Talk:List of official languages by country and territory

message: The list for Italy is ridiculous. Italian is the only official language nationwide. Then there is French co-official in Val d'Aosta and German co-official in Bolzano province. Stop. The other are ALL minorities'languages, not official ones, even at local level. And what about Emiliano,Piemontese etc listed in a list of Italy's official languages!OMG!
(Easyboy82)
It's ridiculous to list both de facto and official. If it has not official language, then list none. Some countries have official languages, but another local language that is more common than the offficial language. How is this indicated here?
Also, the languages should be wikified. --Jiang 08:38, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The USA, for one, has no official language. But English is definitely the de facto national language, being spoken by the vast majority of citizens. It would be silly to list no language at all simply because none is technically, legally "official". I do agree however that the list should indicate which languages are regional, which de facto, which official; and be wikified.Matt gies 08:50, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: I agree, and there's already a list of official languages. What this page is is really a List of Predominant Languages by Country, not official.Matt gies 20:49, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: No, this page should not be moved. That list is organized by language. This one is done by country. Instead, this list should be fixed so that it lists only official languages. Please cut the threats. --Jiang 00:16, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italy 

message: I've found the following information on the official site of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina:
: (srpski) Statutom AP Vojvodine, kao najvi?im pravnim aktom u Pokrajini, utvr?eno je da su u slu?benoj upotrebi istovremeno sa srpskim jezikom jo? i ma?arski, hrvatski, slova?ki, rumunski i rusinski jezik.
: (English) The Statute of AP Vojvodina stipilates that the official languages, besides Serbian, are Hungarian, Slovak, Rumanian, Ruthenian and Croatian.
I believe this proves that there are six official languages of Vojvodina. Boraczek 12:01, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It is refional language. It means that Hungarian, Slovak, Rumanian, Ruthenian and Croatian are languages with equal rights as Serbian.
I will rephrase it in article.--Avala 12:29, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: '''SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO'''

message: As far as I remember it used to be romanised as Kuo-Yü rather than Guoyu. - Privacy 16:26, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
The local name of Mandarin is Kuo-Yü rather than Guo Yu. ROC doesn't use Pinyin. - Privacy 18:23, Jan 28 2005 (UTC)
:The ROC actually used to use several different romanization schemes. My copy of the "重編國語辭典", a dictionary published by the ROC government itself, lists 3 different romanizations for every entry.
:That said, the official romanization scheme now is supposed to be "注音二式", in which "國語" is indeed romanized as "Guo yu".—66.163.1.120 16:58, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Guoyu

message: In the article there are 15 official languages, used in “formal” or “non-formal” education.  The following website:  lists 9 “government sponsored languages” and the areas were they are spoken.  Dose anyone know anything about this? Zntrip 18:34, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Languages of Ghana 

message: In addition to Ghana the following countries may have additional official language:
:Austria: Croatian, Hungarian, and Slovenian and perhaps others are official in some municipalities.
:The Central African Republic: Some tribal languages may have official status.
:China: There are additional minority languages in some autonomous regions which may have official status.
:Italy: There are 4 minority languages that are not included on this list, but I don’t know were they have minority status. (List of Languages of Italy and Italy the note about languages)
:The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: There are languages including Albanian, Turkish, Serbian, and Romany, which are official in some municipalities. -- Zntrip 23:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Official Languages 

message: The term "constituent country" is used to describe the major subdivisions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (except for Northern Ireland).  None of the constituent countries claim to be independent from the United Kingdom and are not recognized by any foreign state.  To list Wales, Scotland, or England on this page would not be proper because they are not real countries, nor do they claim to be. – Zntrip 22:39, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wales is Not a Country 

