List of Official Languages By State - S

S

• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • English

• Saint Lucia
  • English

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • English

• Samoa
  • English (official)
  • Samoan (national)

• San Marino
  • Italian

• São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Portuguese

• Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic

• Senegal
  • French
  • Jola-Fogny (national)
  • Mandinka (national)
  • Pulaar (national)
  • Serer (national)
  • Wolof (national)

• Serbia
  • Serbian (statewide)
  • Albanian (in some municipalities in southern Serbia, Preshevo, Bujanovac, Medveđa)
  • Bosniak (in municipalities of Sandzak)
  • Croatian (in Vojvodina)
  • Hungarian (in Vojvodina)
  • Romanian (in Vojvodina)
  • Rusyn (in Vojvodina)
  • Slovak (in Vojvodina)

• Seychelles
  • English
  • French
  • Seychellois Creole

• Sierra Leone
  • English

• Singapore
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Malay
  • Tamil

• Slovakia
  • Slovak

• Slovenia
  • Slovene (statewide)
  • Hungarian (minority language in Dobrovnik, Hodoš, and Lendava)
  • Italian (minority language in Izola, Koper, and Piran)
  • Croatian (minority language in Metlika, Brežice)

• Solomon Islands
  • English

• Somalia
  • Somali (national).
  • Arabic

• South Africa
  • Afrikaans
  • English
  • Southern Ndebele
  • Northern Sotho
  • Sotho
  • Swazi
  • Tsonga
  • Tswana
  • Venda
  • Xhosa
  • Zulu

(all 11 official, statewide)

• Spain
  • Spanish (statewide)
  • Catalan (in the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, and Valencia)
  • Galician (in Galicia)
  • Basque (in Basque Country and Navarre)
  • Asturian (recognized minority language in Asturias)
  • Occitan (in Catalonia)

• Sri Lanka
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil

• Sudan
  • Arabic
  • English

• Suriname
  • Dutch

• Swaziland
  • English
  • Swazi

• Sweden
  • Swedish
  • Finnish (in Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå, and the surrounding areas) (minority language)
  • Meänkieli (in Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå, and the surrounding areas) (minority language)
  • Romani (historical minority language)
  • Sami (in Arjeplog, Gällivare, Jokkmokk, Kiruna, and the surrounding areas) (minority language)
  • Yiddish (historical minority language)
  • Swedish Sign Language (minority language)

• Switzerland
  • German (in Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Saint Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Uri, Valais, Zug, and Zürich)
  • French (in Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais, and Vaud)
  • Italian (in Ticino and Graubünden)
  • Romansh (in Graubünden)

• Syria
  • Arabic