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...ingent language laws that vigorously protect the use of French as the sole official language of the province. [[Québecois]] culture has also manifested itself in uniqu

...f Western Africa - indeed, many West African countries retain French as an official language. The British also took large chunks. Portugal took lots of Southern Africa.

| publisher = [[Central Intelligence Agency]]}}</ref> Its official language is Arabic.

...ry under the Swedish rule, Finland has also maintained Swedish as a second official language. All citizens are taught both official languages in primary and/or lower se

...foreign or second language. Today, many other countries use English for [[official language|official]] purposes or have adopted it as a national language, creating new

year=2007|accessdate=2007-05-08}}</ref>), the official language of [[Germany]], [[Austria]], and some neighbouring areas. Collectively, [[D ...ary school are children in German-speaking countries required to learn the official language.

...[[Graubünden]] [[canton]] of eastern [[Switzerland]], and is one of the [[official language]]s of the country. It is the [[native language]] of about 35,000 Swiss peop In March 1996, a plebiscite accepted Romansh as an 'official language', allowing its use in government. This victory was rather less important in

...rench speakers are mainly located in Europe, Canada and Africa. It is an [[official language]] in 41 countries, most of which form what is called in French ''[[La Franc ...tterêts]] in 1539 King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] made French the [[official language]] of administration and court proceedings in France, ousting the [[Latin]],

...Triantafyllidis]] in his grammar. However, it was recognized as the sole, official language by the Greek government only in 1976, as a symbol of the people's power, in

...ajor [[language (general)|languages]]: [[French language|French]] is one [[official language]], alongside [[Haitian Creole]], a language which emerged through contact b

...a local president for internal affairs, currently Amani Abeid Karume. The official language is [[Swahili]], but [[English]] is also widely used, in government and educ

...is [[Juba]], but in the future the capital will move to [[Ramciel]]. The [[official language]] of South Sudan is English, despite [[Arabic language|Arabic]] being quite

...e world with a [[GNI]] of just US $340. The capital city is Niamey and the official language is [[French]].

It is predominantly [[French language|French-speaking]], French is the official language in the French language region, but there is also a German language region c ...ities with language facilities|facilities]] for speakers of French) is the official language in nine eastern municipalities which belonged to [[Germany]] until 1918 and

...[dialect]] once spoken by the educated elites of Beijing. Mandarin is an [[official language]] in China, including [[Taiwan]], and also in [[Singapore]].

...'' (in its own language: ''Deutsch'') is a West [[Germanic language]], the official language of [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]], one of several official ...Austria, Germany, [[Liechtenstein]] and [[Switzerland]] where German is an official language. (Luxembourg did not agree to this standardisation, but the autonomous prov

...sted of the Philippine government to reinstate the status of Spanish as an official language, prior to current president's [[Gloria Arroyo]]'s state visit to Spain in D

The official language of the Netherlands is [[Dutch language|Dutch]], which is a [[West-Germanic

...name. ''ISO'' is not an acronym for the organization's full name in either official language. Rather, the organization adopted ''ISO'' based on the Greek word ''isos''

...ndexical" of Gapuner identity, and [[Tok Pisin]] (the widely circulating [[official language]] of New Guinea). (Linguistic anthropologists use "indexical" to mean indic