message: I just made a few revisions that I wanted to justify to everyone: (1) reworded the first paragraph and added a definitions section (partly in conformity with Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists) and (2) for a few languages, added frequent alternate names.
I also had a few questions to ask:
(1) Within each country's listing, should the dominant official language(s) (e.g. English and French for Canada) be set apart from the rest of the listing (typically consisting of minority languages)? 
I mean, it's a bit confusing to get lost in half a dozen minority languages with the internationally-known state-wide language buried half-invisible in the middle. 
(2) (Tosk is the official dialect): is there a more technically concise way to phrase this? Such as, (official dialect: Tosk). I'm concerned some may object to the adequacy of the term 
dialect, even if scientifically correct.
(3) At the risk of stirring up a can of worms (see above), I wanted to talk about China (PRC). 
Chinese (statewide) (pointing to Vernacular Chinese) is listed. (Standard) Mandarin is also listed. Does China makes a distinction between these two and offically recognizes both? I could be wrong but my hunch is that it does not. Putting Vernacular Chinese in there is redundant, as it is not officially recognized. Standard Mandarin (Putonghua) is the premier official, state-wide language and the only Chinese language recognized with the exception of regional use for Cantonese. Can we remove Chinese (statewide)? 
Unless--is someone putting it there to draw a distinction between Putonghua (technically Standard Mandarin) as the universal written language and Mandarin as a spoken language? (see: Chinese spoken language) But even then, one out of the two almost certainly should go as I suspect only one is officially recognized. Thanks --Dpr 08:05, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that Vernacular Chinese should be removed; I’ll take the liberty of removing it.  About Albanian, I read that Tosk was the dialect that the government used, but I don’t think there will be any objection to the use of the term dialect.  I don’t think it is necessary to put dominant languages on the top of the list.  The languages that have (statewide) after them are the dominant languages.  Now about the alternate names, I see to many problems arising, because many languages have different names and I think the page will look too messy with additional names after all the languages.  I think the name for languages on the list should be the same as that on the language’s page. (I.e.: Catalan not Valencian.) But I do like the new section at the top. -- Zntrip 16:47, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for taking that liberty ;)! I appreciate your support. About the page becoming messy--well, it's a possibility. My intent was to label a very small number of those states who truly have a very prevalent alternate name (e.g. Pashto)--my intent was not to encourage a proliferation of such alternate names beyond those few cases where it was truly necessary; I certainly had to impose forbearance on myself as well! But I understand what where you're coming from: you may be right. Thanks again! --Dpr 02:43, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Revisions

message: :**Chinese (official statewide)
Instantnood added this item back into the entry for China. However, does anyone else support this? Wasn't this resolved above? 
Instantnood, are you asserting that there are two state-wide official languages in China, (1) Putonghua (Standard Chinese or Standard Mandarin) and (2) Vernacular Chinese? --Dpr 04:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry Dpr I did not notice a discussion over Chinese has started here. As I have explained to Zntrip at her/his talk page, Chinese is one written language, but many spoken languages. Chinese as the written language is official, wheareas Putonghua (or Standard Mandarin), being one of the many spoken Chinese languages, is the official spoken language. — Instantnood 06:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Chinese as the written language is official, wheareas Putonghua (or Standard Mandarin), being one of the many spoken Chinese languages, is the official spoken language. 
The "Chinese as the written language" you speak of is, in fact, the written version of Standard Mandarin/Guoyu/Putonghua. Therefore the spoken language and written language are the same. Had Classical Chinese been retained as a written standard, it would be a separate language from spoken Putonghua/Standard Mandarin. Written documents, in a province today are written in Putonghua, even if the people speak a different dialect. This is because the written language is based on Standard Mandarin which is not the native language of the place. I don't think the two can be separated.
If what I say seems incorrect, we can seek guidance on the Chinese language talk page, or identify official Chinese public sector sources which designate what the official language or languages is/are. Thanks. --Dpr 07:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Chinese as a written language is actually not based on Standard Mandarin. Standard Mandarin or Putonghua was defined by the PRC government in 1955 as the official spoken language based on pronunciations in Beijing dialect, and grammar syntax of modern written Chinese . In fact the development of modern written Chinese predated Putonghua. In the Law of the People's Republic of China on National General-purpose Language and Characters 中文 (or 汉语文) and 普通话 are not treated as the same thing. Mandarin or Putonghua itself always refers to the spoken language, and never the written language. — Instantnood 10:20, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record I'm a him. Zntrip 05:41, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Still it is repeatedly removed. — Instantnood 12:15, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Lol. ;-) — Instantnood 05:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vernacular Chinese?

