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LSU's Language Listings
Countries of the world & their languages.
Since there are well over 6,500 main languages spoken in the world and over 40,000 alternate languages and dialects, we have only listed the national and official languages of the world’s countries.
Languages of the world and the countries in which they are spoken.
Languages are in alphabetical order listing the countries where the languages are "nationally / officially" spoken. There are well over 650 main languages in our current list.
Some of the languages we offer.
We currently have interpreters and translators available for over 65 languages, including American Sign Language. If you don't see your language here, we may still offer it, since we are continually adding quality language professionals to our global database network.
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Africa
Algeria
(Arabic)
Angola (Portuguese)
Benin (French)
Botswana (Tswana, English)
Burkina-Faso
(French, Fulfuldé, Jula,
Mooré)
Burundi
(Rundi, French)
Cameroon
(English, French)
Central African Republic (French, Sango)
Chad
(Arabic, French)
Comoros Island (French)
Congo (French, Lingala, Munukutuba)
Côte d'Ivoire (French)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (French,
Kongo, Lingala, Luba-Kasai, Swahili)
Djibouti
(French)
Egypt (Arabic)
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish)
Eritrea
(English)
Ethiopia (Amharic, Tigrigna, English)
Gabon (French)
Gambia (English)
Ghana (English)
Guinea
(French, Fuuta Jalon)
Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese)
Kenya (Swahili, English)
Lesotho (Soho, English)
Liberia
(English)
Libya
(Arabic)
Madagascar (French, Malagasy)
Malawi (Nyanja {Chewa}, Tumbuka,
English)
Mali
(Bamanankan, Bomu, Bozo, Dogoso,
French, Fulfuldé, Hasanya, Mamara, Maninkakan, Soninke, Sonoy, Syenara,
Tamasayt, Xaasongaxanno)
Mauritania (Arabic)
Mauritius (English)
Morocco (Arabic)
Mozambique (Portuguese)
Namibia
(English)
Niger (Arabic, French, Fulfuldé,
Gourmanchéma, Hausa, Kanuri, Tamajaq, Tubu, Zarma)
Nigeria (Edo, Efik, English, Fulfuldé,
Hausa, Idoma, Igbo, Yerwa Kanuri, Yoruba)
Rwanda (Rwanda, French, English)
São Tomé e Principe (Portuguese,
Principense, Sãotomense)
Senegal
(French, Jola-Fogny, Malinke,
Mandinka, Pulaar, Serere-Sine, Soninke, Wolof)
Seychelles
(English, French)
Sierra Leone
(English)
Somalia
(Somali, Arabic, English)
South Africa
(Afrikaans, English, Ndebele,
Sotho {Northern & Southern}, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu)
Sudan (Arabic)
Swaziland
(Swati, English)
Tanzania (Swahili)
Togo (Éwé, French, Kabiye)
Tunisia (Arabic)
Uganda (English)
Zambia
(English)
Zimbabwe (English)
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Asia
Afghanistan (Farsi {Eastern},
Pashto {Southern})
Azerbaijan
(Azerbaijan)
Bahrain (Arabic)
Bangladesh (Bengali)
Bhutan (Dzongkha)
Brunei
(Malay,
English)
Cambodia (Khmer)
China
(Chinese {Mandarin})
Cyprus [Also
in Europe section] (Greek, Turkish)
East Timor
(Portuguese)
India
(Assamese,
Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi,
Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu)
Indonesia
(Indonesian)
Iran (Farsi)
Iraq
(Arabic, Kurdi)
Israel (Arabic,
English, Hebrew)
Japan
(Japanese)
Jordan (Arabic)
Kazakhstan (Kazakh)
Kyrgyzstan
(Kirghiz)
Kuwait
(Arabic)
Laos
(Laotian)
Lebanon
(Arabic,
French)
Malaysia (Malay)
Maldives (Maldivian)
Mongolia
(Mongolian)
Myanmar [Burma]
(Burmese)
Nepal (Nepali, Gurung)
North Korea
[DPRK]
(Korean)
Oman (Arabic)
Pakistan
(Sindhi,
Urdu, English)
Philippines
(Filipino
{Tagalog}, English)
Qatar
(Arabic)
Russian Federation [East
of the Ural Mountains] (Russian)
Saudi Arabia (Arabic)
Singapore
(Bengali,
Chinese {Mandarin}, English, Malay, Tamil)
South Korea (Korean)
Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
Syria (Arabic)
Taiwan (Chinese {Mandarin})
Tajikistan
(Tajiki)
Thailand
(Thai)
Turkey [Also
in Europe] (Turkish)
Turkmenistan
(Turkmenistan)
United Arab Emirates
(Arabic)
Uzbekistan (Uzbek)
Viet Nam (Vietnamese)
Yemen
(Arabic)
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Europe
Albania (Albanian)
Andorra (Catalan)
Armenia (Armenian)
Austria (German, Slovenian)
Belarus (Belarusian)
Belgium (Dutch, French, German)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)
Bulgaria (Bulgarian, Turkish)
Cape Verde (Kabuverdianu, Portuguese)
Croatia
(Croatian, Italian)
Cyprus [Also in Asia] (Kabuverdianu,
Portuguese)
Czech Republic (Czech)
Denmark (Danish, German)
Estonia
(Estonian)
Finland (Finnish, Swedish)
France (French)
Georgia (Georgian)
Germany (German)
Greece (Greek)
Hungary (Hungarian)
Iceland
(Icelandic)
Ireland
(English, Irish {Gaelic})
Italy (Italian, Serbo-Croatian, French, German)
Latvia (Latvian)
Liechtenstein (German)
Lithuania (Lithuanian)
Luxembourg
(Luxembourgeois, French, German)
Macedonia (Macedonian)
Malta (Maltese, English)
Moldova (Romanian)
Monaco (French)
Netherlands (Drents, Dutch, Gronings, West Frisian,
Westerwolds)
Norway (Norwegian)
Poland (Polish)
Portugal (Portuguese)
Romania (Romanian)
Russian Federation [West of the Ural Mountains]
(Russian)
San Marino (Italian)
Slovakia (Slovak)
Slovenia (Slovenian, Hungarian, Italian)
Spain (Spanish, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Gascon)
Sweden
(Swedish)
Switzerland (French, German, Italian, Rheto-Romance)
Turkey [Also in Asia] (Turkish)
Ukraine (Ukrainian)
United Kingdom (English, French, Welsh)
Vatican State (Latin)
Yugoslavia
(Hungarian, Serbian)
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North
America
Antigua-Barbuda (English)
Bahamas (English)
Barbados (English)
Belize (English)
Canada (English,
French)
Costa Rica (Spanish)
Cuba
(Spanish)
Dominica (English)
Dominican Republic
(Spanish)
El Salvador
(Spanish)
Grenada (English)
Guatemala (Spanish)
Haiti (French,
Haitian Creole {French-based})
Honduras (Spanish)
Jamaica (English)
Mexico
(Spanish)
Nicaragua
(Spanish)
Panama (Spanish)
St. Lucia (English)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(English)
Trinidad and Tobago
(English)
United States
(English, Hawaiian, Spanish)
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South
America
Antarctica (Spanish)
Argentina (Spanish)
Bolivia
(Spanish)
Brazil (Portuguese)
Chile
(Spanish)
Colombia (Spanish)
Ecuador (Spanish)
Guyana
(English)
Paraguay (Guaraní,
Spanish)
