Countries With More Than One Official Language

[@General.Knowledge]

*How many languages do YOU speak?*

[@dipanjandutta6894]

3: Eglish, Hindi, Bengali

[@sickboi2615]

I speak Hindi , urdu (vocal) , English , Dundari , Punjabi

[@nizzuisch-nizzoschmidt]

3 or 4 I think... English, Filipino, Bisaya and Taglish

[@oreoeat]

I speak 2, English online, and dutch in real life

[@oreoeat]

Also some Chinese, Spanish, French, German and italian

[@DexM47]

Fun fact: France is NOT the largest French-speaking country, neither in numbers nor area. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is.

[@ryeguy0508]

Well, Canada is bigger but yeah.

[@matirei3266]

Same with spanish, Mexico has 3 times the population of spain and Argentina is 5+ times bigger than spain. Also the U.s.a is the second country with the most spanish speakers, surpassing Colombia#3 and Spain#4

[@AuXXKeyz]

@@ryeguy0508 not all of Canada speaks french tho

[@eggydwiputra670]

portuguese is spoken around 20 times bigger in brazil than portugal itself

[@Riyoshi000]

@@eggydwiputra670 21, we are close to 220m, unless thanks to Bolsonaro our population stops growing and starts decreasing. Very likely considering he killed nearly 600k with heard immunity and put 20.000.000 people in hunger

[@numizmatikasrbija9222]

Equatorial guinea be like: i am businessman doing business

[@checcmac8693]

And they are not in the equator

[@boobalooux]

in the Practice the only use Spanish, they don't teach french or portuguese in Schools, and all official documents are in Spanish, they just "officialized" these 2 languages to get invesments from the CPLP (portuguese speaking countries community) and due to the African union.

[@armosthelivingsekizou]

More like: soy un hombre de negocios haciendo negocios (insert equatorial guinea accent)

[@Drugosrbin]

Joj jedva čekam da te neko napadne zbog profilne i imena lol.

[@СтрицВинко]

"O mOj BoŽe KaKo tE nIJe sRaM,ImAŠ čEtničKi kAnAl, RePoRtAT ćU tE AlIji BaliJi"

[@ahladsoma]

I am from India!! And no wonder you were confused!! Many Indians are confused too!! 😂 But Indian constitution recognises 22 of 1600+ languages spoken here. And Union Government has 2 official languages in which it makes law. English and Hindi. Where as each state has its own official language/languages. Generally the local language with English as a secondary language. The 22 recognised languages bys Indian Constitution are: Telugu Hindi Marathi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Konkani Urdu Nepali Bengali Oriya Bodo Dogri Santhali Sanskrit Assamese Mithili Punjabi Gujarati Kashmiri Sindhi Manipuri Ironically English is not a recognised language but its just an official language of union government and some state governments

[@henrytears481]

Yo, bro Mizo

[@rvat2003]

India doesn't have 1600+ languages, more like 400-500 depending on classification but 1600+ is way too much. If we consider India to have 1600 languages then Papua New Guinea has about 3400 languages.

[@ahladsoma]

@@rvat2003 have you been to India ? Or travelled in India? Many western so called “linguistic scholars” who don’t even understand these beautiful language has grouped a rather large group of languages under one name and thats how cane up with 400-500. But the truth of the matter remains that these are very old, distinct and rich languages. The worst part of this is, even the Government of India is encouraging this misinformation and as a result a lot of these majestic languages with a lot of culture are vanishing from the face of this planet at an alarming rate. And about your point if Papua, so what if they have 3400+ languages. My comment here is not to criticise any one language or to say that India has most languages in the world. I am merely stating the fact of the matter.

[@rvat2003]

@@ahladsoma Don’t worry, I am not saying this to invalidate India’s rich linguistic diversity. My point is that it just depends on the classification scheme because the line between sister dialects and sister languages is blurry and unstandardized. Nevertheless, you can’t just discredit hundreds of linguists simply as your “western so-called ‘linguistic scholars’” strawman. For one, it is not just a western consensus (it’s also supported by linguists from other areas), and two, the 400-500 figure was not made overnight but was a product of extensive and careful research spanning decades. People who study these topics professionally are still more credible than a random layman who doesn’t have any linguistics training and only basis claims on surface observations. In any case, the classifying of languages does not mean the individual varieties should not be preserved. I am all for maintaining the varieties in their homeland and against homogenizing them into one.

[@HemantKumar-id3jg]

@@rvat2003 I mean the languages spoken in India belong to three different family of languages. For context, all of European languages belongs to one family. So, the distinction between languages is not just for data. The cultures are very different from one another and having that distinction makes people have their own identity without feeling threatened. So there's that.

[@nisargbhavsar25]

In India all 22 local languages are considered official languages, meaning that any official document/letter can be published in any of the local languages. But India has no national language so as to show that every community is treated equally in the country. The key is national vs official. 22 languages are considered officially but none of them can represent India on their own and thus none is considered the national language. This is to respect the cultural and linguistic diversity of the country. Out of the 22 official languages, Hindi and English are the most used languages and thus many sources wrongly state that they are the only official languages. Hope this helped clear things!

[@Lyallpuriya]

Actually that's not all true! India only has two official working languages for the Union government: Hindi and English. The remaining 20 languages are only recognized in the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution.

[@winter_silhouette]

@@Lyallpuriya when you mention "official working languages", it really depends on who is communicating to whom. This means while the union government uses english and hindi, individual state governments and union territories can adopt any local language as the offical language. Some states even have additional official languages for a few districts/areas where the number of speakers exceed certain percentage of the population.

[@ritiksinghrajput578]

@@winter_silhouette fuck off with your terminologies ...hindi and english are used nationwide

[@piazzollalucagordon4149]

What do they teach in schools today?

[@dobbysurfs]

Boring fact: There is a fierce rivalry between Northern and Southern part of India, one of the main are they have an entirely different language family. The North part has many languages but all share same writing script(like how english and German are diff but share same script) while the south one has completely different family and even among them don't share the same script and have their own ones. This is because before Brits arrived, the Indian subcontinent was divided into several kingdoms with different cultures. and the Brits for their ease of governance united it.

[@unclerubo]

As your northern Galician neighbour, Spain also has several official languages. Galician is co-official with Spanish in Galicia. Same for Catalan in Catalonia or Euskera in Basque country.

[@diogorodrigues747]

Galician and Portuguese are not the same for political reasons...

[@unclerubo]

@@diogorodrigues747 All my love to my Portuguese neighbours, but despite having a common origin, Galician and Portuguese have diverged enough in vocabulary, writing and pronunciation to be considered different languages. I'm open to hear your reasoning though :)

[@General.Knowledge]

I can't believe I forgot Spain!

[@unclerubo]

@@General.Knowledge Nevermind, it's just that uninteresting appendage to Lusitania :D

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@unclerubo *Galician and Portuguese have diverged enough in vocabulary, writing and pronunciation to be considered different languages.* I don't think so. Just look at this Portuguese document from 1971: cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/biblioteca/novaproposta.pdf There is also a movement, called "reintegracionismo", in which they think Galician and Portuguese are the same language and some of them actually uses the Portuguese writing system for Galician, with some adaptations. About the evolution of Galician writing, you can watch here all of the history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnnXgZdqhp1-d6c Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese are also very, very different in vocabulary and pronounciation, but they are the same language. So, what's the problem with Galician? After all, the pronouncation of traditional Galician (not RAG Galician) is almost the same as in Northern Portugal...

[@udaysj6758]

Its true about India. There's about 22 official languages recognised by the Indian Constitution. I myself speak the language "Malayalam" (most of you may never have heard of it though) which is an official language of the country.❤

[@suyashchaurasia1912]

There are 22 scheduled languages ( including Malayalam ) but only Hindi and English are official .

[@ebanydwayne1357]

What region?

