word | | Languages |
| Kazakh | Kazakhstan | Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
| Kekchi | Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
| Kemak | Timor-Leste | Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people |
| Khalkha Mongol | Mongolia | Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) |
Khmer
map | Cambodia | Khmer (official) 95%, French, English |
Khmer
map | Vietnam | Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Kikongo | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| Kingwana | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| Kinyarwanda | Rwanda | Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
Kiribati
map | Kiribati | I-Kiribati, English (official) |
Kiribati
map | Tuvalu | Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) |
| Kirundi | Burundi | Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) |
Kiswahili
map | Kenya | English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
Kiswahili
map | Rwanda | Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
Kiswahili
map | Tanzania | ... Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili |
| Kiswahili or Swahili | Tanzania | Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: |
| Kiunguja | Tanzania | Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: |
| known as Bislama or Bichelama | Vanuatu | local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census ... |
Korean
map | Korea, North | Korean |
Korean
map | Korea, South | Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school |
| Kosrean | Micronesia, Federated States of | English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi |
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This page was last updated on 6 October, 2008 |
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