NationStates Jolt Archive


Your Nation's Official Language

The Alliance of Davis
18-11-2007, 01:15
My nation's official languages are Spanish and English.
Ariddia
18-11-2007, 01:24
Wymgani, French and English.
Urcea
18-11-2007, 01:29
Latin/Italian.
Thessonika
18-11-2007, 01:35
Greek and English,Spanish are mandatory
Yallak
18-11-2007, 01:40
English and Yallakian
Gronkballs
18-11-2007, 01:53
Tongues and voiceboxes are removed at birth, and replaced with an electronic transmitter/GPS device.

Communication is only allowed if it matches the current parameters being broadcast from the central Tower.

When communication does occur, it is a quad-state digital code-division multiple access pattern.
Solenial
18-11-2007, 11:12
Solenials Official languages are Solen and English.

Solenials Languée Offiziale er Solen de Englaize.
Vetalia
18-11-2007, 11:23
Vetalian Russian, a dialect of the standard Russian language that includes some influences from ancient Latinate languages. It also has a nasal tone to it that is pretty immediately recognizable anywhere in the world; it makes it hard, of course, to pass off originating from another Russian-speaking nation because few other cultures sound similar to Vetalian speech.
Jawshizzle
18-11-2007, 11:42
Scots Gaelic and English
Jeru FC
18-11-2007, 12:52
Jewish, Arabic, French, Latin and English ...

Jeruselem is like a weird Israel (Jeru FC is a puppet).
Centrax
18-11-2007, 14:30
centrax speaks English, Spanish, and French.
The Adriatic Islands
18-11-2007, 14:45
Mine is Adriatic Croatian and English
Uiri
18-11-2007, 14:58
Uir is the official language, being the natives language at first than having french influences and then english influences shaped it into what it is today.

All Uir words have a CVCV pattern with no double vowels or consanants. There are a few exceptions however.

English and French are also widely spoken in certain communities.
Qooi
18-11-2007, 15:05
English, the global language of trade, is spoken by the vast majority. Minority languages include French, Old-Imperial Latin, and several native dialogues.

State-funded education mandate bilingualism until university-level, however certain Great-Cult schools are able to gain an exemption, providing their curriculums are approved by the Great-Cult Council.
Kirav
18-11-2007, 15:07
Standard Coscivian is the official language, However, 97% of the population speaks another Coscivian language instead.

English is widely known, and is the official language of the Eastern Kiravian Empire.

Many also speak Scots Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Orkney, Faeroese, Greenlandic, Italian, Latin, Samoyedic, and German. These are tertiary official languages in several colonies.

Arkik is a co-official language in New Harbour.
Cookesland
18-11-2007, 15:24
the Official Language of Cookesland is English

however Yokarian and Italian are Officially-Recognized Minority Languages
Brutland and Norden
18-11-2007, 20:27
Nord-Brutlandese. However, the grant of Timberland/Marchòcchiese is bilingual in both Nord-Brutlandese and English.
Elves Security Forces
18-11-2007, 20:31
English and Elvish, although all laws are presented in the over 20 other languages spoken in Valanora (IC government of ESF and three other nations).
Nowhereinpertik
18-11-2007, 21:32
here in Nowhereinpertik, we believe that it is not so much the tongue used but the style applied. Therefore balderdash and bewilderment are compulsary together with the art of Bafflement By Bull. Also international sign language of the single and double finger extension.
Swilatia
18-11-2007, 21:50
Polish and English.
Delmarva Jersey
18-11-2007, 22:05
English is the primary language, but there are several other used, for various reasons, by fairly large minorities. These include--

French, German, Italian, and Romansh (the influence of Swiss immigrants)

A number of Algonquian languages (Native American revivalists, often neither natives nor Americans).

Several African languages, particularly West African languages related to those of the people of Liberia and its environs.

And several dialects of English and pidgin languages that are almost but not quite enough to be considered their own languages.
Shendland
18-11-2007, 23:47
Shendish is the only official language, although English and French are taught in schools.

Shendish is the only member of the Shendic group of Germanic languages. Example phrases in Shendish:

Sydl/Syl: Hello (to a man/woman)

Kvad hetardu? What is your name?

