of the EU population is conversant with it - Languages

word	Country	Languages
of the EU population is conversant with it	European Union	... Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - over 19
of the people	India	... the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken ...
of the population	Burkina Faso	French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
of the population	Mauritius	... English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census ...
of the population	Mayotte	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population
of the population	Solomon Islands	Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
of the population	Sri Lanka	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
of the population but understood by	Sierra Leone	English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
of the population of Wales	United Kingdom	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
of the white population	Namibia	English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)
of which a few can be written	Liberia	English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
of which Kikongo is the most widespread	Congo, Republic of the	French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
officially recognized Amerindian	Guatemala	Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
on Atlantic coast	Nicaragua	Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
on the island of Nui	Tuvalu	Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
one of the	Tunisia	Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
or Brazilero	Uruguay	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
or unknown	Aruba	... unknown 5.3% (2000 census
or Zaza	Turkey	Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
origin	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
Oriya	India	... Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue ...
Oromigna	Ethiopia	Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census ...
over one	Papua New Guinea	Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
overseas departments	France	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois

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