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Official Languages

Question: What is the official language of Venezuela?
Answer: Spanish is the main language of Venezuela, but Indian groups speak more than 25 other languages. English is widely used as a second language.
Question: Which of these languages is not widely spoken in Finland?
Answer: Finnish and Swedish are both official languages in Finland. The Sami language is related to Finnish.
Question: Which language is not widely spoken in Sri Lanka?
Answer: Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages of Sri Lanka, but many people also speak English.
Question: What is the official language of Belize?
Answer: Although English is the official language of Belize, a Creole dialect, Spanish, and several Indian dialects are also spoken.
Question: Which of these is the official language of Tanzania?
Answer: Swahili, a Bantu language, helps bind Tanzania’s many ethnic groups into a unified whole. Although English also is an official language, the vast majority of Tanzanians speak Swahili.
Question: What language do most Argentineans speak?
Answer: Argentina is a South American nation that was colonized by Spain. Most Argentineans speak Spanish, which is the official language.
Question: Which of these is not an official language of any of India’s states?
Answer: Though many Indians speak Russian, it is not one of the official languages of any of India’s states or union territories.
Question: What is the official language of Grenada?
Answer: English is the official language of Grenada. In addition, a small number of people speak a local version of French.
Question: Which of these is not an official language of the United Nations?
Answer: The United Nations has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.