[@Ashwani-ys1dq]

@@suyashchaurasia1912 hindi and English are not official language Hindi is our राजभाषा not राष्ट्रभाषा India has no official language,religion or sport because of its diversity.

[@Madhu-yd1gw]

@@suyashchaurasia1912 I'm from Telangana and paperwork in government offices is done in telugu, same case with tamil nadu, Karnataka, AP, Kerala So I think 2 count as official but 22 are recognised and each state has their respective official languages.

[@anirudhdikshit3343]

@@ebanydwayne1357 the state of kerala

[@Fummy007]

Funfact: Singapores four official languages are all part of competely unrelated language families.

[@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796]

One Germanic, one Sino-Tibetan, one Austronesian, One Dravidian

[@jefferyling8035]

United by Singlish haha

[@user-tv4ih2kq6r]

@@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796 *indo-european... since you mentioned super families

[@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796]

@@user-tv4ih2kq6r Ahh yes

[@thankuslay6766]

@@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796 for anyone who doesn't know: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil

[@zxnith8461]

For Bosnia, it's basically wasting time and resources since all 3 languages are almost the same but the countries insist they're seperate so it's messed up

[@vodamark]

Yep. If there are politicians who insist a document be in their language, they are usually nationalists who do it out of spite, not because of necessity. Although many nationalists will disagree with me, these are just 3 dialects / versions of the same language. Like British / American / Australian English.

[@lucinae8512]

Besides Bosnian Serbs writing in Cyrillic because they prefer Russians, it's pretty much just dialects with little differences but the 3 groups will get mad and historical on your ass if you say it.

[@cakeisyummy5755]

I feel like the Politicians are only doing this to give Govermental power to their Friends and Family Members. Even if it's through Beauraucracy. If That's how it's spelled.

[@lightsoda7445]

It's called being *petty.*

[@freakns77]

@@lucinae8512 no, Bosnian Serbs write in Cyrillic has nothing to do with Russians. Serbian language has Cyrillic as official since... well, since Vuk Karadzic define rules of writting and reading, 200yrs ago. you are right about other thing, it is same language. they even speak same dialect, Bosnian, which is not language but dialect of Serbian-Croatian language lol (at least it was called Serbian-Croatian during Yugoslavia)

[@SergioACNeto]

Brazil has approximately 180 local languages/dialects. But only Portuguese is considered the official language. Brazil has also small cities that speak other European/Asian languages, like Pomerode, a city where German is a co-official language. Holambra, a city where many people talk in Dutch, Botuverá and Antônio Prado, cities where many people talk in Italian, there are also small communities in São Paulo and Marília where most people speak Japanese, etc.

[@ChrisJones-ru9yx]

An AirBnB host in Sarajevo told me the benefit of having three national languages, is that there are also three national beers.

[@rommy007]

In the case of India, there is "NO" NATIONAL Language. There are "2" official languages (Hindi and English). These two are defined as official languages because they are used for inter-province (called states) communication. Lastly, there are 22 "constitutionally recognised" languages. These recognised languages are usually the sole official language of a Indian state/province. Some of them are not official languages of any province but historically important (Nepali, Sindhi etc).

[@RDXbrutal]

Ok ROMMEL

[@thesoundoftoulouse]

France is also a multilingual country, but ashamed of its multilingualism which it rejects: the French constitutions says that "French is the ONE language of the Republic", there is only one official language in France: French . However, in reality, without counting the overseas departments, there are at least two other indigenous languages in France, Occitan in the South and Breton in the West. There are also the border languages, in Alsace (dialectal German), in French flanders (dialectal Dutch), on the island of Corsica (the Corsican language is very similar to Italian), Catalan towards Perpignan (catalan is official language in Andorra and in Spanish Catalonia), the Basque in the West of the Pyrenees (basque is official language in the Spanish Basque Country).

[@marcovtjev]

The dialectal Dutch in Departement-de-Nord is afaik down to really low numbers nowadays (hundreds?). But we had a young French trainee once from Rijsel/Lille who didn't speak Dutch, but his parents and grandparents spoke the dialect and he had heard it all his life. It was flabbergasting to see how quick he picked up speaking Dutch. Less than two months.

[@johnnorris2817]

basque

[@bojanstare8667]

It is shame for France, when government has forced Celts language speakers - Bretons to speak French language. But on the other hand France is proud of Gaul`s heritage, who have spoken Celtic language. 🙂

[@thesoundoftoulouse]

@@bojanstare8667 Half south of France is not Celtic, but Roman (Narbonne) and Greek (Marseilles, Nice). Occitan language is a romance language, not a Celtic language. It's a shame for France when government has forced Occitans pure romance language speakers to speak French Gaul-Germanic-Latin parisian bastard language

[@ValeriusMagni]

In Frence you have 12 latin languages

[@penzlic]

Bosnian here: Apart from Serbian writing in (most cases) Cyrillic alphabet, differences between Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian language are purely dialectical, but given the wars and animosity it came down to this: Imagine if one day you have been forced to write color instead of colour, even if you are tought your whole life that both words are correct but one of them is now word that your enemy use so it is a no no word for you.

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Gdje Bosna počinje, tu, baš tu ti Logika prestaje moj jarane.

[@mauriciomontiel280]

But there are some difference between the three lenguages right? or is it all the same thing with just some gramatical rules like your comparison of color and colour

[@videokiller22]

That pretty much sums it up perfectly. In fact, official serbian and official croatian are more similar to bosnian, and eachother, than to some of their own dialects. Pozdrav iz Čačka druže!

[@videokiller22]

@@mauriciomontiel280 No, it's literally just a dialect thing. Consider this, the sentence "Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin are all different languages spoken by different people" is the same in all four languages, and even written the same in latin alphabet (because Serbian and Montenegrin implement it along with cyrilic as official letter). Many people prone to nationalism would debate me, but would clearly understand the aforementioned sentence, which goes: "Srpski, Hrvatski, Bosanski i Crnogorski su različiti jezici koje govore različiti narodi", with maybe slight spelling differences, like color - colour.

[@a.n.6374]

@@mauriciomontiel280 A neighbor Bulgarian here. Serbian and Croatian have some vocabulary and pronunciation differences . Bosnian is kind of "in the middle" plus having its own vocabulary twist. From a Bulgarian(which is a very closely related lnguage) point of view, these 3 are dialects of the same language. In Bulgaria, we have examples of similar regional differences in pronunciation and vocabulary as those 3, but still all counts as Bulgarian. Another good example is German proper, German in Austria and German in Switzerland. 3 neighboring countries with common background. Or varieties of English. Montenegrin is still not considered a separate language, but as per the Bosnian logic - it should be.

[@martinvikbjrky8858]

1:31 Norway should also be orange because it also has some of the sámi languages as official lanuages in addition to norwegian.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

And there are two types of Norwegian: Bøkmal and Nynorsk.

[@puderkman]

@@emeraldsroses0524 Bokmål and Nynorsk are not seperate languages, but simply two different writing systems for the same language.

[@g.kech.10]

Especially Lule, Pite, North Saami.

[@TheWelizia]

Also Kven is a official language of Norway.

[@popdartan7986]

Don't forget samnorsk

[@bensy1704]

Ireland is a bilingual country, with Irish being the first officially and English being the second but used far more often, there are 3 major gealtacht areas that speak Irish and 3 smaller gealtacht community's in meath cork and, Waterford. in addition Dublin also has a large irish speaking community that speaks urban Irish, witch some say is an Irish based creole due to English based phonetics and lots béarlachas(English based words or phrases used in irish). most daily speakers and natives from Dublin coming from Clondalkin witch is a líonraí gaeilge, witch is an Irish language network or an area outside of the gealtacht with a large Irish speaking population and they include Clondalkin in Dublin, Ennis in Clare, Loughrea in Galway, and 2 in northern Ireland.

