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  1. References. List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language. Official language (As Mandarin in China and Taiwan) Co-official language (As Cantonese in Hong Kong alongside English, in Macau alongside Portuguese. As Mandarin in Singapore alongside English, Malay, and Tamil.)

  2. Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories. China: Standard Chinese: English ; Portuguese ; Mongolian; Uyghur; Tibetan; Zhuang; Kazakh; Korean; Other Sinitic languages Christmas Island: English; Mandarin Chinese; Malay Cocos (Keeling) Islands: English; Cocos Malay; Malay: Colombia: Spanish

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    Official Language
    Abkhaz Russian
    Persian (Dari) Pashto
    Arabic Berber
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  4. This is a list of lists of countries and territories by official language. List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages; List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language; List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language

  5. Cantonese as an official spoken language. As special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau list the ambiguous "Chinese" as their official language, although in practice the regionally traditional Cantonese language is used by the government as the official variant of Chinese rather than the mainland's customary variant of Mandarin.

  6. The following is a list of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language. While those countries or territories that designate Chinese as an official language use the term "Chinese", as Chinese is a group of related language varieties, of which many are not mutually intelligible, in the context of the spoken language such ...

  7. Apr 10, 2024 · Last updated April 10, 2024 • 5 min read From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Contents.

  8. Cantonese is predominantly spoken in the Guangdong province, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, and Macau. It serves as the lingua franca in Hong Kong and Macau, regions where it enjoys official language status alongside English and Portuguese, respectively.