The list may be used to identify the language spoken by a client, to assist you in booking an interpreting service. This list is not exhaustive. This list of languages spoken in countries around the world is adapted from Improving the use of translation and interpreting services: A guide to Victorian Government policy and procedures, published by the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs in 2003.
FAQ 3 - Language list by country and place
| Afghanistan | Pashtu, Farsi, Dari, Hazaragi, other Turkish and minor languages |
| Albania | Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek |
| Algeria | Arabic, French, Berber dialects |
| Andorra | Catalán, French, Castilian, Portugese |
| Angola | Portugese, bantu and other African languages |
| Antigua & Barbuda | English, local dialects |
| Argentina | Spanish, English, Italian, German, French |
| Armenia | Armenian, Russian |
| Australia | English, Indigenous languages including Pitjantjara, Ngarrindjeri, Yankunytjatjara and Adnymathanha |
| Austria | German, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani, Turkic, Russian, Armenian, other |
| Bahamas | English, Creole |
| Bahrain | Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu |
| Bangladesh | Bangla, English |
| Barbados | English |
| Belarus | Belorussian, Russian, other |
| Belize | English, Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carribian), Creole |
| Benin | French, Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages |
| Bhutan | Dzongkha, Tibetan and Nepalese dialects |
| Bolivia | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbain (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian); written languages use Latin & Cyrillic script |
| Botswana | English, Setswana |
| Brazil | Portugese, Spanish, English, French |
| Brunei Darussalam | Malay, English, Chinese |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian, secondary ethnic languages |
| Burkina Faso | French, Indigenous African (Sudanese) languages |
| Burundi | Kirundi, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda |
| Cambodia | Khmer, French, English |
| Cameroon | French, English, 24 major African language groups |
| Canada | English, French, Indigenous languages |
| Cape Verde | Portugese, Criuolo |
| Central African Republic | French, Sangho, Arabic, Hansa, Swahili |
| Chad | French, Arabic, Sara, more than 120 languages & dialects |
| Chile | Spanish |
| China (PRC) | Cantonese, Mandarin (Putonghua), and dialects (Daur, Kalmyk-Oirat, Lu, Peripheral Mongolian, Central Tibetan, Uyghur, Xibe, Zhuang) |
| Colombia | Spanish |
| Comoros | Arabic and French, Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend) |
| Congo, Republic of | French, Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, and local languages/dialects |
| Congo (DRC) | French, Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| Costa Rica | Spanish, English |
| Côte d'Ivoire | French, African languages (Diaula esp.) |
| Croatia | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all formerly known as Serbo-Croatian), Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German and other languages |
| Cuba | Spanish |
| Cyprus | Greek, Turkish, English |
| Czech Republic | Czech |