Peru
(Cuzco Quechua,
Spanish)
Suriname (Dutch)
Uruguay (Spanish)
Venezuela
(Spanish)
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Oceania
Australia (English)
Fiji (Fijian, Fijian
{Hindustani}, English)
Kiribati
(Kiribati,
English)
Marshall Islands
(Marshallese)
Micronesia (Chuuk,
English, Kosraean, Ponapean, Yapese)
Nauru
(Nauru, English)
New Zealand (Maori,
English)
Palau
(Palauan, English)
Papua New Guinea
(Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English)
Samoa
(Samoan, English)
Solomon Islands
(English)
Tonga (Tongan,
English)
Tuvalu
(Tuvaluan)
Vanuatu
(Bislama, English, French)
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An Alphabetical List
of
Languages
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A
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
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Albanian |
Albania |
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Amharic |
Ethiopia |
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Arabic |
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
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Armenian |
Armenia |
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Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey {Asia} |
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B
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Bamanankan |
Mali |
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Basque |
Spain |
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Belarusan |
Belarus |
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Bengali |
Bangladesh, India, Singapore |
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Bislama |
Vanuatu |
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Bomu |
Mali |
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Bosnian |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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Bozo |
Mali |
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Bulgarian |
Bulgaria |
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Burmese |
Myanmar {Burma} |
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C
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Catalan |
Andorra, Spain |
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Chinese [Cantonese] |
China, Brunei, Costa Rica, Indonesia {Java and Bali}, Malaysia {Peninsular}, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, VietNam |
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Chinese [Mandarin] |
China, Singapore, Taiwan |
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Chuuk |
Micronesia |
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Creole [Africaans] |
South Africa |
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Creole [Arabic] |
Chad, Uganda, Sudan |
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Creole [Assamese] |
India |
Creole [Dutch] |
U.S. - Virgin Islands, Guyana, Indonesia, Java, Bali |
|
Creole [English] |
U.S. - Gulf Region, U.S. - Virgin Islands, U.S. - Hawaii, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St. Vincent, The Grenadines, Trinidad, Tobago, Caicos Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Suriname, Ndyuka, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Belize, Jamaica, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia |
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Creole [French] |
U.S. - Louisiana, Brazil, New Caledonia, Seychelles, St. Lucia, French Guiana, Haiti, Mauritius, Reunion, Panama |
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Creole [German] |
Papua New Guinea |
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Creole [Iberian] |
Netherlands Antilles |
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Creole [Indonesian] |
Indonesia {Java, Bali} |
Creole [Kongo] |
Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Creole [Malay] |
Indonesia {Java, Bali, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara}, Singapore, Malaysia {Peninsular}, Sri Lanka |
Creole [Ngbandi] |
Central African Republic |
Creole [Portuguese] |
Sao Tome e Principe, Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde Islands, Malaysia (Peninsular), China, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia {Maluku}, Timor Lorosae, India |
Creole [Spanish] |
Philippines, Colombia |
Creole [Swahili] |
Kenya |
Creole [Tetun] |
East Timor |
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Croatian |
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia |
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Cuzeo Quechua |
Peru |
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Czech |
Czech Republic |
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D
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Danish |
Denmark |
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Dogoso |
Mali |
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Drents |
Netherlands |
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Dutch |
Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname |
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Dzongkha |
Bhutan |
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E
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Edo |
Nigeria |
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Efik |
Nigeria |
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English |
Antigua-Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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Estonian |
Estonia |
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Éwé |
Togo |
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F
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Farsi [Dari] |
Afghanistan, Iran |
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Fijian |
Fiji |
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Filipino [Tagalog] |
Philippines |
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Finnish |
Finland |
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French |
Belgium, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Island, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, United Kingdom, Vanuatu |
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Fulfuldé |
Mali, Niger, Burkina-Faso, Nigeria |
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Fuuta Jalon |
Guinea |