[@twankeijzers1289]

In the Netherlands, both Dutch and Frisian are considered official languages. Also, there is a small part of Belgium where people speak German which is also condisered an official language, making it so Belgium has three.

[@danielsomers4025]

It’s spelt English, not Frisian, the language of Amsterdam

[@oofija]

@@danielsomers4025 bro learned geography at bob's burgers 💀

[@daniellecool89]

More like 4 languages Brussel french is different from Walllonia french and french from French.

[@adsr3870]

@@daniellecool89 Erhm, whut? :p The differences here are so minute, it's practically the same language.

[@Olafje]

(English 👇👇) Ik ben Belgisch en ik vroeg me altijd al af of Fries nu een officiële taal van Nederland is of niet. Verschillende bronnen zeggen verschillende dingen, heel verwarrend allemaal. Wat ik wel weet is dat Fries een verplicht vak is in de provincie Friesland, dus misschien kan Fries worden beschouwd als een lokaal erkende taal, maar niet gebruikt door de overheid. Verbeter me als ik het fout heb. I'm Belgian and I always wondered if Frisian is an official language of the Netherlands. Different sources say different things, very confusing. What I do know is that Frisian is taught in the province 'Friesland', so maybe we can consider Frisian as a local recognized language, but not used by the government. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@allanlank]

In Canada, the provinces also can designate "official Languages". New Brunswick is English and French; Quebec is French; other provinces are English; Nunavut is English, French, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun.

[@scottdawson4705]

…and the North-West Territories in Canada has nine official languages: English, French, Chipewyan, Cree, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, and Tłı̨chǫ.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Nunavut freaks me the Hell out. It gives me anxiety lol.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

New found land English sounds like an alien language.

[@danachos]

And Nova Scotia has Mi'kmawi'simk now

[@hkrohn]

An interesting case is Norway, which has only one official language on the national level (Norwegian), but several Sami languages as co-official on the local level in the north, and still the official nationwide documents, like passports and ID cards, are written in Norwegian, English and Northern Sami (the Sami language with most speakers).

[@sarahgilbert8036]

And we have nynorsk & bokmål, similar but not identical, both official.

[@shubhendra41]

2:05 India has 22 official languages according to Constitution which are present on its currency also Apart from these 22 languages there are 6 languages to which status of classical languages is given by Constitution of India

[@Scepticrationner365]

But is hindi considered like a more recognized and more popular way of communication among the Indian population itself or it's just spoken by some only in the big cities cuz for us foreigners it's very confusing if only by knowing hindi and English it would be enough for us to be able to communicate with every body even with the local villagers in some remote parts of india

[@nimee19]

@@Scepticrationner365 Hindi is common language in rural part and cities in Northern India expect some areas.If you go to southern or Northeastern India, most of them can't understand Hindi as they have their own languages. English will help you in any cities all over the country.

[@aakarsh5354]

But there are over 1000 unrecognised langaugea

[@Shubhammmmmm]

@@nimee19 eastern, central, western India me bhi hindi boli ya samzi jati hai sirf northern India me nahi

[@nimee19]

@@Shubhammmmmm I can't understand hindi,could say it in English? I'm from southern India.

[@satyabrata_pati]

India🇮🇳 has 2 Union level Official languages, that are Hindi & English. Also it has other 20 Official(Scheduled) languages which are used by different states of India. Hindi & English are act as Bridges while communicating with other 20 language speaking peoples. I know Odia(my mother tongue), Hindi, English and basic Bengali . . by the way I'm a fan of your work. Love & Respect from 📍 Odisha, India 🇮🇳

[@SundipanBhowmickk100392]

I second you bro

[@LCG007]

Greetings from Madhya Predesh, INDIA

[@ps93747]

And our pride is Hindi❤

[@extremegameplays7404]

How do you type 🇮🇳?

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

In addition to Kenya having both English and Swahili as official languages, Tanzania also does. However, Tanzania (at least as of 12 years ago) uses Swahili as the language of instruction in primary school, with some time devoted to learning English, then uses English as the language of instruction at the secondary level. Kenya, on the other hand, has English as the language of instruction at all school levels. Thus, Kenyans tend to have good skills in English and perhaps their own native language, while Tanzanians in general are more skilled in Swahili. Tanzania also has some German heritage, not so much in their language, but in the practices and hymn tunes of their Christian churches, having been a German colony pre-World War I. WWI saw some fighting between German East Africa (mostly corresponding to present-day Tanzania) and British Kenya, and the UK took it over as a colony after the war.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Well. That's the gist of it. Swahili is used in a more relaxed manner as a co-language of instruction to explain concepts here in Kenya. This is prevalent among the younger generation. If you're gonna teach something then you'd better do it in the best way and students have a tendency of explaining concepts in Swahili to their peers... You'll translate that into English wherever it will be needed. Swahili inherited very little German as you stated

[@wimpeeters7005]

In Belgium all official documents and laws are available in French and Dutch in the respective linguistic areas. German language documents and translations are available on request.

[@zoomerboomer1396]

Must suck for the German speaking regions.

[@angon4xd824]

all official documents should be available in French and Dutch in the whole country and not only in the respective linguistic areas

[@ahan300]

How is employment in Belgium? Are they using English? Can employer specify one language mastery for example French to jobseeker, completely discriminating Dutch community?

[@flilix1]

@@ahan300 Most of the country is monolingual, so you're usually required to know the language of that region, just like in any monolingual country. Only Brussels is bilingual, in which it's possible that an employer requires knowledge of one of the two languages, or English, or multiple languages.

[@MarcLombart]

Not Dutch, ssay that to a Flemish Belgian and they'll laugh at you. The language, evolved from Dutch is called Flemish, spoken by those in Flanders.

[@TalaySeedam]

Taiwan has 19 officially recognized national languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese (4 dialects), Hakka (6 dialects), Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakanavu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Tao, Thao, Tsou, Truku, Sakizaya and Sediq, among them 16 are native languages originating in Taiwan.

[@dodorffr]

a bit late to this but in the UK Welsh has offical status with English, as in all government bodies in wales and all UK government websities must offer Welsh Language access as per the Welsh Language act and its itterations. overall a great video.

[@jbtom321]

Technically, the US doesn't have an official language

[@Stiegelzeine]

It does English is the official language because it’s a British colony

[@Lagiacrus1996]

@@Stiegelzeine you didn't watch the video, did you?

[@jbtom321]

@@Stiegelzeine it's not official, it's only the most spoken and the one taught in schools.

[@paulweston9358]

English is the lingua franca, but no, there is no official language of the USA

[@lucas-sp2pm]

german is

[@El_Omar2203]

Ecuador, while Spanish is its official language, it also recognizes around 14 native languages as co-official in their own terms as they are still spoken today by many communities, most notably Qichua and Shuar. Spanish itself has different dialects depending on the region.

[@samyloaiza98]

Technically Qichua and Shuar are official too.

[@TamimLB]

I'm South African, I am learning 3 languages. Afrikaans, Arabic and Zulu. For most South Africans we tend to be able to speak 3 - 5 languages but I've met people who know way more.

[@leeeo538]

I can't even speak Xhosa fully Afrikaans took me 7 to construct a sentence (5) lyk were do u live

[@leeeo538]

@@amandlagqotso4201 Tetha ndi mamele Gwedini

[@lightraseasala9962]

I can Speak Xitsonga, Venda, Pedi, Zulu fluently but I understand all the remaining language with an exception of Afrikaans

[@fareedsamu9274]

omg i’m learning zulu as well i’ve never met another person learning Zulu

[@fjellyo3261]

As far as I know from visiting SA, it's quite normal to know multiple languages in South Africa, as you said. But English being the most important one (as it is the educational language etc). Me as a German could only understand the English and a bit of Afrikaans (mostly the written Afrikaans tho). For the Bantu languages only a few words as I know very little Swahili and got some similarities.

