A official language is a Langue which is specifically indicated like such, in the Constitution or the texts of Loi of a country, a State or an unspecified organization.

Half of the countries of the world have an official language.

Some of them recognize only one official language, it is the case of the France, and the Albania.

Certain countries have several official languages, the such Finland, the Suisse, the Canada, the Luxembourg, the Belgium or the Afghanistan.

In several countries, like the Italy, Filipino , the Spain, or the Iraq, there is an official language for the country, but of others Langue S is Co-official in certain areas.

Some countries, like the the United States of America, do not have an official language, but there exist official languages for certain States which compose them.

Lastly, certain countries do not have any official language, thus the Érythrée, the Sweden or the the United Kingdom.

The existence of only one official language does not imply that it is about the only native tongue (example in France, to see: regional Languages of France ), nor even as it is one of the most spoken native tongues. Thus in certain countries of Africa and with the Filipino , the official languages and of teaching (French or English), inherited the Colonialism, are not the most spoken national languages or. In the same way, in the Arab Countries, the official language is the Written Arabic whereas the native tongue is a Dialectical Arabic (language resulting from Arabic but different because having evolved/moved locally) or even a completely different language (Tamazight, Kurdish). Another example, the Irish Republic adopted the Gaelic like official national language , whereas he is actually spoken by a small proportion about the population, while the language having a secondary legal statute (English), is the spoken language by the majority. Lastly, in Indonesia, the majority of the inhabitants speak, in addition to the National language the Indonésien, which is Malayan, a regional Langue, native tongue for more half of Indonésiens.

Certain international organizations have also official languages and/or working languages. Thus UNO obtained six official languages - Arabic, English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian - who are the Langue S most largely included/understood in the world, even in the areas where they spontaneously are not spoken; all its work and debates are retranscribed in these six official languages.

The European Union represents an extremely interesting particular case since by nature it does not privilege the Langue of any State, and thus recognizes a multitude of official languages. However, English, French and German have the statute of working language.

See Political linguistics of the European Union .

See too

External bonds

For Canada and Quebec
  • http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/lo-ol/progs/dclo_f.cfm
  • http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/charte/charte/index.html

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