When you travel to another country, what is the first thing you notice? It might be the name of the country or the flag, but if it’s not these two things, then it will probably be English. English is a widely spoken language around the world and it has become an official language in many countries around the world. Countries that have English as their official language are called Anglophone countries.
There are currently more than 200 countries in the world, so you must learn English. Every year, some of these become independent nations. Most of them also adopt English as their official language. Check out this list to find out which countries have adopted English as their official language.
You may have heard of countries where English is the only official language, but you probably never thought that there are some countries with English as the only official language. Here’s a list of countries with English as their official language.
A common discussion around languages is to know which country has the most number of people speaking a certain language. But if you think about it, this doesn’t really answer the question. For example, India has about 24 different languages that are spoken by its diverse people. See also, european countries that speak English.
What Countries Have English as an Official Language?
The English language developed in Europe in the middle ages. The English language is also the only official language of a country called UK and many other countries too. Here is a list of the countries whose native language has English as an official language. See also, what countries speak English.
Countries Where English Is an Official Language
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- The British Virgin Islands
- Cameroon
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- England
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Ireland, Northern
- Ireland, Republic of
- Jamica
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa, See English speaking countries in africa.
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- The Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Vanuatu
- Wales
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Why English Is Not the Official Language of the United States?
Although, English is an official language of the US. but there are very few people who speak pure English in this country. Nowadays 11 states of USA have a different state as their official language and below we saw that all these 11 states have spoken either Hindi or another Indian languages which means India has become one of 4 countries whose English is not their native tounge (USA, Canada UK only). No Country Else But America Has Pure English as the Official Language Canada has a large population of English immigrants. Many people in Canada speak only English. Yes, you are right Sir! We know that most White-Americans speaks only pure American which no other native language can rival its status. However, we would like to point out one thing here: If I say India is largest country who doesn’t have any separate state spoken just solely by Indian speaking people then maybe obviously. But Canada has about 35 different languages spoken by its people. Now we really doubt that if USA is considered as the world’s largest country then how it can be the main competitor to India here and from another side, who are thinks speech of English should be equal first in any two large countries like US and INDIA. YOU MAY LIKE countries that speak English