Countries by Language Países por Idioma

Countries by Language

Are you interested in knowing the languages spoken at your upcoming holiday destination?

Learning some basic phrases in the local language can make your holiday experience truly unforgettable.

Communication Problem?

Do you worry about being unable to communicate in case of an issue at your destination?

While English is a widely spoken international language, there are still places in the world, particularly outside tourist areas, where it may not be spoken. I’ve experienced this first-hand!

It might be more comfortable for you to select a location where the language spoken is either your native tongue or one that you have a good command of.

In the table below, you can search by language. You can also type the name of the country you are interested in. It’ll show you the languages (official and widely spoken).

Countries by Language

LanguageCountries
AfarEthiopia
AfrikaansSouth Africa
AlbanianAlbania, North Macedonia
AmharicEthiopia
ArabicAlgeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine State, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen
ArmenianArmenia
AsháninkaPeru
AymaraPeru
AzerbaijaniAzerbaijan
BelarusianBelarus
BengaliBangladesh
BerberAlgeria, Morocco
BislamaVanuatu
BosnianBosnia and Herzegovina
BulgarianBulgaria
BurmeseMyanmar (formerly Burma)
CantoneseChina, Malaysia
CatalanAndorra
ChichewaMalawi
ChineseChina
ComorianComoros
CroatianBosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
CzechCzechia (Czech Republic)
DanishDenmark
DhivehiMaldives
DutchBelgium, Netherlands, Suriname
DzongkhaBhutan
EnglishAntigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu,Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
EstonianEstonia
Fiji HindiFiji
FijianFiji
FilipinoPhilippines
FinnishFinland
FrenchBelgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
FulaGuinea
GeorgianGeorgia
GermanAustria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
GreekCyprus, Greece
GuaraníParaguay
Guyanese CreoleGuyana
Haitian CreoleHaiti
HebrewIsrael
HindiIndia
Hiri MotuPapua New Guinea
HungarianHungary
IcelandicIceland
IndonesianIndonesia
IrishIreland
ItalianAlbania, Eritrea, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City (Holy See)
JapaneseJapan
KazakhKazakhstan
KhmerCambodia
KinyarwandaRwanda
KiribatiKiribati
KirundiBurundi
KoreanNorth Korea, South Korea
KurdishIraq
KyrgyzKyrgyzstan
LaoLaos
LatvianLatvia
LithuanianLithuania
LuxembourgishLuxembourg
MacedonianNorth Macedonia
MalagasyMadagascar
MalayBrunei, Malaysia, Singapore
MalteseMalta
MandarinChina, Malaysia, Singapore
ManinkaGuinea
MaoriNew Zealand
MarshalleseMarshall Islands
Mauritian CreoleMauritius
MongolianMongolia
MontenegrinMontenegro
NauruanNauru
NdebeleZimbabwe
NepaliNepal
NorwegianNorway
OromoEthiopia
PalauanPalau
PashtoAfghanistan, Iran
PersianAfghanistan, Iran
PolishPoland
PortugueseAngola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste
QuechuaEcuador, Peru
RomaniSweden
RomanianMoldova, Romania
RomanshSwitzerland
RussianBelarus, Estonia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
SamiNorway
SamoanSamoa
SangoCentral African Republic
SerbianBosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Seychellois CreoleSeychelles
ShonaZimbabwe
SinhalaSri Lanka
SlovakCzechia (Czech Republic), Slovakia
SloveneSlovenia
SomaliEthiopia
SothoLesotho, South Africa
SpanishAndorra, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela
SusuGuinea
SwahiliDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
SwaziEswatini (formerly Swaziland), South Africa
SwedishFinland, Sweden
TajikTajikistan
TamilMalaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka
TetumTimor-Leste
ThaiThailand
TigrinyaEthiopia
Tok PisinPapua New Guinea
TonganTonga
Trinidadian CreoleTrinidad and Tobago
TshilubaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
TurkishCyprus, Turkey
TurkmenTurkmenistan
TuvaluanTuvalu
UkrainianUkraine
UrduPakistan
UzbekUzbekistan
VietnameseVietnam
YiddishSweden
ZuluSouth Africa

In my post, Best Time to Go, I also include the language spoken in each country, in case you have doubts.

When travelling to a foreign country where you don’t speak the language, I recommend downloading the Google Translate app to help you communicate effectively.

This online translator uses your phone’s camera to translate text from images to your language. It’s particularly handy when you’re eating at a restaurant!

If you were in the process of picking a destination when you got to this post but still haven’t decided, you could return to that point in Where to Go.

Have you already decided where your next adventure will be? Then, you are ready to move to the next phase of organising your trip with Step by Step.

Or, if you want to know the top attractions in that country first, you can check my post, Top Tourist Attractions.

I hope this post has been helpful to you. 

Are you missing anything? Leave me your comment or suggestion below, and I will happily answer ?. Alternatively, fill out the contact form.

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