message: Are languages with geographical scope indicated in parentheses (but without specific annotation as minority languages), be assumed to be so (e.g. Slovenian (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia))? Should they be explicity annotated? Thanks --Dpr 04:41, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes and no.  Slovenian is an official language in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.  I just don’t know if the Italian government classifies it as a minority language.  In Switzerland, for example, there is no nationwi-, uh, I mean statewide official language, but each canton has one or more official languages. Zntrip 05:41, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Minority languages

message: Should categories such as minority language be put in separate parentheses from the regional location, or all in one set of parentheses--such as Irish/Gaelic (Northern Ireland only; minority language) OR Irish/Gaelic (Northern Ireland only) (minority language)?--Dpr 04:22, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I just did it to be consistent.  I would say that they should be separate. – Zntrip 22:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Parentheses

message: The short name of the "Republic of China" is "Taiwan" and therefore will be located under "T" beacuse the list is classified by the short name. – Zntrip 04:47, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taiwan 

message: Why this list has to be sorted by (sovereign) state? Most similar lists on the English language version of Wikipedia are sorted by country. Is there any specific reason? Thanks. — Instantnood 17:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, last fall, this guy (Mais oui!) kept adding Scottland and Wales to the list. I reverted his edits. He told me that the were countries and then he changed the page name. See here, here and here. – Zntrip 23:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The constituent countries of the UK are not creating the same problem on other by country lists. Why should this list be an exception? Why is it necessary to restrict this list to be sorted by sovereign state, instead of by country? — Instantnood 16:12, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I have no idea what his logic was, if you want, go ahead and change it. – Zntrip 23:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Iff it's not getting into trouble again. ;-) — Instantnood 19:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: By country versus by state

message: The status of French polynesia (artilce # 7)says that "Le français, le tahitien, le marquisien, le paumotu et le mangarevien sont les langues de la Polynésie française." 
So why my changes about marquisian, tuamotuan and mangarevian have been reverted ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jussia (talk • contribs) 06:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  France 

message: I wanted to add the following explanation to the Definitions section to avoid confusion, but I'm confused myself and not sure it's correct.  Can someone verify it? If it's true, add it; otherwise add whatever the true explanation is because, as this comment illustrates, it is confusing. jnestorius(talk) 23:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of "Statewide" 

message: I am interested in listing languages which have historically had official recognition, but not currently. Illinois recognised "American" as the state's official language in 1923. That stayed on the books for the next fifty years. Comments? samwaltz 18:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suggest starting a new list, since I think that information would be awkward to fit within the confines of this one. Would you want it to include official languages in states in states that no longer exist, where these differ from those in overlapping current jurisdictions? -- Avenue 22:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Historical official recognition

message: Silesian has no official status. Additionally German and Lithuanian are minority languages in some municipalities. --xRiffRaffx 22:11, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Poland

message: This article seems to deal more with "languages with an official [formal legal] status" rather than "official languages" (the latter category being somewhat tricky even). Would there be any support for renaming the page accordingly?
Also, looking at the list I realize that a lot of work has gone into it, but (1) see that a lot of work is yet to be done on what is listed for many African countries, and (2) wonder if a table format might be more useful. The latter might get complicated since you run into the issue of the inherent fuzziness of the categories, but with asterisks it might be easier for users to browse.--A12n (talk) 15:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of page, presentation of list 

message: CIA World Factbook says Palauan is official "in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official)" 203.7.140.3 (talk) 02:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palau 

message: The  Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act 1730 made English the official language of the law courts. m.e. (talk) 15:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And this law was repealed over 130 years ago. There is no official language of the UK as a whole. 86.139.115.77 (talk) 15:44, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

text: It's not an official language but an officially recognized minority language, and as such cases are included in this list, all is in order. -- Jao (talk) 09:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a cite of that article as a supporting source to the article, per WP:V. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 23:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  United Kingdom 

