sábado, 26 de febrero de 2011

English as an official language


An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other territory. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a language (often indigenous) a legal status, even if that language is not widely spoken.
English is an official language in a many countries, in the following list, we can see countries where English language is an officual language:
  • Official language and first language: United kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada (It has influence of the French; The lexicon is American but the British spelling), Australia (With influence of indigenous languages), New Zealand (With influence of the Scotch and Irish immigrants of the S XIX), South Africa (To contributed to the universal English words like apartheid or trek) and United States.
  • Official Language (alone or with another languages), sometimes second language:
  • In Europe: Gibraltar and Malta.
  • In Africa: Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
  • In the Antilles: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Granada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Anguilla, Virgin Isles, Cayman Islands, Monserrat, Turks and Caicos.
  • In the Atlantic Ocean: The Bahamas, Guyana, the Bermudas, Holy Hellene and Malvinas.
  • In the Indian Ocean: Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles.
  • In Asia: Singapore and Hong Kong.
  • In Oceania: Fidji and Pitcairn, Kiribati, Nauru, New Guinea and Solomon.
The following video is a discussion for decide if English is an official U.S.A language?



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