[@sho3003]

1:31 Mexico should be in the +10 category Nearly all indigenous languages (nahuatl, mayan, otomí, etc...) are considered official and people deserve official documents in their language Though they are barely used, since 90% of mexicans speak spanish

[@gaelgonzalez9492]

What happens is that Mexico its official language "de facto" is the spanish while all the indigineous languages are not considered official but even the spanish doesn't as considered as a "de facto" language

[@sho3003]

@@gaelgonzalez9492 what you said makes no sence And also it fits the definition of the video: used in official documents There are birth certificates in nahuatl for example.

[@josemorales5117]

Officially since a few years ago all indigenous languages are declared official languages of the country by the Mexican government. (some 64)

I think you are referring to the "Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas" (Law of Linguistic Rights) which recognises 67 indigenous languages. However, the tricky part is that actually none of them (including Spanish) are Official (as defined in this video). These are recognised as "national" and "protected" languages, but not given an official status.

[@gaelgonzalez9492]

@ that is what i'm saying

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

South Africa technically has 12 with the addition of South African Sign Language While not an official language, it still has legal recognition though there has been a campaign to make it an official one

[@darthball2723]

Heya Kim

[@ItumelengS]

Trust Kim to drop some knowledge

[@BAn-hy3ts]

Afrikaans should be the only official one , now it is too many.

[@ericbosken3114]

Indonesia is more complicated... There is only one *national* official language, but the various provinces still recognize their local languages, even going so far as to require that they be taught in all schools. For example, schools in Jogjakarta require classes in Bahasa Indonesia, English, and Bahasa Jawa (Javanese, which is the only one that uses a different script - derived from Sanskrit).

[@WeMayNeverKnow_2005]

Thats really interesting, However the Javanese script was actually derived from the Pallava script in South India, not the Sanskrit script which is Devanagari, however Javanese does have a lot of loan words borrowed from Sanskrit.

[@carterpalek5694]

This is exactly how Spain is with Catalan basque gallego and aragonese many kids graduated without being perfect Spanish speakers as a result but are bilingual

[@BK-qk8fq]

And Dutch is important in law and they have many Dutch words in Indonesian.

[@rhysllewelynwilliams1949]

2 Official Languages in Wales: English and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Gaeilge05]

Same in Ireland: English and Irish 🇮🇪

[@ojasaklecha]

Do you learn them in Schools or they are just dying I mean Welsh

[@ojasaklecha]

@@Gaeilge05 do you learn them on school or they are just dying I mean Irish

[@Gaeilge05]

@@ojasaklecha Most Irish pupils have to do Irish as part of their education. However, most people forget the Irish because they don't have an interest in it. However, I'm one of the people who actually chose to start learning Irish, as I'm making good progress everyday. Irish currently has around 80,000-170,000 speakers, so I'm confident the language will stay alive.

[@akihokokurosaki]

22 official languages- india🇮🇳

[@unstoppableunmesh7756]

Yes all 22 languages are recognised by govt of India 🇮🇳 and it can be said that every language in India represents a state .

[@JitzyJT]

but only Hindi and English considered as official?

[@accountforcommenting]

@@JitzyJT yes and there are non recognized languages like tulu

[@fieldagent7170]

@@JitzyJT nope, all are official. as per 7th schedule of constitution of India. and they are 24.

[@suevialania]

Beyond, Bolívia, Quechua is spoken in Chile, Bolívia, Paraguai, Peru, Equador, Colômbia and in Argentina! Oficial in Peru, Bolivia and Equador!👍🏻

[@andreisbeats]

Quechua is not spoken in Paraguay.

[@antoniourbinasf]

Quechua is a semi-official language because only Spanish is recognized as a language in a court of law, commercial transaction and education. Peruvian Spanish native speakers prefer to learn English, French or any other useful language. People learned Japanese regardless is spoken only in Japan because it is a powerhouse; but Quechua is a peasant language unimportant internationally

[@suevialania]

@@antoniourbinasf the problem is prejudice! Quechua must be compulsory! The south América must respect the native language like Quechua! I understand about English, because is the international language!!! But Quechua must be compulsory not only to the native people,/ Ameríndians, and for bi-racial people, but the white hispânic minority should learn or they must return if they don't want respect the Inca' s Heritage! Other Foreigner language is NOT necessáry!Have you heard the importance of Chinese in Eastern Ásia? The Swuahili in África, beyond English?!

[@FOLIPE]

@@suevialania Lol why would you force people to speak Quechua? It's a minority language and it is not the language of all native peoples even in Bolivia. The only country with one almost universal indigenous language is Paraguay with Guarani. In any other cases you'd be imposing one language on everyone else regardless just a language almost nobody speaks anymore and which is disconnected to their culture for five hundred years

[@suevialania]

@@FOLIPE the Spanish don't did the same? Quéchua was the língua franca of an Empire, Inca! Hebrew nowadays is a language spoke by everybody! Gaélic is teaching in Ireland, even if everybody speak English! Remember, the Ameríndians are native of América continent and if the white minority don' t accept, they must return! Respect the people who was stolen! Learning Quechua must be mandatory!!!!In Europe we live on out countries and we learn our languages!

[@shivamdwivedi2245]

There are 2 official language (Hindi, English) in India but no natinal language. Then, there are 22 scheduled language. And then, there are 2000 plus language spoken in different part of country which are known and recognized.

[@Omkar_3018]

Hi, I am from India, currently, there is no national language of India but Hindi and English are the official communication language of the government of India, meaning regardless of the region mostly Hindi and English official communication are available alongside local languages. I speak 3 languages, English, Hindi, and Marathi. Love the content.

[@shazzzaman164]

I can speak English , Malayalam, Tamil little bit, Hindi and Arabic little bit, i can read and write .. English, Malayalam, Hindi and Arabic..

[@kinshigeoanddeepank4learni348]

Hey @General Knowledge, I am Indian, so I can tell you the official languages recognized. In India, 22+English as 23 languages are recognized by the Indian Parliament/Constitution. The Languages are: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. Despite all that, India has 122 major languages and more than 1599 languages are spoken. India is a very diverse country, hope you agree too... Thank You, I hoped this helped you out. And BTW, Love your content and keep it up! :)

[@royren439]

Fun fact: Afrikaans is is actual the daughter language of Dutch the two are very similar because the people who invented Afrikaans were Dutch settlers Also the correct way to pronounce xhosa is by clicking your tongue on the top of your mouth followed by "sa"

[@Matthew-qc1xz]

Both these facts are incorrect.

[@roystankemp1242]

DO NOT FORGET TO MENTION: without the Khoi/San, Afrikaans would never have existed, it would have stayed Dutch. Many people often neglect that hidden fact. Did you know that? Now you do :)

[@tokelobotsane5178]

@@roystankemp1242Wow this is interesting, please expound more on the Khoi-Afrikaans existence. I didn’t know that.

[@roystankemp1242]

@@tokelobotsane5178 Hi T :) I have added the link for you, I hope you will read it, It is not a long read. There a few other articles/books that I read about this claim, But I cannot seem to find them atm. Yes, it is true, Afrikaans is not this "white, demonic" language that "most people" think it is. The khoisan (and other slaves who were shipped to SA back in the day) played a major role in the formation of the language, but that story is mostly untold. www.taalmuseum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Global-Origins-of-Afrikaans-culture-trip-2021.pdf

[@roystankemp1242]

@@tokelobotsane5178 www.google.com/search?q=would+afrikaans+have+existed+without+khoisan&rlz=1C1CHBF_enZA994ZA994&oq=would+afrik&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0i22i30l2j0i390i650l3.3259j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@nikolashakos_]

East Timor : *gets oppressed by both Portugal and Indonesia* Also East Timor : "Let's speak their languages and not ours!" R. I. P. Logic

[@tugadmundo]

In Portugal we have 2 official languages :Portuguese and Mirandum .India is an amazing country,indeed .

