There are certain foreign languages in some countries that are considered to be critical from the security point of view. The classification and listing of critical languages is different from country to country depending, besides Language and National Security, upon several factors.
Some critical languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin dialect), Persian, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Swahili, and Yoruba.
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