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The European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – have the higher status of "procedural" languages of the European Commission (whereas the European Parliament accepts all official languages as working languages).
The EU has 24 official languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. History.
The following is a list of the 23 official languages of the EU arranged in alphabetical order: 1) Bulgarian. 2) Czech. 3) Danish. 4) Dutch. 5) English. 6) Estonian. 7) Finnish. 8) French. 9) German. 10) Greek. 11) Hungarian. 12) Irish. 13) Italian. 14) Latvian. 15) Lithuanian. 16) Maltese. 17) Polish. 18) Portuguese. 19) Romanian.
- Criteria For Becoming A European Union Language
- Languages of The European Union
- The Importance of Multilingual Diversity in The European Union
For a language to qualify to be a European Union language, the language must be both the working and official language of the participating country. French qualifies to be a European Union language because it is the official language in France, which is a member of the EU. There are smaller languages that are spoken by groups of people in countries...
In 1958, four languages became the official European Union languages. These were French, Dutch, Italian and German. The other languages were adopted later in different years. Danish and English were introduced in 1973, Greek in 1981, Portuguese and Spanish in 1986, Finnish and Swedish in 1995, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltes...
The presence of the many languages in the European Union has had many benefits to individuals and nations. The learning of other languages has enhanced labor mobility; It has helped people from different regions understand each other better hence building cohesion among nations. On the economical aspect, language learning has boosted trade among co...
Multilingualism: The language of the European Union . SUMMARY . Some 7 000 languages are spoken globally today. However, half of the world's population shares just six native languages , and some 90 % of all languages may be replaced by dominant ones by the end of the century .
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The European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – have the higher status of "procedural" languages of the European Commission. Irish previously had the lower status of "treaty language" before being upgraded to an official and working language in 2007.
Sep 11, 2008 · A guide to languages in the European Union. 11 September 2008. by eub2 -- last modified 11 September 2008. The European Union has 27 Member States and 23 official languages. Each Member State, when it joins the Union, stipulates which language or languages it wants to have declared official languages of the EU. Advertisement. Linguistic Diversity.