[@rinkisinha7762]

Mother of all North India language, Sañskrt, is very similar to Portuguese, and yes, we in India also have Portuguese speakers in Goa and French speakers in Chandannagar

[@stoicx139]

@@rinkisinha7762 Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages ,don't believe me ,google it 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@FOLIPE]

@@stoicx139 lol

[@stoicx139]

@@FOLIPE bro ,it's true Sanskrit is the mother of all info European languages

[@stoicx139]

@@FOLIPE let's google it

[@AlexandraBryngelsson]

Sweden didn't technically have an official language untill 2009, but has five minority language that you have right to get offical documents in , Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meänkieli.

[@David24101]

Finnish aka Suomi ;)

[@qupp75]

I believe it’s quite common for countries technically not to have an official language. But like in Sweden to give some sort of recognition to a number of minority languages.

[@gabrieeuluzumaki6155]

These languages must be rlly hard to learn, people have to be rlly relaxed for it

[@ПравославнаБалкан]

Yiddish huh!

[@marcalarie4756]

As a French-Canadian myself that speaks both, it always amazed me how many English-Canadians refuse to learn french or French-Canadians that refuse to learn english (although there is a lot less of those). So many benifits to knowing a second language.

[@davidvanniekerk356]

Merci beaucoup / Baie dankie Marc Alarie. Ditto D'afrique du sud. BUT that is only 2 the Whites. The English didn't want to speak Dutch (South African Dutch/ Afrikaans) and the Dutch (Boers) didn't 2 speak English.. The Africans, later on wanted English.... So after 1994 and the end of White Controlled Government, the new Democratic Government wanted English... The French also came to ZA. About 300 Huguenoto's in 1688 AD. In about 1788 the French language was no more in the Cape Colony. The French - Huguenoto's settled in Paarl, Val du Charron (Wagen-makers-vallij/ Wellington), Simondium, and Franschhoek (Olifantshoek). The Afrikaners consist of mainly Dutch, 45% German and very small nr. French. But in leadership of the Afrikaners the French was always on top.

[@shlomoshlomo963]

Especially English since it will help u get around in almost any countrie in the world

[@marcalarie4756]

@@davidvanniekerk356 Yes it gets complicated. Very interesting what you wrote, i like learning that kind of stuff.

[@davidvanniekerk356]

@@marcalarie4756 Merci MA. History is always very interesting. If U understand the past, U can predict the future. I was born in the early 1970's and grown up on a farm near Paarl. First in the mid 80's Politics and History will came to 2 me &my Dad died..) At that time PW Botha (19016-2007) was still in charge. South Africa was the Power house of Africa with its Nuclear weapons, it's Economy and Army. What can go wrong?? Afrikaners have consolided there there voting in 1948 and as long as they stick together, they R unstoppable. (???) [Like America...?] BUT the status quo is only 4 (a short) time. It is today 9-11 (11 September). After 20yrs America had puled out of Afganistan. The US didn't succeed in Afganistan or Vietnam. France lost in Algiers. So how would the Afrikaners hold out in South Africa? Even Mandela said that 2. At some stage Black nrs will overrun the Whites or Afrikaner numbers. That is also true 4 Israel. Of course Economist and educated ppl will have get there act together 4 when the time do come. While I was studying @ UWC 4 LLB the English lecture told me dat my Afrikaans History books is not true History. (English History is true History...) A man or I will have 2 think of life beyond Afrikaans or South Africa. As long as I stay here I will be White. I have 2 battle the 112 Black Empowerment Laws of the Democratic Government and Black on White Crime or just normal crime...and also English superiority complex... Und jets diesem jahr sollen ich Franzo"isch studeren/

[@Muno95]

French has roots in Latin and English has roots in German, both have different roots with different structures, so it's very convenient to know both as a native speaker, that way it's easier for you to understand two different kinds of languages and you also know how to communicate with a lot of more people than if you just knew one of the languages

[@thunderparth8204]

In India there are 2 official languages and 22 recognised languages

[@roadfry9015]

No all 22are official language in National level.

[@manofculture4249]

'Tulu' will be 23rd recognized language soon.

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

@@roadfry9015 no those 22 languages are "scheduled languages" as term used in constitution but are used by different states as official language but 2 languages are used by central government as official languages.

[@hariyer87]

Watch 1:38. The term used is "official language". There are state level central govt forms that use state's official languages. Hence, it is correct that India has 20+ official languages. India, however, does not have a national language. All languages are equal. Some are spoken or used more than others but the govt does not recognize one over the other.

[@hariyer87]

@@IndianRepublic_1947 - Incorrect

[@kenji7174]

The Netherlands have 4 official languages: Dutch, Frysk, English and Papiamentu Frysk is pretty much only spoken in the province of Friesland. People living in other provinces (including me) usually don’t understand this language However, it is an official language in the Netherlands, meaning that legal documents can be written in Frysk, school can give education in Frysk etc. even if they are on the other side of the Netherlands (Ofc this is almost only done in Friesland) The other 2 aren’t official languages on the mainland, but they are in the dutch colonies (formarly the dutch antillies) so they are technically official languages of the Netherlands.

[@MyshaM.]

The Netherlands have NGT (Nederlandse Gebarentaaal / Dutch Sign Language) as an official language.

[@ricnyc2759]

Brazil is the largest country where you can travel thousands of miles and only speak one language. There are many regional accents. You''ll not find anyone saying: "I don't understand your language". Canada has English and French. The US has English and Spanish. China has Mandarin and Cantonese.

[@ArendellianDisnerd]

I was just searching about this, I'm scared because you upload everything I'm curious about!!! 😭

[@radio_marco]

He reads your mind... Just kidding.

[@sgtwnbdg]

In India we have 22 officially recognised languages. It is written in constitution the 22 languges are------ Language Family Assamese Indo-Aryan Bengali (Bangla) Indo-Aryan Bodo Sino-Tibetan Dogri Indo-Aryan Gujarati Indo-Aryan Hindi Indo-Aryan Kannada Dravidian Kashmiri Indo-Aryan Konkani Indo-Aryan Maithili Indo-Aryan Malayalam Dravidian Meitei Sino-Tibetan Marathi Indo-Aryan Nepali Indo-Aryan Odia Indo-Aryan Punjabi Indo-Aryan Sanskrit Indo-Aryan Santali Austroasiatic Sindhi Indo-Aryan Tamil Dravidian Telugu Dravidian Urdu Indo-Aryan edit: english is also additional official langugae.

[@SantomPh]

recognizing a language doesn't make it official. An official language is a language to be used across every part of a country, for legal and governmental use and is compulsory to be taught in schools. State-wise India has a 22 official languages alongside HIndi and English but their use is limited to the state in question.

[@sywu111]

~ 11:30 . Actually Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian Musliman are closely related languages, & are mutually legible ones. Differences are mostly marginal, maybe the most important of them is Latin & Cyrillic alphabets, so it's NOT as problem as eg. in Belgium or European Union.

[@oscareduardoromerorio4291]

1:35 I thought the whole USA didn't have an official language (may be some individual states do) The most popular languages are *english and spanish* tho

[@emeraldsroses0524]

That’s true. English is the de facto language, but there is no official decree stating that English is the official language. In fact, each state has voted on their official language(s), many opting for two languages as official languages.

[@ArtsyMagic239]

Technically, Georgia's official language is English but many also speak Spanish, and just about all products and signs have Spanish translations.

[@markzhang2507]

I'm from New Zealand and we use 3 official languages: English, Maori, and NZ sign language! I have seen some news, political-related news, schools, and other important organizations and areas where prime ministers, politicians, announcers, and important people use not only English as an official language, but also Maori and NZ sign language, especially for political news. 🇳🇿🗣️🇬🇧🗿💁‍♂️🙅‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙇🗣️

[@mecha_genki]

Hi - this isn't correct, only Māori and sign language at official, English isn't an official language.

