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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland (London)
| official language: | English |
| official regional languages: | Welsh (Wales), Scottish Gaelic (Scotland), Manx (the Isle of Man), French (c. 15.000 speakers in Jersey and Guernsey) |
| immigrant languages: | over 100, spoken by c. 2 mln people |
Ireland (Dublin)
| official language: | Irish Gaelic, English |
The United States of America (Washington)
| union language: | English |
| official regional languages: | French (Cajun) in Louisiana, Spanish in New Mexico |
| indigenous languages: | c. 170 Indian languages |
| immigrant languages: | over 350 languages: English (c. 226mln), Spanish (c. 23mln), Arabic (c.3mln), French (c. 1.7mln), Chinese (c. 1.6mln), Italian (c. 1.3mln), varieties of German – Hutterite, Mennonite, Pennsylvanian (c. 1.5mln) |
Canada (Ottawa)
| official language: | English, French |
| official regional languages: | French (Québec) |
| indigenous languages: | Over 70 Amerindian languages, spoken by 100.000 – 150.000 |
| immigrant languages: | mostly European, including three varieties of German associated with religious settlement (Hutterite, Mennonite, Pennsylvanian) |
The Commonwealth of Australia (Canberra)
| official language: | English, spoken by 95 % |
| indigenous languages: | Aboriginal languages, spoken by less than 1% |
| immigrant languages: | over 100 (Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Greek, German, Vietnamese) |
New Zealand (Wellington)
| official language: | English, spoken by c. 90% |
| indigenous languages: | Maori, used by c. 2% |
| immigrant languages: | Chinese, Hindi, and several from the Pacific islands, such as Samoan (c.50.000), Fijian, Niuean, Rarotongan, Tongan |
South Africa (Cape Town)
| official language: | 11 languages were recognized in the new constitution formulated in 1993: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sethoso, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Yshivenda, Xhosa, and Zulu |
| indigenous languages: | major linguistic groups: Nguni (Ndebele, Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu), Sotho-Tswana (Sotho, Pedi, and Tswana), Tsonga, or Shangaan, and Venda, Khoisan (Bushman and Hottentot), relatively closely interrelated Bantu languages. |
| immigrant languages: | about 20 African and various European languages |
Bermuda (Hamilton)
(British self-governing colony c. 300 coral islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, lying south-east of Cape Hatteras)
| official language: | English |
| widely spoken languages: | local dialects showing creole influence |
Bahamas, also Bahama islands (Nassau)
(an island country in the Atlantic Ocean)
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