Which languages are shared
Every language official in more than one country. Click any to see where.
How text runs
Primary reading direction of the official script
167Left to right (LTR)
24Right to left (RTL)
3Mixed direction
1Left to right, also vertical
59countries hold English as official, the widest reach
119languages are official in one country only
47countries have more than one official language
24countries read primarily right to left
All 195 countries
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- 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 🇱🇨Saint Lucia
- 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 🇼🇸Samoa
- 🇸🇲San Marino
- 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
- 🇸🇳Senegal
- 🇷🇸Serbia
- 🇸🇨Seychelles
- 🇸🇱Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇬Singapore
- 🇸🇰Slovakia
- 🇸🇮Slovenia
- 🇸🇧Solomon Islands
- 🇸🇴Somalia
- 🇿🇦South Africa
- 🇰🇷South Korea
- 🇸🇸South Sudan
- 🇪🇸Spain
- 🇱🇰Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇩Sudan
- 🇸🇷Suriname
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- 🇨🇭Switzerland
- 🇸🇾Syria
- 🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
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About these figures
Languages listed are those with official or equivalent national status, taken from each country's constitution or language legislation. Regional and recognised minority languages appear on the individual country pages rather than here.