message: Is there really such a language as 'Cornish' today? I thought it was a myth. And does anyone have any evidence that it has any official status, even in Cornwall? There is nothing in the Cornish article to suggest so anyway. m.e. (talk) 14:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not an official language but an officially recognized minority language, and as such cases are included in this list, all is in order. -- Jao (talk) 09:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a cite of that article as a supporting source to the article, per WP:V. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 23:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Cornish' 

message: English is the official language of Zambia, and there are 7 national languages:  Bemba, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, and Tonga.  So maybe someone can add that edit.  (I don't know how to edit the pages.)  
also, here's a citation:  Spitulnik, Debra.  1998.  “Mediating Unity and Diversity:  The Production of Language Ideologies in Zambian Broadcasting.”  In Language Ideologies:  Practice and Theory.  B. Schieffelin, K. Woolard, and P. Kroskrity, eds.  Pp. 163-188.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peace500 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zambia 

message: How about we say under Georgia something like
::Russian language is considered official by the separatists controlling the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhasia.
?  It's entirely factual, it doesn't address whether or not the separatists have merit to their control, and it informs the reader of Russian language's status in this area. ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 11:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Only is Kosovo is listed under Serbia, and if Taiwan is listed under the People's Republic of China, and with the same notation. If others are listed separately, then it has to go for all. It's the only way to reach NPOV. --Russavia Dialogue 11:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm aware of your POV.  However, reality is different: in reality, the status of Kosovo (recognised by dozens of countries) and Abkhasia (recognised only by Russia and Nicaragua) are quite different, and lumping them together would be misleading.  Also, the status of Republic of China is considerably different from both of them: ROC has elements of recognition from most of the world's countries, but for political reasons, it's done in unusual ways such as the American Institute in Taiwan, essentially an embassy with another name.  Taiwan is something like reverse Ichkeria: Ichkeria was recognised only in form, but nobody took it seriously; Taiwan, OTOH, is taken seriously by everybody, and unrecognised only in form. ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 21:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I think listing the partially recognized regions separately is the clearest and most neutral solution. It leaves it up to the reader to decide what to think of the regions' current status. Offliner (talk) 22:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Georgia 

message: The entry for Mexico is wrong. The Constitution does not state any official language, but there are 63 indigenous languages that are explicitlly recognized as national (General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples) together with Spanish. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Mexico) Ajusco  —Preceding undated comment added 15:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mexico 

message: The current version of the article is confusing. The article sometimes uses the word "national" to designate a "national language" (e.g. Burkina Faso) but other times the word is used to designate that the language is official with respect to the national government but not necessarily subnational governments (e.g. Canada). The term nationwide is used in a few places, and the term statewide in others, but even that is confusing and inconsistent. (Because "statewide" might be taken to refer to a subnational unit, such as the states of India, Australia, or the USA.) --Mathew5000 (talk) 07:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment 

message: Only Azerbaijani has a official status in Azerbaijan. Russian is only spoken by half the population of the capital (Baku), its a minority language of the city of Baku, that has no place in the list of official languages by state Neftchi (talk) 23:04, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is the constitution of Azerbaijan Republic, which clearly reads that Azerbaijani is the state language. Neftchi (talk) 23:06, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Russian is only spoken by barely half the population of Baku, and if you need a lesson in topography - Baku is not all of Azerbaijan. Neftchi (talk) 22:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We might be getting mixed up here. My reply was intended towards Xrai who did not read well the article himself despite telling you, Neftchi, off for not having done so. Munci (talk) 19:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Azerbaijan 

message: According to Nova Scotia's own article, there are less then 1, 000 speakers of Gaelic in the province. Perhaps it was "de facto" official at one point, but it certainly isn't now. It has virtually disappeared. saɪm duʃan Talk|Contribs 11:20, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gaelic "de facto" official in Nova Scotia? 

