European Countries by Language

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Albanian
- Albania - Serbia (about 5% of the population)

Belarusian
- Belarus

Bulgarian
- Bulgaria

Catalan
- Spain (Catalonia)

Croatian
- Croatia

Czech
- Czech Republic

Danish
- Denmark
- Faroe Islands (also Faroese)

Dutch
- Netherlands (also Frisian)
- Belgium (About 60% of the population)

English
- Ireland
- Malta (also Maltese aka Malti)
- United Kingdom
- Cyprus

French
- France
- Belgium (about 40% of the population)
- Switzerland (more than 20% of the population)
- Luxembourg
- Monaco

German
- Austria
- Belgium (less than 1% of the country)
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland (more than 60% of the population)
- Denmark
- Hungary

Greek
- Greece
- Cyprus
- Albania

Hungarian
- Hungary
- Slovakia

Irish ((Gaeilge)
- Ireland

Italian
- Italy
- San Marino
- Switzerland (more than 8% of the population)
- Vatican City State
- Albania

Latin
- Vatican City State

Polish
- Poland

Portuguese
- Portugal

Romanian
- Moldova
- Romania
- Hungary

Romansh
- Switzerland (less than 1% of the population)

Russian
- Belarus
- Russia

Serbian
- Serbia

Slovak
- Slovakia

Slovenian
- Slovenia

Spanish
- Spain

Swedish
- Sweden
- Finland

Turkish
- Turkey
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Greece (Northern Greece)

Ukrainian
- Ukraine

TO BE ADDED


- Finnish (Finnish-Swedish)


- Norwegian (Bokmal Nynorsk Sami)


- Estonian


- Belarusia


- Gaelic


- Lithuanian


- Luxembourgish


- Ukranian


- Slovene


- Hungarian


- Croatian


- Albanian


- Macedonian


- Montenedgren


- Serbo-Croatian





Notes


Andorra | Catalan | French, Castilian, Portuguese


Austria | German, Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian and Hungarian (official in Burgenland) |  


Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |  


Estonia | Estonian (eesti keel) | Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish


Finland | Finnish (suomi) 93.4%, Swedish 5.9% | small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities


Gibraltar | English | Llanito (a mixture of Spanish and English), Spanish


Iceland | Icelandic | English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken.


Latvia | Latvian (latviesu valoda) | Lithuanian, Russian


Lithuania | Lithuanian (lietuviu kalba) | Polish, Russian


Luxembourg | Luxembourgish (LÎtzebuergesch, the everyday spoken language), French (administrative language), German (administrative language) |  


Macedonia, Rep. of | Macedonian 68%, Albanian 25% |  


Moldova | Moldovan (virtually the same as the Romanian language), | Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)


Monaco | French | Monegasque, English, Italian,


Montenegro | Serbo-Croatian (Ijekavian dialect - official) |  


Norway | Norwegian (nynorsk and bokmal) | small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities


Romania | Romanian (romana) | Hungarian, German


Spain | Spanish (español - the Castilian version) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% | note: Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally.


Sweden | Swedish (svenska) | small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities.


Turkey | Turkish (türkçe) | Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek


United Kingdom | English | Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)



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Nations Online "European Languages" Article


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Wikipedia "European Languages" List


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Wikipedia "Languages of Europe" Article


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Wikipedia "Languages of Europe" Category









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