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G
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Galician |
Spain |
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Gascon |
Spain |
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Georgian |
Georgia |
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German |
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
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Gourmanchéma |
Niger |
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Greek |
Cyprus, Greece |
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Gronings |
Netherlands |
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Guaraní |
Paraguay |
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Gujarati |
India |
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Gurung |
Nepal |
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H
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Hasanya |
Mali |
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Hausa |
Niger, Nigeria |
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Hawaiian |
United States |
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Hebrew |
Israel |
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Hindi |
India |
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Hiri Motu |
Papua New Guinea |
|
Hmong |
China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
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Hungarian |
Hungary, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
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I
Icelandic |
Iceland |
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Idoma |
Nigeria |
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Igbo |
Nigeria |
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Ilocano |
Philippines |
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Indonesian |
Indonesia |
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Irish |
Ireland |
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Italian |
Croatia, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland |
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J
Japanese |
Japan |
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Javanese |
Indonesia {Java & Bali} |
Jola-Fogny |
Senegal |
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Jula |
Burkina-Faso |
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K
Kabiye |
Togo |
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Kabuverdianu |
Cape Verde |
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Kannada |
India |
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Kanuri |
Niger |
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Kashmiri |
India |
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Kazakh |
Kazakhstan |
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Khmer |
Cambodia |
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Kirghiz |
Kyrgyzstan |
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Kiribati |
Kiribati |
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Kongo |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Korean |
North Korea {DPRK}, South Korea |
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Kosraean |
Micronesia |
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Kurdi |
Iraq |
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L
Ladino |
Israel, Turkey {Europe} |
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Laotian |
Laos |
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Latin |
Vatican State |
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Latvian |
Latvia |
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Lingala |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
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Luba-Kasai |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Luxembourgeois |
Luxembourg |
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M
Macedonian |
Macedonia |
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Malagasy |
Madagascar |
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Malay |
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore |
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Malayalam |
India |
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Maldivian |
Maldives |
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Malinke |
Senegal |
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Maltese |
Malta |
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Mamara |
Mali |
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Mandinka |
Senegal |
Maninkakan |
Mali |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
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Marathi |
India |
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Marshallese |
Marshall Islands |
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Mongolian |
Mongolia |
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Mooré |
Burkina-Faso |
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Munukutuba |
Congo |
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N
Nauruan |
Nauru |
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Ndebele |
South Africa |
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Nepali |
Nepal |
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Norwegian |
Norway |
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Nyanja |
Malawi |
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O
Oriya |
India |
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P
Palauan |
Palau |
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Panjabi |
India |
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Pashto |
Afghanistan |
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Polish |
Poland |
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Ponapean |
Micronesia |
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Portuguese |
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Principe |
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Principense |
São Tomé e Principe |
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Palauan |
Palau |
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Pulaar |
Senegal |
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R
Rheto-Romance |
Switzerland |
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Romanian |