Yeg Heta... My Name is...

Kvadan artu? Where are you from?

Yeg ar fru Shendlandi: I am from Shendland.

Kvada Sprakmal talardu? Which language do you speak?

Yeg tala Shendsku: I speak Shendish.

Vil likum ekki teipana tinni vid detta stadana: We don't like your kind around here.
Deasrargle
19-11-2007, 00:43
There are four official languages here (in an attempt to stop the country dividing). These are gaelic, english, Greek (of the Pantocratorian variety with an older grammar) and Ulster Scots (of which no one is quite sure how it arrived on the island).
Taeshan
19-11-2007, 01:29
taeshanese, english,german,tagolic,Filopino,Russian,swiss,iraqi,aslaean,ashwerenese
Ignorant Idiots
19-11-2007, 01:34
English and German are the official languages but every child is required to learn 3 other languages during school
ChristianFlorissant
19-11-2007, 01:37
ChristianFlorissant's main languages are English, Spanish, French, and German. Secondary Language are Greek, Chinese, Russian, and Latin.:cool:
Esote
19-11-2007, 01:44
Esote's tomen lokana ere tamil enu saldir.

Esote's national languages are tamil and english.
Londonian
19-11-2007, 03:02
Londonian's official Language is English, though we accept other languages too.
Zanyo
19-11-2007, 03:03
Official Languages: Russian, Japanese

Order of Popularity:

Russian is most common, due to the culture of its founders and people.
Japanese is second most common, due to its location.
English is third common, due to its importance in international commerce, and is common enough to make it onto this list.

Zanyo's citizens have a diverse amount of dialects, but tend to have little trouble understanding even the rarest of them.
Neo-Erusea
19-11-2007, 03:06
Russian is Erusea's official language, while English and German are common as second languages...
South Lorenya
19-11-2007, 03:07
The official languages are English and Dragonic, and the most common non-official language is french.
Julianus II
19-11-2007, 03:11
Spanish is our language, though one does here French and Greek in academic circles. Bayerische Deutsch is also heard in the mountain regions.

Me gusta el español.
Ruthless Slaughter
19-11-2007, 03:16
The official languages are English and Latin with Italian as a popular secondary.

Mandatory secondary languages are the most used primary languages of fellow United Defense Directorate members who do not primarily speak English.
Belkaros
19-11-2007, 03:21
Belkan English is the official spoken/written language. Latin is used by the government, church and many other organizations. All citizens can read both languages, but few outside the government speak Latin fluently.
Vista Buena
19-11-2007, 03:37
English and a special Dutch accent that originated from our nation.
The Fanboyists
19-11-2007, 03:49
Asturiano (Spanish dialect spoken in the north of Spain)(for some unknown reason, large numbers of people speak this.) Spanish, Latin (by churches, for some official documents), English, German or High German dialect (see Latin for uses), and Germanic-Scandinavian (I.E. Norse or Danish) Languages are common.

Mostly English, German (the common ones) though.
Palamo
19-11-2007, 04:49
My nation's official languages are Spanish and English.

mine finds nordic to be the official language with sublanguages beins spanish , english and german
Snefaldia
19-11-2007, 05:07
Well, the "official" language is Bagura, but it's hardly universal. We've got Sringi in the north, Allashan (and several regional dialects), Bae in east, and Zhonghua northeast. The south is divided into two linguistici groups- Eastern and Western Neeri, which are diglossic but dialectically seperate. Latin and Greek are used form some government documents and as a sort of lingua france of the elderly. There are pockets of German in the southwest.
Aschenhyrst
20-11-2007, 02:42
Official Language: Aschenhyrstian-English a variant of American-English
Non-Official Languages (more than 5 million speakers):
Scots-Gaelic (Newtownstuart Province, Islay Colony, Lindesfarne Colony) Irish-Gaelic (Ulster Province, Hibernia Province, Lindesfarne Colony, Barotia Colony)
German & Dutch (Protectorate of Queen Anirtak)

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Former Languages:
Gallian-a Toopoxian dialect: Former native tounge of the territories of East and West Gaelia. Language perserved only in written form, Barred from being spoken. This language died with the Gallian population

Ogemexetralian: Former native tounge of the New Territory(unnamed as of yet.)
Forethrogenar
20-11-2007, 03:21
The official languages of Forethrogenar are German and English.