[@markzhang2507]

@@mecha_genki Why? English is the most common and main official language for New Zealand. We use English more often in everything.

[@rhitomdey3199]

On a national level, 22 languages are recognized, of which Hindi and English are the languages that the national(federal) government can use for official purposes. Each individual state is empowered to designate as many languages as it sees fit as the official languages within that state. Some languages recognized by state governments are not recognized by the federal government and not all the 22 nationally recognized languages are accorded official status y evey state. You see, each state is usually home to one major ethno-linguistic community and some minor ones, so the state will give precedence to the languages of the communities residing within that state. For instance, in the state of Tamil Nadu, Tamil is recognized as the official language as it is home to Tamil while Punjab recognized Punjabi. Of course, The federal government cannot be biased and must recognize all languages.

[@krmendozaa]

For Quechua, the stress is on the “que,” not the “chua” part, so it’s pronounced “keh-chwa” rather than “keh-choo-ah”

[@fhumulinabusinessenterpris506]

Thanks

[@josemancunian2723]

Yeah. That's right. It was hard for my ears hearing him pronouncing it with the stress on the second syllable. But, I mean, nobody is perfect. He does very good videos and when possible he tries to pronounce the words in another languages with a good pronunciation.

[@krmendozaa]

@@josemancunian2723 oh definitely, it wasn’t a knock on the video itself as it was a cool video! I love learning more about countries but I figured for most people with history/geography channels here they try to pronounce the words correctly based on how native people/people from that culture pronounce it as much as possible

[@JSG2005]

At the 2nd one, I immediately thought Ka-Chow!

[@lucaslourenco8918]

@@josemancunian2723 Yes, but no, he actually doesn't, and it's kind of a recurring joke, now. He only pronounces accurately Portuguese names, because he is Portuguese.

[@Kamanchuisdabomb]

Yes sir, Paraguay has two officials languages: Guarani and Spanish

[@Riyoshi000]

And although Portuguese isn’t official, a lot of the population speaks it

[@mauriciomontiel280]

@@Riyoshi000 Im paraguayan and portuguesse is like a third lenguage near the border with Brazil, my mom grew up in a city called Pedro Juan Caballero whose neighbour city is Brazil's Punta Porá so she does speak portuguesse laso due to the fact that she grew up watching brazilian tv There's also another border town called Ciudad del este (literally City of the East), parguayan usually mock about this city, we call it Cidade do Leste (its name in portuguese) and people say they're obsessed with Brazil, love açaí and funky lol

[@J.Contado2024]

Tupi guarani ?

[@gilangmk2328]

@@J.Contado2024 yes, it is.

[@SantomPh]

@@Riyoshi000 since most people live on the east side which borders Brazil, it only makes sense.

[@mecha1gold]

To me it is amazing how the US tries so hard to be a "just english" country while in the US territory historically there have been huge Spanish and French speaking groups.

[@Sungawakan]

but actually Croatian. Bosnian and Serbian are only dialects of one language and are mutually understandable without any problems.

[@arolemaprarath3248]

Serbo-Crotaion

[@cakeisyummy5755]

@@arolemaprarath3248 I wanna bring Serbo-Croatian back. I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina btw.

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Where Logic stops, Bosnia begins.

[@bosnjakizbosne7172]

@@arolemaprarath3248 Serbo-Croatian not exist, Only Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian

[@arolemaprarath3248]

@@bosnjakizbosne7172 Are u a Muslim?

[@drbe7388]

In Norway we somewhat have two official languages, Norwegian and Sami (native language) In addition, we have two official written languages

[@sitanathmondal599]

In india official working languages are hindi and english (connecting language), besides there are 23 constitutional language and besides 1650 languages which are spoken all over India,I am a proud Indian bengali i.e bengali speaking ❤️

[@wimpeeters7005]

DR Congo has 242 languages. The constitution mentions 4 "national" languages (Kituba/Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba) although non-native French (the language of the former coloniser) is the "official" language, making DRC the biggest Francophone country in the wold (and Kinshasa the biggest Francophone city).

[@LebaneseAtHeart]

Yay 😁 you put my country Lebanon 🇱🇧! In Lebanon 🇱🇧 we speak French 🇫🇷 Arabic 🇱🇧 English 🇬🇧 and up to a point Armenian 🇦🇲!

[@jonahs92]

Love to Lebanon, from Israel! 🇮🇱💚🇱🇧

[@mathewvanostin7118]

But what armenian doing in lebanon?? Its very far

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Equatorial Guinea recognizing languages just so they can join communities: *Modern problems require modern solutions*

[@StreetDrilla]

you are everywhere!!!

[@TheLiamster]

The United States doesn’t have an official language at the federal level but most states have English as their official language.

[@Kylora2112]

The US is the only nation with neither an official language nor an official religion. There's a LOT of areas (cities, states) that have signs in multiple languages. I live near a beach resort town that has local signage (and highway signs leading to it) in French because it's a popular destination for Quebecois.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

@@Kylora2112 the UK hasn’t got an official language either. Just like the USA, English is the de facto language. In Wales all official government documents are in both Welsh and English. In Scotland all official government documents are in Scottish Gaelic and English. I believe Northern Ireland also has official government documents in Irish Gaelic and English, but I could be mistaken. I know the Republican of Ireland has documents in both Irish Gaelic and English, and should there be any ambiguity in the English version, the Irish Gaelic version is the one which is the more official.

[@Kylora2112]

@@emeraldsroses0524 I was talking about the US having neither an official religion nor language. Anglican Protestantism is the official religion of the UK.

[@ArtsyMagic239]

@@Kylora2112 Interesting, it's the same down here in the South but with Spanish. Most products and signage even have Spanish translations.

[@matthewmccallion3311]

@@Kylora2112 Well technically, the (Anglican) Church of England is only the official religion of England, it's not official in the other countries of the UK. The Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) is recognised in law as the national church in Scotland, although it isn't the official religion. The (Anglican) Church in Wales was disestablished in 1920. Northern Ireland doesn't have an official religion, although it does have a power-sharing government between the 3 main communities - the (majority Protestant) Unionists, the (majority Catholic) Nationalists, and the Others. The divide is based more on national identity rather than strictly religion per se and there are some Protestant Nationalists as well as some Catholic Unionists.

[@custardo]

Besides Dutch, The Netherlands recognizes Frisian and Papiamentu as official regional languages.

[@Fummy007]

No the same as an official language of the country.

[@ImThatGuy500BC]

@@Fummy007 Frisian is a official language, If you go in the to Frisia al signs are in Frisian. Frisian even has its own google.

[@oreoeat]

@@ImThatGuy500BC yeah

[@oreoeat]

Yeah, frisian in frisia and papiamentu in the abc islands

[@Gorerupted]

and nowadays also been seen as official languages in the Netherlands: English (on Saba, Sint Eustatius and Bonaire) Limburgish and Dutch Low Saxon (Northeastern Netherlands)

[@randomthing808]

Mexico actually while being mostly and widely spoken Spanish is not the only official language, actually I believe Mexico has over 60 official languages for indigenous groups and different regions but otherwise I aproxímate the map efforts 👍

[@nizzuisch-nizzoschmidt]

In the Philippines, there are two official languages, Filipino and English. Filipino is the standard language, it's from the combination of languages like Chinese and Spanish. English is from Americans during the war I think. There are 150+ languages found here like Taglish ( Tagalog and English combination, they match perfectly ) which is mostly spoken everywhere, Ilocano, Bisaya, Chabacano, Waray, Bicolano and more. I speak 3 languages English, Filipino, and Bisaya ( Also Taglish because it's very common )

[@nizzuisch-nizzoschmidt]

@@emmamacaday772 It seems like you need to rearrange your letters because it can be incomprehensible at times Ayun, medyo nakakagulo

[@matomei4110]

Usually when I tell people we have 11 official languages in South African, they tell me "so what, we have over 200 languages in our country". I'm glad somebody finally explains what 'official' means.

