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Countries
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Language
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60
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Canada, South Africa, ...
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English
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29
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France, Canada, ...
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French
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22
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Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, ...
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Arabic
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20
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Spain, Peru, ...
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Spanish
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9
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Portugal, Brazil, ...
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Portuguese
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6
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland, ...
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German
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5
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Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
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Serbo-Croatian
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4
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Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
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Malay / Indonesian
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4
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Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
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Italian
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4
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Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
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Russian
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3
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Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia
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Albanian
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3
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Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname
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Dutch
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3
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China, Taiwan, Singapore
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Mandarin
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3
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Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
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Persian
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3
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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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Swahili
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Countries
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Language
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2
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Algeria, Morocco
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Berber
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2
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Bolivia, Peru
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Aymara
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2
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Bolivia, Peru
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Quechua
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2
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Cyprus, Greece
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Greek
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2
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Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tigrinya
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2
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Fiji, India
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Hindi
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2
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Moldova, Romania
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Romanian
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2
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North Korea, South Korea
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Korean
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2
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Somalia, Ethiopia
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Somali
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2
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South Africa, Botswana
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Tswana
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2
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South Africa, Eswatini
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Swazi
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2
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South Africa, Lesotho
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Sotho
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2
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Sri Lanka, Singapore
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Tamil
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2
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Sweden, Finland
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Swedish
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2
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Turkey, Cyprus
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Turkish
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In Bolivia there are many official languages, but you could restrict it based on, say, languages with more than 10% of the population actually speaking it to make it manageable. This would leave you with Quechua and Aymara to add (both official in Peru and Bolivia). Now that I did a bit more research, lowering the threshold to any aboriginal language official in Bolivia regardless of population would actually only add one more language, Guarani, which is official in both Bolivia and Paraguay.
Another great addition would be Berber/Tamazight, which is a really cool language that was the precursor to Arabic in the North Africa region and is now official and gaining popularity in both Morocco and Algeria.
I see a lot of suggestions of Indian languages and I don't think any of those should be put on seeing as only Hindi and English are official languages in Indi
anyway i thought several of the african languages had part of their countryname cut of and a "e" put in front. But I guess it was "se"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
Also Wikipedia, saying that the although the de facto official language is English, the only de jure official language in any part of the UK is Welsh. Given that we are talking about official languages and accepting that it is possible for a country not to have an official language, I think this makes it reasonable to say that the UK has no official languages as a whole. The USA is usually listed as having no official languages and it says basically the same thing about the USA and the UK here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_entities_where_English_is_an_official_language
Edit: or more likely, right after the clues were added, but nó reset, and one of the first to take it with the clues, while the stats still reflect quiztakers that played without the clues.
also i remembered the South African ones as part of the other countrys name but I kept trying the wrong ones. I tried babne mbabane, maseru, gaborone. but not with the country names
The netherlands eventhough it is the country of origin could perhaps stay, Since it is not almost literally the same as the name if the language, like the others.
Thanks!
India has 23 official languages, which consists of the 22 regional ( Schedule 8) languages + Hindi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_XVII_of_the_Constitution_of_India
i didn't know how to spell it :(
Second column - "well, crap"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_North_Macedonia
I never knew that!
And can't Swahili be spelled Suaheli?
I believe a language is official when the country has stated it to be official, and/or when government documents are available in that language.
As for Dutch in Belgium, all the relevant wikipedia sites (Belgium, Dutch, official languages, languages of belgium, and the very long "List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages") state that Dutch is one of the official languages of belgium.
Belgium: "At the federal level Dutch, French and German are co-official languages" In Flanders Dutch is the sole official language.