message: There is no regional language recognized in Hungary, so I removed German. And added all the 6 officially recognized minority languages. Links were added too. --maxval (talk) 20:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the reference to the constitution in Hungarian for one in English. I also found this link on the official website of the union about the minority languages, it indicates there are even more recognized languages?Nico (talk) 08:22, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The situation is the following: in Hungary there are 13 officially recognized ethnical and national minorities, and their languages are recognized as "official minority" languages. However under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Hungary has granted status of "recognized minority language" only to 6 of these 13 languages. So there are two levels of recognized minority languages: those recognized by both an international agreement and by national legislation, and those recognized only by national legislation. This is the de iure situation. The de facto situation is that there is almost no possibility to use any of the minority languages, there are so much technical difficulties that it is virtually impossible to use a minority language in Hungary. A friend of mine went to a local authority saying "I want my issue to be resolved in Croatian", the people working there first looked at him strange, and then said him "OK, come back in 2 weeks, we will try to find a translator until then"... :-)   --maxval (talk) 08:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hungary 

message: What kind of alphabetical order is this? Why is "Ivory Coast" sorted under C?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.249.133 (talk) 10:46, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it's local name is Côte d'Ivoir. But you are right, Germany isn't under D, Switzerland isn't under H, Finland isn't under S, etc. The list should be consistent. --Dbjorck (talk) 20:38, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order 

message: Where did you find that English would be the official language of Eritrea? Really, Eritrea has no official language. However, Arabic and Tigrinya are the de facto official languages of the country. Lele giannoni (talk) 17:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: CMD (talk) 01:26, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eritrea 

message: An editor has been adding Somaliland to the "Partially recognised states" sub-heading alongside states that are actually partially recognised. The problem with this is that Somaliland has no recognition at all as a state, and is instead internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. Logically, it therefore belongs in its own section that should be clearly labeled "Unrecognised territories" or some variation thereof. He has argued that this is a problem because apparently "giving Somaliland its own category does not help the reader with the topic of this article in the slightest". Correcting patently false information, as done here, is obviously helping the reader; offering him/her instead misleading info is certainly not. Middayexpress (talk) 13:29, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a twisted presentation of the situation; an editor has merely reverted your separation, rather than the other way around. The purpose of the Partially recognised states section is just to separate states whose statehood is in great question from the rest. Dividing it up further doesn't help the reader with the subject of official languages, and breaks the well boxed TOC. CMD (talk) 20:59, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, what happened was I corrected the false claim in this list that Somaliland is amongst the Partially recognised states of the world (it is internationally recognised as a region of Somalia). I did this by creating a new Unrecognised territories heading so that Somaliland's actual unrecognised status is clearly indicated rather than continue to misleadingly insinuate that it is partially recognised by listing it under the Partially recognised states heading. You then proceeded to revert that edit for what can only be described as weak reasons. The table of contents/TOC bit is a non-issue and can easily be worked around. The territory's actual status, however, cannot. Middayexpress (talk) 14:34, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Somaliland 

message: Somaliland is listed on this wikipedia page under the Partially recognised states heading. However, unlike the cited states, it has no recognition as an independent state and is instead internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. Given this, would it be more accurate to list the territory under a new, separate sub-heading titled Unrecognised territories or some variation thereof? Middayexpress (talk) 14:34, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Somaliland has no recognition as an independent state. It is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of the Federal Republic of Somalia. As Tony Blair explains: "The Government does not recognize Somaliland as an independent state, neither does the rest of the international community."  Middayexpress (talk) 14:43, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If the international status of those territories were irrelevant here, then they shouldn't have been listed under the Partially recognised states heading indicating their status in the first place. But then again, many could not be neutrally listed as countries either; so their status is by default made relevant. Middayexpress (talk) 14:43, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I noted their "exact" international status is irrelevant. As you note, they don't really fit in with the majority of countries, but since there's only 10 of them they make a nice section unto themselves. CMD (talk) 16:06, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

text: *Comment: A territory's status obviously matters here because it is explicitly written in the lede that "only states, which are defined as sovereign, internationally recognised, independent political entities, are listed." Middayexpress (talk) 17:34, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: endless bickering....try 'partial' and see how it holds up. Soosim (talk) 08:36, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Rfc

message: I came here expecting a list of official languages by state. And it lists loads of minority languages?! They have no place here in my mind; there are plenty of language articles about. There are Chinese communities everywhere, should every country list all the Chinese languages as minority languages??? There's China Town in the US... A couple of countries even list sign language. Really?? Why does that belong in this list, and only for those countries? There are deaf people everywhere, you know. I say, restrict the list to only official languages, de jure and de facto. Nothing else. And no language should be allowed to be added without a reference. And EVERY language should state if it's de jure, de facto, and in what region if not statewide. Currently the list is not consistent at all. Frankly my dear, it is ugly.  --Dbjorck (talk) 20:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What an utter mess! 