[@luhwazi]

The way he said Xhosa💀 I'm not judging tho

[@sarikapattanaik9880]

In India, only 2 languages are used in official works. Other 22 languages are scheduled languages (including hindi). There many more regional dialects.... So much diversity in India.. 😘😁

[@flyingnapalm11]

I don't know the true definition of official language but I'm from India and government offices tend to use all the languages depending on your state. All the sign boards also change language from state to state and the judicial system too. The Indian rupee also prints the value in a lot of languages (I haven't counted). So I always assumed we have 21 official languages

[@hetzarrow]

Internationally India has 2 official languages being Hindi & English which are thaught in every school, but the regional languages like Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil etc. are also taught according to their state. But if you are in a Hindi Medium school you'll be taught every subject in Hindi & English as a second language & vice versa. Indian constitution accepts all the regional languages because of the belief in equall representation of every culture.

[@anishraja9655]

In India, it could be considered that here are only 2 official languages: Hindi and English. You will see these two languages on almost all government signage across India. However, there are 22 other SCHEDULED languages, not necessarily official, but recognized. These languages will also be on those signs, but of course depending on where you are the languages change. For example, in Uttar Pradesh, you will see two languages: Hindi and English. In Bihar, you will se Hindi, English, and Urdu, which is widely spoken by the Muslim community. In Tamil Nadu, you will see Tamil, Hindi, and English. I hope this helps.

[@daniyalkhan4906]

Yes in india 🇮🇳 we have 2 "official languages" , hindi and english but there are also many other recognized languages . Every state in india can choose which language they can use to write official documents in. For example in the north a mix of urdu and hindi (more commonly known as the hindustani language ) is spoken and used in official purpose and near the south they use tamil telugu and the druividian branch of indian languages

[@suryaandrahuldev6263]

Are you indian How English is a official recongise And there is 22 official recongise langauge according to our constitution

[@kaala9956]

Ye 22 official languages stated in the constitution

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

hindi + english are not the official national languages... they are 2 official languages of the central government, technically. the 22 other languages are official languages across states, and are recognized by the central government.

[@hariyer87]

Incorrect

[@nisargbhavsar25]

This comment is incorrect!

[@billieeilishfanstck116]

As a Spaniard, Spain has 4 official languages: Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician

[@conorkeegan3184]

Ireland has two official languages English and Irish. English because of colonisation by the british and is spoken by almost everyone. And Irish (Irish gaelic) which is spoken in small areas of the counties of kerry and Galway and if you were I'm an Irish school like me you have to stay in one of those areas for 1 to 3 weeks. (And I speak both languages)

[@RDXbrutal]

Speak it then

[@SUPREETH.]

in india there are more than 300 languages spoken , 29 states and 20-22 official languages(govt).

[@sergiosfer]

Spain has 4 co-official languages since we are a plurilingual country: Catalan, Basque, Galician and Aranese

[@zackyjack8891]

Algeria has 4 too

[@thankuslay6766]

*multilingual

[@mathewvanostin7118]

But spain is getting more spanish each 5 years. Since its very rare to find websites/computer software/apps/movies in catalan basque etc People travel a lot more now and meet foreigners much more often So spanish is like the alpha language to use. Most young people feel like having to learn basque/catalan is just to please high ego grandpa. And would had prefer to lean and master english better instead of basque-catalan

[@thedarkknight1865]

Marvelous

[@SergioACNeto]

Yes, but Spain has only 1 official language at National level. Catalan, Basque, Galician and Aranese are official in specific regions.

[@maybe6536]

in Bosnia its literally just one language, two alphabets and three religions. The diffrence between the “three” langauages is literally the same as making a typo and still understanding the meaning

[@gusefalito6137]

I would love to see a full video on the language tree!

[@NEELZE99]

There is a little error in the thumbnail, the language ist called "Deutsch", not "Deutsche". Besides that: nice video (as always).✌

[@NEELZE99]

@AryanPeram Where? In Switzerland? "Deutsche" are the Germans, "deutsche" is also an adjective. You can say "Deutsche Sprache" (= German language) but not just "Deutsche" when referring to the language.

[@lah50tac]

Ireland has two official languages; Irish and English

[@Magnetshroom]

Some languages have a larger number of speakers in other countries than the country itself. French - Democratic Republic of the Congo English - USA (Even though English is not the official) Spanish - Mexico Portuguese - Brazil

[@amazingpro-]

India has 2 official languages at federal level - Hindi and English but mostly English is used in govt documents. At state level , all states and union territory have their own official language The Indian constitution recognised 22 languages as the schedule languages NOTE - India doesn't have any National language. Hindi is spoken by around 48 percent indians.

[@leadharsh0616]

And that 48% also includes languages like Bhojpuri and others of Bihar/jharkhand as well as rajasthani who are distinct enough to be able to qualify as their own languages.

[@ardentjunglist]

Thanks!

[@thankuslay6766]

-Do people from Southern states have to learn Hindi since it's official language? If they do -Is there any jealousy from people from Southern states who ''need/have to'' learn Hindi, while people from Northern states don't need/have to learn Tamil/Telugu or any other language? -How do Northern Indian and southern Indian communicate each other? What language do they use? Hindi, English?

[@leadharsh0616]

@@thankuslay6766 actually english was only decided to be used as official for a couple of decades, they wanted to use hindi as the proper and only one. But they couldn't force hindi onto them or the northeastern states, that goes against constitution, so they could only try. So the year when English was to be suspended heavy protests broke out. There was quite a bit of anger as they saw a very different language imposed on them. I see this anger and backlash as quite justified. So English was resumed as a official language forever after having the same power as hindi. You can address the parliament is both languages, the ministers etc etc. Yes we mostly communicate using English as it is a mid way not preferring one over other. Also if you get a central job, like IAS officer, you have to learn the language of the state you are given the position at in order to communicate with the natives. So English being a official language promotes peace and harmony among us and ensure our unity.

[@amazingpro-]

@@thankuslay6766 No people from southern India doesn't learn hindi. They use their own language. Meaning of official language is not that every one have to learn it. It means central government perform its work in hindi and English like in documents ( English is preferred over hindi) People from different languages use English for communication .

[@liamneeson.18]

I am from India. Technically, Hindi and English are two official languages for central government. But we have states or provinces. They follow English and local state langauge which is basically added to the eighth schedule of Constitution, thereby making it the official language too. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages:- (1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri. Of these languages, 14 were initially included in the Constitution. Sindhi language was added in 1967. Thereafter three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992. Subsequently Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2004.

[@Erlov71]

I can just imagine all the crazy differences between all the french speaking countries. Accents, words etc.

[@edward8597]

Hiri Motu isn't an indigenous language of Papua New Guinea. It's a pidgin just like Tok Pisin is. Where English is the main lexifier of Tok Pisin, the main lexifier of Hiri Motu is a local language called Motu. But Hiri Motu and Motu are not the same language. They aren't mutually comprehensible.

[@risannd]

Hiri Motu is Austronesian creole.

[@Dlohosh]

In Belarus we have two official languages, belarusian and russian. Even though pretty much everybody speaks russian, as it is considered more prestigious, language of science, education and higher culture. Belarusian is more like the folklore language, it can be seen on our road signs, money and in theaters. In everyday life less than 10% of people actually use the belarusian language. There is a similar situation in Ireland, but unlike their languages, belarusian and russian are very close and mutually intelligible for most people, so there are usually no problems. Only some scandals because of nationalism, when a person gets mad for not getting the answer in the language he demanded. In Bosnia, the situation is all because of the political division and tensions. Everything is written three times, one in cyrillic alphabet and twice in Latin even if there is only one word spelled differently (like Kafa - Kava - Kahva). When speaking, they can all perfectly understand each other, but there would be a huge scandal if they called the language Serbo-Croatian, as it used to be.

