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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.
May 12, 2018 · 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, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian in 2004, Bulgarian, Irish and and finally Romania in 2007.
Apr 2, 2017 · 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.
When acceding to the EU, new Member States declare which of their languages will become an official EU language. Currently, the EU has three alphabets (Cyrillic, Greek and Latin) and 24 official languages (see Figure 2), which are listed in the Treaties (Article 55(1) TEU).
Multilingualism: The language of the European Union. Briefing 08-04-2022. 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.
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.