message: List of official languages by state lists Danish as statewide official language of Denmark, consistent with Danish language.
But the article Official language lists Denmark as one of fifteen countries without an official language.
Which one is correct? Please discuss here: talk:Official language#Denmark--Nø (talk) 07:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denmark 

message: I've been looking all around for a total of how many languages in the world have official status. While this list is perhaps the closest thing I've found, it does not mention the total number of unique languages in the list, although that would be super helpful. Is there any quick way to count this or do we just do it by hand?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.240.149 (talk) 18:35, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total number of languages in the list 

message: This page says "French (in Louisiana)," and yet the Louisiana page itself only lists English.  Which page is correct?  This discrepancy should be resolved.  allixpeeke (talk) 09:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Louisiana (United States of America) 

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message: Abkhazia and South Osetia are not recognized countries and should not listed in this list as a countries. If those are listed as a just territory than Georgian Language is official and Russian must be excluded.--Paata Shetekauri  (talk) 13:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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message: The page is called "List of official languages by country and territory", but it includes other languages.
The introduction needs to explain exactly what it means by "countries and dependent territories"; and whatever terms are used must be used in accordance with their UN-regognised meanings.
I think that the language of Brazil might be better described as "Brazilian Portuguese".
One needs to disinguish between written and spoken languages.  The prime example is perhaps China, in which I believe that the written Chinese language is the same throughout but the common spoken Chinese of some regions is more-or-less incomprehensible in other regions.
Gibraltar exists, and is not Spanish.
The Falkland Islands exist, and are not Argentinian.
A Tamil language page exists, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
None of the following places are in the UK, & IoM + IP should be preced by "the" : 
   Pitcairnese (in Pitcairn Islands)
   Guernésiais and French (in Guernsey)
   Jèrriais and French (in Jersey)
   Manx (in Isle of Man)
Guernsey and Jersey are (when not knitwear or cattle) islands (+ islets?).  The Channel Islands (when not American) are two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands, and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Therefore, if Guernsey is mentioned, one should either also mention Alderney, Sark, Herm, and Jethou, or use "the Bailiwick of Guernsey"; and in the latter case one should also use "the Bailiwick of Jersey".
The UK is a State; England, Scotland, and Wales are countries and nations; and Northern Ireland is administratively on an equal footing with those.
The first column should be in three parts, in this order :
 National States (recognised as such by the UN, whether or not Member States)
 Countries which are not so recognised
 Inhabited Territories not included in the above
Be guided by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories !
94.30.84.71 (talk) 12:53, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrections needed for UK/GB/British entries, + 

message: I propose: List of official languages by country and territory ("Official language" and "National language" columns), List of regional official languages by country and territory ("Regional languages"), List of recognized minority languages by country and territory ("Minority languages"), and just get rid of the "widely-spoken" column, which shouldn't be in this article anyways. The 6-column approach leaves a ton of whitespace, very long article, and a bunch of those terrible tall and skinny cells. Multiple articles would greatly improve readability, in my opinion. However, you'd lose the ability to, for instance, compare regional languages and minority languages within the same country. Thoughts? Linshee ☺ 16:25, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split into multiple articles? 

message: The article Languages of New Zealand says that "The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people was made the first de jure official language in 1987."  So shouldn't Māori be listed here under New Zealand? GilesMartin1945 (talk) 01:24, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's there now. Nurg (talk) 08:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Zealand and Maori 

message: See above. In Belgium, Limburgs is spoken (the same Limburgs as the (recognised) minority language in the Netherlands). Now I understand if it is only recognised languages by the country we are talking about, but in that case I am rather sure Yiddish should not be listed for the Netherlands (the other 4 should, as far as I know). Ouroboros777 (talk) 00:29, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What counts as a minority language?