Official Languages
Asia and Europe are the only two continents where most countries use native languages as their official languages, though English is also widespread.
- Abkhazia: Abkhaz, Russian
- Afghanistan: Persian, Pashto
- Armenia: Armenian
- Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani
- Bahrain: Arabic
- Bangladesh: Bengali
- Bhutan: Dzongkha
- Brunei: Malay, English
- Burma: Burmese
- Cambodia: Khmer
- China: Chinese
- Cyprus: Greek, Turkish
- East Timor: Tetum, Portuguese
- Georgia: Georgian
- India: Hindi, English
- Indonesia: Bahasa Indonesia
- Iran: Persian
- Iraq: Arabic, Kurdish
- Israel: Hebrew, Arabic
- Japan: Japanese
- Jordan: Arabic
- Kazakhstan: Kazakh, Russian
- Kuwait: Arabic
- Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian
- Laos: Laotian
- Lebanon: Arabic, French
- Malaysia: Malay, English
- Maldives: Dhivehi
- Mongolia: Mongolia
- Nepal: Nepalese
- North Korea: Korean
- Oman: Arabic
- Pakistan: Urdu, English
- Philippines: Tagalog
- Qatar: Arabic
- Russia: Russian
- Saudi Arabia: Arabic
- Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
- South Korea: Korean
- South Ossetia: Ossetic, Georgian, Russian
- Sri Lanka: Sinhalese, Tamil
- Syria: Arabic
- Taiwan: Chinese
- Tajikistan: Persian
- Thailand: Thai
- Turkey: Turkish
- Turkmenistan: Turkmen
- United Arab Emirates: Arabic
- Uzbekistan: Uzbek
- Vietnam: Vietnamese
- Yemen: Arabic
Read more about this topic: Languages Of Asia
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