Can you name the official languages of the countries of Europe? by Maphead

Can you name the official languages of the countries of Europe?

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Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kazakhstan

Liechtenstein

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican City

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Official Languages of Europe Quiz

by Maphead

Created Jan 1, 2012 in Geography
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	Sesel:	Jan 1st, 2012 at 23:35 GMT	4 points
	Swedish is also an official language of Finland, and Montenegrin is more-or-less the same as Serbian.

	bobbleobble:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 00:49 GMT	3 points
	You missed Latvia

	Medved:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 00:58 GMT	2 points
	True, Sesel, but the Montenegrin constitution recognizes the language as Montenegrin, which is also very similar to Bosnian and dialects of Croatian.

	Maphead:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 04:24 GMT	1 point
	@bobbleobble: Thank you -- it has been fixed.

	Baba_O_Riley:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 09:02 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz but some things need to be fixed: 1. Slovenian is another name for Slovene and should also be accepted 2. Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia are not part of Europe 3. Belorussian = Belarusian

	yabot:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 09:29 GMT	5 points
	Frisian is also an official language of the Netherlands.

	adhair:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 GMT	-2 points
	Frisian is a regionally recognized language, but by that token, so are Papiamento and English. I'd keep it the way it is.

	chaste:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 13:56 GMT	5 points
	Frisian is an official language in the Netherlands.

	Maphead:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 16:31 GMT	3 points
	@Baba_O_Riley: 1. Yes, thank you. 2. Using the usually accepted boundaries between Europe and Asia, western Kazakhstan fits onto the Europe side. The Caucasus can be considered European, and frankly, you would have said the same thing if I had left them out. 3. That is accepted, I don't know why it didn't work for you.

	Andiyan:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 17:32 GMT	3 points
	@adhair, no, Frisian is recognized as an official language nationally. No other language besides Dutch has such a status.

	smekeldorfed:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 19:15 GMT	1 point
	Mirandese is an official language in Portugal.

	Jam1:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 19:16 GMT	1 point
	Azeri is another name for Azerbaijani, but other than that a good quiz

	Maphead:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 19:21 GMT	1 point
	@smekeldorfed: Mirandese is regionally official, but not nationally.

	Endaf:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 20:50 GMT	1 point
	Welsh is an official language of the UK. I get the defences of this quiz as far as they go, but you have to get these things right when you're talking about such a sensitive topic as language. I'm pretty sure that a non-Castilian would object to "Spanish" being the sole "official" language of Spain too.

	dtf:	Jan 2nd, 2012 at 23:50 GMT	2 points
	you should put "Irish" instead of gaelic because that's its proper name

	Maphead:	Jan 3rd, 2012 at 03:58 GMT	1 point
	@Endaf: Welsh is only official regionally. Ditto with Catalan, Basque, Occitan, etc. in Spain. Although Castilian is now accepted.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Jan 3rd, 2012 at 13:22 GMT	6 points
	The problem probably is, some to many countries do not have an "official language" per se (as in a well-defined document stating "Klingon, Quenya and Javascript are the official languages of Spyrclystan"). Others have recognised minority languages in legal documents, which makes them kinda official but as a clear second fiddle. Others again combine this, so you could make an argument for Germany having Danish, Sorbian, Romani and Frisian as official languages but not German, which would be nonsensical at best. So as with many others, some line has to be drawn, and as long as it is kept coherent, that's okay with me.

	adhair:	Jan 3rd, 2012 at 17:00 GMT	-1 points
	@Andiyan: Sorry, maar jij bent gewoon verkeerd. It has the same regional status that Papiamento has in the ABC isles. You might have a point if you want to distinguish between the Republic and the Kingdom, but that's a long shot.

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	Pelmert:	Jan 3rd, 2012 at 21:39 GMT	1 point
	@adhair: ga je het over taal hebben terwijl je zegt "je BENT verkeerd" haha? But adhair is right, the Kingdom of the Netherlands does not have an official language. The country the Netherlands though, which lies within the kingdom does have two official languages.

	SomeoneRandom:	Jan 4th, 2012 at 18:14 GMT	1 point
	Serbo-Croatian is one language. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin are just ethnic dialects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian

	CAYASIA:	Jan 4th, 2012 at 22:51 GMT	0 points
	Holland / The Netherlands has 2 official languages: Dutch AND Frisian. Regional or not, it doesn't matter. It is one of the two OFFICIAL languages of The Netherlands!!!

	Maphead:	Jan 4th, 2012 at 23:31 GMT	2 points
	The Netherlands has one official language: Dutch. It also has three regional languages: Frisian (Friesland), Papiamento (Bonaire), and English (Sint Eustatius & Saba). As such, Frisian has no status in, say, The Hague, any more than Hawaiian is official in Rhode Island.

	pottedstu:	Jan 5th, 2012 at 21:57 GMT	0 points
	The national language of Moldova is sometimes called Moldovan; it's a political statement to call it Romanian. You could also accept Croat for Croatian.

	colonel:	Jan 6th, 2012 at 03:08 GMT	-2 points
	I think the quiz is too long. Also can you please define what you mean by official?

	Bretzky:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 19:04 GMT	0 points
	This isn't really a quiz of "official" languages. If it were, then the UK should not be included because it has no "official" language, except a de facto one. Also, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia have no territory in Europe. They are entirely placed on the continent of Asia.