[@eldromedario3315]

не забудь трасянку, белорусский суржик. вероятно из этих 10%, каких 9 знают только трасянку

[@pranjalsrivastavalucknow3282]

We have 1600+ local language but only 22 are officially recognised.

[@oscareduardoromerorio4291]

0:32 Yes I would love a video of the languages, I know proto-indo-european languages, but *I havent seen a map of all the asian languages, I don't know where korean, chinese or Japanese comes from, but I would love to know* 😅😅

[@felicepompa1702]

Korean and japanese are cosidered "isolated languages" having no common ancestor (maybe Korean could be a descendant of proto altaic, but it's just an unpopular hypotesis)

[@kaala9956]

Korean shares 500+ words with Tamil, a language originating from the south of India. Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India btw there r not two. Korean also shares a bit of grammar and sentence construction with Tamil but I think this is just Korean borrowed some words from Tamil not that Tamil is an ancestor language. Languages like Cambodian and Thai share close ties with tamil too and they seem very foreign to me as a Tamil speaker as compared to languages that are direct descendents of Tamil such as Kannada, malayalam, and Telugu. So there is a small chance the Korean has roots in Tamil but it's very small

[@Weeboslav]

Problem with BiH and it's 3 languages,and most controversial of all,these 3 languages are pretty much just 3 dialects of the same language like compering American,British and Australian English,if you speak 1 you understand others without any problems The main problem is that high officials and "representatives" are still keeping the same atmosphere from the 90's,where any idea towards reconciliation is out of question

[@funcisco]

In Paraguay, Guarani and Spanish are official languages. More than 90% of the population speaks Guarani and over 60% are fully bilingual, but everyone understands both languages even if they can't speak one or the other. Conversations often take place in "jopará", which is akin to spanglish or portuñol, i.e. a mix of both languages where you just use one or the other as you wish (so it's neither a pidgin nor a creole). Since everyone understands both languages, they can understand jopará and use it even if they lack a lot of knowledge in either Spanish or Guarani. Both languages are mandatory in public schools, which is part of the reason why people can understand each other so well. Official documents are required to include both languages, and it is even one of the official languages of Mercosur (South America's EU-style trade bloc).

[@OelHardrada]

In Colombia all indigenous languages are official on their region as well as English for San Andrés y Providencia

[@tugadmundo]

Colombia is a country full of surprises, mostly for the better than the common stereotypes I took for granted .

[@nileshpatil4221]

Indian has 22 official languages.these all languages are official according to Indian constitution.

[@OfficialGundiminator]

Greeting from Norway. Here you're missing some facts. Norway has three official languages: Standard Norwegian, New Norwegian and Sami(Bokmål, Nynorsk and Samisk). Many sites only say Norwegian and Sami, but New Norwegian is an official language that everyone has to learn in school, and it is also manditory to have a certain percentage of official documents, news, tv-shows subtitled, and tv/radio news presented in New Norwegian.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Speaking of the Afghan languages, I love the Islamic Republic's national anthem, Millī Surūd An underrated anthem. It was a powerful unifying message that embraced that Afghanistan isn't a land of one or two ethnic groups, but multiple by listing all the ethnic groups within the country. That Afghanistan belongs to everyone. A tune that represented a new direction for the country from its troubled nationalist past. Unfortunately...that nationalist past has returned to haunt its citizens. Sad that when that government fell...the beautifully uplifting anthem fell with it

[@nicole-nu4vy]

Amongus

[@easytiger6570]

sus

[@sathiyanarayanan688]

India has 22 official languages: Let me break down for you.... English and Hindi are the government's written languages ( like any debate in parliament with any language will end up logging in these two ). 22 official languages ( includes above two) are to debate in the parliament and other offical places like judicial,etc. And also these 22 languages are the official languages of their respective State (like various states in the US). So in those states the constitution function with the state's official language ( Tamil Nadu State function with Tamil language and Kerala state with Malayalam language ). Some state recognise English alongside their native language. These 22 languages are made official based on total number of speakers.

[@keithfromyoutube]

You forgot Ireland in countries with 2 official languages, we speak Irish and English here but English is spoken more often though

[@deepaksavitha5102]

Indian English Kannada Hindi Japanese Korean French German Spanish Russian Italian UK English US English Australia English Yes I am INDIAN

[@deepaksavitha5102]

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[@deepaksavitha5102]

I speak 14 Languages

[@abcxyz-]

Me an indian: I am 22 parallel universes and over 7000 dimensions ahead of you😂

[@vroqin]

I love how General Knowledge says "Lets do the one on the thumbnail", so its not like he did that to bring in views.

[@xanderxavier7131]

Thanks for sharing....my country Timor leste 🇹🇱 speaking multilanguage : Tétum, português, English and indonesian .....

[@IErfanCN]

Masih bnyak yg bisa b.indo kah disana?

[@xanderxavier7131]

@@IErfanCN masih sangat bisa,......Di Timor leste bahasa resmi Tétum dan português,....Dan juga bahasa inglês dan Indonésia sebagai bahasa kerja,jadi empat bahasa ini selalu di pakai di TLS, biasa orang2 Timor leste bicara selalu muncul empat bahasa.... Ketemu orang2 dari Indonésia bicara bahasa indonésio, ketemu orang2 dari Portugal/Brasil bicara bahasa português, ketemu orang2 dari Austrália/América/Filipina dll bicara bahasa inglês........

[@IErfanCN]

@@xanderxavier7131 ohh ok, thanks infonya.

[@xanderxavier7131]

@@IErfanCN maaf saya ketik hurufnya muncul simbol bahasa portugis *. Inglês (b.portugis), English,bahasa inggris.... Indonésia(orang/negara),Kalo indonésio(bahasa Indonésia)..

[@azrilarifkurnia3987]

Impressive 😄

[@buildinasentry1046]

The “Xh” in Xhosa is made with a tongue click. Though, if you want the easy version that many people say, you can pronounce it as a “K” sound

[@ItumelengS]

Nah, nah they should learn how to say it. "K" just sounds wrong

[@Kettvnen]

@@ItumelengS to the english speakers, the click sound sounds wrong, so i dont think theyd do it anyway

[@enterfil]

Damn. The Luxembourg portion was straight out of the Languages of Luxembourg Wikipedia page. “Upon the founding of the country, French enjoyed the greatest prestige, and therefore gained preferential use as the official and administrative language. German was used in the political field to comment on the laws and the ordinances in order to make them comprehensible to everyone. At the primary-school level, teaching was limited to German, while French was taught in secondary education. The law of 26 July 1843 reinforced bilingualism by introducing the teaching of French in primary school.”

[@walter4708]

in the Philippines, we have 2 official languages: Filipino and English. however, Filipino is mixed Tagalog, English, and Spanish. pure Tagalog speaker is rare here because some Tagalog words were replaced by Spanish and English words oe phrases.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Also there are so many dialects and even some regional languages that affect the tagalog langage

[@mauriciomontiel280]

in Paraguay we're also bilingual and we speak a mixed of spanish and guarani called jopara, we're very proud of our lenguages

[@ikad5229]

@@mauriciomontiel280 ¡Me emociona que un hermano hispanoamericano esté orgulloso también de hablar español! Muchas veces veo odio hacia España y pues obviamente no me sienta bien, porque pienso que allí nos odiáis o algo. ¡Saludos desde Madrid y Viva Paraguay!

[@ikad5229]

@Michelle No podía estar más de acuerdo. Quién se puede fiar de ellos, si hasta espían a sus aliados. Y no nos olvidemos de lo mal que se lo han hecho pasar a ustedes cientos de veces.

[@Kenerkz]

@Whos Who? Indeed the 175 Languages in the Philippines are in fact Languages and not Dialects. Dialects are a sub group of a language which has a number of differences between them and are the same and understandable to one another like Mindanao Cebuano, Bohol Cebuano, Standard Cebuano, etc.