| Country | Languages |
| Italy | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) |
| Jamaica | English, English patois |
| Jan Mayen | void |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Jersey | English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) |
| Jordan | Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
| Kenya | English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
| Kiribati | I-Kiribati, English (official) |
| Korea, North | Korean |
| Korea, South | Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school |
| Kosovo | Albanian (official), Serbian (official), Bosnian, Turkish, Roma |
| Kuwait | Arabic (official), English widely spoken |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census) |
| Laos | Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
| Latvia | Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census) |
| Lebanon | Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian |
| Lesotho | Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa |
| Liberia | English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence |
| Libya | Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities |
| Liechtenstein | German (official), Alemannic dialect |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census) |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language) |
| Macau | Cantonese 87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin 1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3% (2001 census) |
| Macedonia | Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census) |
| Madagascar | English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official) |
| Malawi | Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census) |
| Malaysia | Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan |
| Maldives | Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials |
| Mali | French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages |
| Malta | Maltese (official), English (official) |
| Marshall Islands | Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census)
note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language |
| Mauritania | Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya |
| Mauritius | Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census) |
| Mayotte | Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population |
| Mexico | Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi |
| Moldova | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
| Monaco | French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque |
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