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Official English In The World

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Research by ProEnglish has found that 54 countries around the world have English as an official language. Most of those countries are located in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

The research shows that the U.S. is out of step with most English-speaking nations, and is one of the few countries that operate without an official language. Ten Latin American countries have Spanish as their official language.

Of the 54 countries that have made English their official language, 27 countries, or half, have made English their sole official language. Those countries are:

Antigua & Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados          

Belize       

Dominica          

Micronesia      

Fiji          

Gambia        

Ghana           

Grenada          

Guyana    

Jamaica          

Kiribati           

Liberia

Namibia

Nigeria

Sechelles

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

St. Lucia

St. Vincent Grenadines

St. Kitts & Nevis

Trinidad & Tobago

United Kingdom

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 


Perhaps the United States should also make English its official language.

  

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