An Indo-European language which forms its own
group. The official language of Albania. A mother tongue for some 5
million people in Albania, Italy, and Greece.
A Romance language (Ibero-Romance subgroup). A
mother tongue for some 8 million people in Spain (Catalonia,
Valencia, Balearic Islands), France (Roussillon, East Pyrenees),
Andorra, and Sardinia. One of the official languages of the
above-stated Spanish provinces and Andorra.
A South Slavic language (a variety of
Serbo-Croatian written in the Latin alphabet). The official
language of Croatia. A mother tongue for some 5 million people.
A Germanic (Scandinavian) language. The official
language of Denmark, spoken also in Greenland and the Faeroe
Islands. A mother tongue for some 5.5 million people.
A Germanic language. A major international
language. A UN language. The official language of the USA, Canada,
Great Britain, Ireland (together with Irish), Australia, New
Zealand, India (has temporary status) and 15 African states
including the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda.
A mother tongue for more than 508 million people.
A Finno-Ugric (Baltic-Finnic) language. The
official language of Finland, spoken also in Russia (Karelia and
St. Petersburg region) and Sweden. A mother tongue for some 6
million people.
A Romance language. A UN language. The official
language of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Monaco,
Andorra, Canada, Haiti, and a number of African states: Benin, Cote
d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Chad, Burundi, Rwanda,
Central African Republic, Madagascar, Cameroon, Seychelles,
Comoros, Djibouti, Vanuatu (Oceania). A mother tongue for more than
128 million people.
An Ugric (Uralic) language. The official
language of Hungary, spoken also in nearby counties such as
Austria, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine. A mother tongue for some
14.5 million people.
A West Iranian language. The second official
language of Iraq. Spoken in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, the CIS
states (Kurdish diaspora). A mother tongue for some 20 million
people.
A Germanic (Scandinavian) language. The official
language of Norway. The literary language exists in two forms:
Nynorsk and Bokmal (the latter is more like Danish). A mother
tongue for some 5 million people.
A Romance language. The official language of
Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde,
and Sao Tome and Principe. A mother tongue for some 191 million
people.
An East Slavic language. The official language
of the Russian Federation, spoken also in all of the CIS and Baltic
states. A mother tongue for some 277 million people.
A West Slavic language. The official language of
Slovakia, spoken also in nearby regions of Hungary, Romania, and
Ukraine. A mother tongue for some 5.6 million people.
A South Slavic language. The official language
of Slovenia, spoken also in nearby regions of Austria and Italy. A
mother tongue for some 2 million people.
A Romance language. The official language of
Spain, all Latin American countries (save Brazil) and Equatorial
Guinea. A UN language. A mother tongue for some 417 million
people.
A Turkic language. The official language of
Turkey and Cyprus, spoken also in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Iran
and Iraq. A mother tongue for some 61 million people.