| Country | Languages |
| Greenland | Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish (official), 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 (official) 60%, Amerindian languages 40%
note: there are 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 (official), Amerindian dialects |
| Hong Kong | Cantonese (official) 90.8%, English (official) 2.8%, Putonghua (Mandarin) 0.9%, other Chinese dialects 4.4%, other 1.1% (2006 census) |
| Hungary | Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census) |
| Iceland | Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
| India | Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of 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 widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census) |
| Indian Ocean | void |
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