TLDR Romanian is Moldova’s sole official language, a status confirmed by a 2023 law that struck “Moldovan” from the constitution and legal code entirely. Russian remains the practical second language…
Table of Contents Ask most people what language Lesotho speaks and you’ll get one answer: Sesotho. That answer is correct and also about a decade out of date. Lesotho’s constitution…
Table of Contents The Short Version Colombia’s population breaks down into five recognized groups: Mestizo, White, Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, and Roma (Gitano). Mestizo and White Colombians together make up the large…
Table of Contents Search “languages of Tonga” and you get Tongan, full stop, maybe a line about English being co-official. That’s the answer for a tourist. It’s not the whole…
Table of Contents The quick numbers Ask ten people what percentage of the UAE is Emirati and you’ll get ten different answers, mostly because the sources they’re pulling from disagree…
TLDR Palau’s population, roughly 21,900 people spread across more than 300 islands, is dominated by indigenous Palauans (a Micronesian people with Malayan and Melanesian ancestry), who make up somewhere between…
Quick answer Portuguese is the official language of Guinea-Bissau, but it’s the language almost nobody grew up speaking. That job belongs to Kriyol (also spelled Kriol or Crioulo), a Portuguese-based…
Table of Contents Quick Answer English is Zambia’s official language, but almost nobody learns it as a first language — it’s the language of government, schools, and business, not the…
TLDR Tuvalu has two official languages: Tuvaluan (the daily language for most of the country) and English (used in government, courts, and schools). There’s a wrinkle, though — on the…
TLDR Mali doesn’t have a single official language anymore. Its 2023 constitution named 13 national languages — Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay, Soninke, and…