burundi (as Kirundi), Rwanda (as Kinyarwanda)% |
495 | c | (none) | |||||||
495 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
495 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
500 | a | (none) | |||||||
500 | b | (none) | |||||||
500 | c | Samoan | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | American Samoa, Samoa |
500 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
500 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
510 | a | (none) | |||||||
510 | b | (none) | |||||||
510 | c | Serbian | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Serbia |
510 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
510 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
520 | a | Serbo-Croatian | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia |
520 | b | Serbo-Croatian | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia |
520 | c | (none) | |||||||
520 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
520 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
530 | a | (none) | |||||||
530 | b | (none) | |||||||
530 | c | Slovak | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
530 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
530 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
540 | a | (none) | |||||||
540 | b | (none) | |||||||
540 | c | Somali | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland* |
540 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
540 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
550 | a | (none) | |||||||
550 | b | (none) | |||||||
550 | c | Songhay | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Mali, Niger |
550 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
550 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
560 | a | (none) | |||||||
560 | b | (none) | |||||||
560 | c | Soninke | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Mali, Mauritania, Senegal |
560 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
560 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
570 | a | Sotho | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
570 | b | Sotho | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Lesotho, South Africa% |
570 | c | Sotho | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Lesotho, South Africa |
570 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
570 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
580 | a | Spanish | 20 | 1 | 18 | - | 1 | - | Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, etc. |
580 | b | Spanish | 21 | 1 | 19 | - | 1 | - | Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, etc. |
580 | c | Spanish | 20 | 1 | 18 | - | 1 | - | Easter Island, Equatorial Guinea, Mexico, Spain, etc. |
580 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
580 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
590 | a | Swahili | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
590 | b | Swahili | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
590 | c | Swahili | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
590 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
590 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
600 | a | Swati | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Eswatini, South Africa% |
600 | b | Swati | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Eswatini, South Africa% |
600 | c | Swati | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Eswatini, South Africa |
600 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
600 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
610 | a | Swedish | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Finland, Sweden% |
610 | b | Swedish | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Finland, Sweden% |
610 | c | Swedish | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Finland, Sweden |
610 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
610 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
620 | a | (none) | |||||||
620 | b | (none) | |||||||
620 | c | Tamasheq | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Mali, Niger |
620 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
620 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
630 | a | Tamil | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | India, Singapore, Sri Lanka |
630 | b | Tamil | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | India, Singapore, Sri Lanka |
630 | c | Tamil | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | India, Singapore, Sri Lanka |
630 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
630 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
640 | a | (none) | |||||||
640 | b | (none) | |||||||
640 | c | Tigrinya | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
640 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
640 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
650 | a | Tswana | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Botswana, South Africa% |
650 | b | Tswana | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Botswana, South Africa% |
650 | c | Tswana | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
650 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
650 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
660 | a | Turkish | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Cyprus, Turkey% |
660 | b | Turkish | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Cyprus, Turkey% |
660 | c | Turkish | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | Cyprus, Northern Cyprus*, Turkey |
660 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
660 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
670 | a | (none) | |||||||
670 | b | (none) | |||||||
670 | c | Ukrainian | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | Transnistria*, Ukraine |
670 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
670 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
680 | a | (none) | |||||||
680 | b | (none) | |||||||
680 | c | Venda | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | South Africa, Zimbabwe |
680 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
680 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
690 | a | (none) | |||||||
690 | b | (none) | |||||||
690 | c | Wolof | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Mauritania, Senegal |
690 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
690 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
700 | a | (none) | |||||||
700 | b | (none) | |||||||
700 | c | Xhosa | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | South Africa, Zimbabwe |
700 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
700 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
710 | a | Yoruba | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | Benin, Brazil, Nigeria, Togo |
710 | b | (none) | |||||||
710 | c | (none) | |||||||
710 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
710 | z | (TBD) | |||||||
725 | a | (none) | |||||||
725 | b | (none) | |||||||
725 | c | Zarma | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | Niger |
725 | y | (TBD) | |||||||
725 | z | (TBD) |
(edited) —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:18, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
It's my own feeling that this page can kill two birds with one stone by providing richer footnotes where appropriate, as a quick entry point to the related issues. To that end, I expanded the gloss on English in the United States as follows:
In America, English is the language of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the The Federalist Papers and remains the working language of the federal administration. At the state level, some states with large Hispanic populations—such as Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas—provide bilingual legislated notices and official documents in both Spanish and English. Attempts have been made to legislate English as the official language of the federal government of the United States, often imbued with nationalist sentiment such as the proposed English Language Unity Act of 2005 with its controversial ties to immigration policy, but these initiatives have not passed into law, despite an English-only movement whose long history includes: Pennsylvania of the 1750s concerning German; the decade of the 1800s in Louisiana concerning French; the 1890s concerning the use of the Hawaiian language in Hawaii; and from 1880 onward—more formally organized—more than a century of American Indian boarding schools suppressing the use of Native American indigenous language.
