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Languages of the World ---
Commercial and Spoken Languages (Dialects) Used Worldwide



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In many countries, different languages and/or dialects are being spoken. The commercial language(s) shown refers to the language(s) of choice for world trade communication.

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Asia - Far & Near East

Country (Area) Spoken Language(s) 
or Dialect(s)
Commercial
 Language(s) 
 
Afghanistan Dari
Pushtu
English
Pushtu
Bangladesh Bangla (Bengali)
English
English
Bhutan Dzongkha English
Brunei Malay
English
English
Cambodia Khmer Khmer
China Mandarin
various dialects
English
Mandarin
  - Hong Kong Cantonese
Mandarin
English
English
Mandarin
  - Macau Portuguese
Cantonese
English
Portuguese
East Timor Bahasa Indonesia
English
English
India Hindi
English
English
Hindi
Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia
Javanese
English
English
Japan Japanese English
Japanese
Kazakhstan Russian
Kazakh
Russian
English
Korea
North
Korean English
Korean
Korea
South
Korean English
Korean
Kyrgyzstan Kirghizian
Russian
Uzbek
English
Kirghizian
Laos Lao French
Malaysia Malay
English
Tamil
English
Maldives Dhivehi English
Mongolia Khalkha Mongolian
Kazakh
Khalkha Mongolian
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese
English
English
Nepal Nepali
Maithili
English
Pakistan Urdu
Punjabi
English
English
Philippines Pilipino
English
English
Singapore Malay
English
Tamil
Mandarin
English
Sri Lanka Sinhala
Tamil
English
English
Taiwan Mandarin
Taiwanese (Min)
English
Mandarin
Tajikistan Tadzhik
Uzbek
Russian
English
Tadzhik
Thailand Thai
English
English
Turkmenistan Turkmenian
Russian
English
Turkmenian
Uzbekistan Uzbek
Russian
English
Uzbek
Vietnam Vietnamese English
 



Asia - Middle East

Country (Area)Spoken Language(s)
or Dialect(s)
Commercial
Language(s)
 
Bahrain Arabic
English
Farsi
English
Arabic
Irag Farsi (Persian)
Azerbaijani
English
French
Iran Farsi
Kurdish
Farsi
English
Israel Hebrew
Arabic
English
Jordan Arabic
English
Arabic
English
Kuwait Arabic
English
English
Arabic
Lebanon Arabic
French
English
French
English
Arabic
Oman Arabic
English
Farsi
English
Arabic
Palestinian
  West Bank-Gaza
Arabic
Hebrew
Arabic
English
Qatar Arabic
English
English
Arabic
Saudi Arabia Arabic English
Arabic
Syria Arabic Arabic
English
French
Turkey Turkish
Kurdish
Arabic
English
French
United Arab Emirates Arabic
English
Farsi
English
Arabic
Yemen Arabic
English
Farsi
Arabic
English

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