Romania, Moldova |
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Rundi |
Burundi |
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Russian |
Russian Federation |
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Rwanda |
Rwanda |
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S
Samoan |
Samoa |
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Sango |
Central African Republic |
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Sanskrit |
India |
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Sãotomense |
São Tomé e Principe |
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Serbian |
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
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Serbo-Croatian |
Italy |
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Serere-Sine |
Senegal |
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Sign Language |
Each of the following countries have developed a country-specific sign language; Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia (Peninsular), Mali, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia (Europe), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey (Asia), Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States (American Sign Language), Uruguay, Venezuela, VietNam, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Sindhi |
India, Pakistan |
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Sinhala |
Sri Lanka |
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Slovak |
Slovakia |
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Slovenian |
Austria, Slovenia |
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Somali |
Somalia |
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Soninke |
Mali, Senegal |
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Sonoy |
Mali |
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Sotho |
Lesotho, South Africa |
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Spanish |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela |
Swahili |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania |
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Swati |
South Africa, Swaziland |
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Swedish |
Finland, Sweden |
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Syenara |
Mali |
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T
Tajiki |
Tajikistan |
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Tamajaq |
Niger |
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Tamasayt |
Mali |
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Tamil |
India, Singapore |
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Telugu |
India |
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Thai |
Thailand |
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Tigrigna |
Ethiopia |
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Tok Pisin |
Papua New Guinea |
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Tongan |
Tonga |
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Tsonga |
South Africa |
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Tswana |
Botswana, South Africa |
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Tubu |
Niger |
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Tumbuka |
Malawi |
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Turkish |
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Turkey |
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Turkmenistan |
Turkmenistan |
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Tuvaluan |
Tuvalu |
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U
Ukrainian |
Ukraine |
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Urdu |
India, Pakistan |
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Uzbek |
Uzbekistan |
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V
Venda |
South Africa |
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Vietnamese |
Vietnam |
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W
Welsh |
United Kingdom |
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West Frisian |
Netherlands |
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Westerwolds |
Netherlands |
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Wolof |
Senegal |
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X
Xaasongaxanno |
Mali |
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Xhosa |
South Africa |
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Y
Yerwa Kanuri |
Nigeria |
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Yiddish |
Israel, Latvia |
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Yoruba |
Nigeria |
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Z
Zarma |
Niger |
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Zulu |
South Africa |
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Languages We Offer
Contact us if you do not see the language you need on this list. We are constantly updating and adding to our extensive, worldwide network of interpreters and translators.
The majority of our foreign and sign language professionals are certified with local, state, or national organizations.
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| Albanian | Farsi | Kannada | Serbo-Croatian |
| Amharic | Fijian | Kashmiri | Sign Language |
| Arabic | Filipino Tagalog | Korean | Singhalese |
| Armenian | Finnish | Kurdish | Slovak |
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| Belarusian | French | Laotian | Somali |
| Bengali | Galician Gallego | Latin | Spanish |
| Bosnian | Georgian | Latvian | Swahili |
| Bulgarian | German | Lithuanian | Swedish |
| Burmese | Greek | Macedonian | Taiwanese |
| Cambodian Khmer | Gujarati | Malay Malaysian | Tamil |
| Catalan | Haitian Kreole | Marathi | Telugu |
| Cebuano | Hakka | Moldavian | Thai |
| Chinese Cantonese | Harari Adere | Nepali | Tigrinya |
| Chinese Mandarin | Hebrew | Norwegian | Turkish |
| Creole English | Hindi | Oromo | Twi |
| Creole French | Hmong | Pashto | Ukrainian |
| Croatian | Hungarian | Persian | Urdu |
| Czech | Icelandic | Polish | Vietnamese |
| Danish | Ilokano | Punjabi | Welsh |
| Dari | Indonesian | Portuguese | Wolof |
| Dinka | Italian | Romanian | Yiddish |
| Dutch | Japanese | Russian | Yoruba |
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