My goal here was primarily to name the other contested languages, each one within its own small context, these being Spanish, German, French, Hawaiian, and indigenous languages.
A page such as this one functions best as both a top-level survey and additionally a quick jumping off point for specific refinements—if only confined to somewhat meaty footnotes (yes, I know my final sentence with its long arms ran to over 100 words, condensed as these things sometimes are).
I'm generally a one-pass editor, so this is merely a suggested edit, and I'll leave it to other to accept, reject, or modify as the community sees fit. — MaxEnt 15:50, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
There needs to be a conversation about exactly what this article is about; selection criteria need to be clearly defined to specify what is in and out of scope for this article.
Case in point: is India a country in which Tamil is "recognized as an official language"? I believe it is, but another editor has been warring to remove India from the list of countries where Tamil is official. (My reasoning is based on Constitution Schedule 8 which mentions it, along with 21 others.)
List articles need to have selection criteria, and this article particularly needs to have criteria to be precisely defined. Is this the article about the "List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized everywhere in the country as an official language", or is this the article about the "List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized somewhere in the country as an official language"? Without a specification one way or the other, my reading is that languages recognized by the country in its national laws or constitution as official anywhere meet the criterion of the title. Case in point: the recent edit warring to remove "India" from the list of countries where Tamil is official. On the one hand, only two languages are official nationwide, but 22 languages are official in specific regions according to the Constitution. For example: Tamil is the official language in Tamil Nadu State, and not because it was declared so at the state level, but because it is declared so in the Constitution of India. So: is India a country in which Tamil "is recognized as an official language" or not?
The same question applies to many other countries, such as Spain. For the purposes of this article, is Spain "a country in which Catalan is recognized as an official language", or not? I would say "yes", because article 3, § 2 of the Spanish Constitution recognizes it as co-official for Catalonia, but only Spanish is official nationally. (Spain has four constitutionally recognized official languages, as does Switzerland. India has 22, listed in Schedule 8.)
For both the India case (Tamil), the Spain case (Catalan), and many other countries we need to define what the list criteria are so we know what belongs in this article, and what doesn't. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 20:29, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
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The Hindi used in official documents in Fiji is standard Hindi.
Examples: The Constitution https://web.archive.org/web/20160909195751/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/getattachment/5912a2ce-0260-4df5-98b9-955360cd3aad/Click-here-to-download-the-Fiji-Constitution-(Hind.aspx
The Prime Minister's Statement on Covid https://www.fiji.gov.fj/getattachment/92b963e7-5c26-43b9-a1d0-885adf80985a/PM-Bainimarama-s-Statement-on-COVID-19-in-Hindi-20.aspx
These are both in standard Hindi.
The term Fiji Hindi is only found in one part of the Fijian Constitution where it is stated that: "(3) Conversational and contemporary iTaukei and Fiji Hindi languages shall be taught as compulsory subjects in all primary schools."
The written standard of Hindi in official Fijian government documents and websites is standard Hindi. Fiji Hindi also exists just as Patois and standard English co-exist in Jamaica.
It is factually incorrect to say that standard Hindi does not have official recognition in Fiji. Ahassan05 (talk) 01:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't understand why Fiji keeps being removed from Hindustani. All official government documents are in standard Hindi.
I understand that Fiji Hindi and standard Hindi are different.
I understand that the Fijian Constitution has a clause that says that Fiji Hindi should be taught in schools. But the official translation of the Fijian Constitution is in standard Hindi.
On a factual basis, the constitution of Fiji calls for translation of documents into Hindi, and currently those documents that are translated are translated into standard Hindi.
I have given the examples from the website of the government of Fiji, and all the examples of documents are in standard Hindi. It makes no sense to say that standard Hindi is not being used as an official language in Fiji, when all the documents on government websites are in standard Hindi. Ahassan05 (talk) 12:41, 17 August 2023 (UTC)