| Country | Languages |
| Faroe Islands | Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish |
| Fiji | English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani |
| Finland | Finnish 91.5% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), other 3% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2006) |
| France | French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois |
| French Polynesia | French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4% (official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | void |
| Gabon | French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
| Gambia, The | English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars |
| Gaza Strip | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) |
| Georgia | Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia |
| Germany | German |
| Ghana | Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official)) (2000 census) |
| Gibraltar | English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Greece | Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) |
| Greenland | Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English |
| Grenada | English (official), French patois |
| Guam | English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census) |
| Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
| Guernsey | English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts |
| Guinea | French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language |
| Guinea-Bissau | Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages |
| Guyana | English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu |
| Haiti | French (official), Creole (official) |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | void |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Italian, Latin, French, various other languages |
| Honduras | Spanish, Amerindian dialects |
| Hong Kong | Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese dialects 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2% (2001 census) |
| Hungary | Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census) |
| Iceland | Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
| India | English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 21 other official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanscrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
| Indian Ocean | void |
| Indonesia | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese) |
| Iran | Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% |
| Iraq | Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian |
| Ireland | English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard |
| Isle of Man | English, Manx Gaelic |
| Israel | Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language |
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