Die offiziellen Sprachen der Forethrogenar sind Deutsch und Englisch.
Oliverry
20-11-2007, 05:39
Oliverry's official languages, de jure, are French, English and Limbrogidlian. In addition, every province may set its own official languages. For example, the province of Southern Limbrogidlia has English, Limbrogidlian and Limbruenglish as official languages. The latter is a creole of English and Limbrogidlian.
Sylvonia
20-11-2007, 05:52
We speak French primarily, but English (required), Elvish (highly recommended), and German (also highly recommended) are all accepted on official documents and are a prerequisite if you plan to get a job in the government. Sylvonian (which has it's roots in latin, but also has parts of Greek) is unfortunately nearly dead, except for the scholars studying the ancient texts. Elvish and German are only recommended so much because we would like to avoid regional conflict, namely with Der Teutoniker.
Jaerra
20-11-2007, 17:21
The major languages in the Jaerran Empire are divided as such:

74% of the population speaks High Jaerran (Low Jaerran originating in the southern regions of the continent is a dead language) which is derived from German and French.

9% of the population speaks actual German (as in from the nation of Germany not a language derived from German).

7% of the population speaks Spanish.

5% of the population speaks English.

4% of the population speaks Arabic (mostly in the Islamic areas of the country of course).

1% of the population speaks various asianic languages and various Eastern European languages.
Omigodtheykilledkenny
20-11-2007, 17:31
The Federal Republic has no "official" language; it doesn't need one, since English is nearly universally spoken. Spanish is widely spoken as well; most who speak it also speak English.
Kura-Pelland
20-11-2007, 17:32
English is the official language; Dutch and Italian are officially recognised in the regions of Noorde and Sudesti respectively, but requirements for printing everything in both languages have been removed recently.
Sarosia Pacific
21-11-2007, 14:15
English is the official language.

However, Russian is also widely spoken and understood, due to the large number of Russian refugees resident in Sarosia, following China's annexation of the Russian Far East and the current Russia-Japan conflict on Sakhalin Island.
Pinguinum
21-11-2007, 22:40
English and Italian are the two official national languages. English is considered as essential becuase it is a internationally understood language.
Pinguinian is a nation-specific dialect only spoken by Pinguinians.
It is a cross-mixture of English and Italian. If you can understand both English and Italian, you might be able to understand Pinguinian.
Westerworld
22-11-2007, 13:38
The majority of the population (68%) speak English. 29% speak German. And the remaing 3% speak Doggy Language.
Jarre
22-11-2007, 13:53
In The Kingdom of Jarre it is compulsory to learn many languages.

The main spoken language is English and Altana. Altana, an ancient language of the Kingdom thought to have derived from the "visit" of the Altana aliens 3000 years ago. Altana is needed to understand the history of the land and the ancient texts of knowledge as well as operating windows Vista, the pointless technological present last left. The population is taught both languages from the age of 4 and is not allowed to leave school at 18 untill they pass a very stringent examination in both languages. They are allowed 4 attempts at the exam which has a pass rate of 85%. After the 4th failure they will be extradited to Belgium. It is illegal to speak or write in "1337" (Leet), txt language and any speach resemblance to the Teletubies. Doing so is a Prisonable offense of no less than 10 years hard labour.
Yanitaria
22-11-2007, 13:58
English, French, and Norwegian
Bettia
22-11-2007, 14:00
Bettia's main languages are English and Welsh, with Arabic, Indonesian and Banast (a native language) also widely spoken.
Burlovia
22-11-2007, 14:18
Russian. Just Russian. Though you will get along with people if you only master the different terms of asking/offering/buying/selling/trading vodka. A variety of different languages are taught in school, but in public Russian is the only official language.
St Samuel
22-11-2007, 14:21
English is the official language, whilst Italian, Latin and Italian are widely spoken. French, German, Spanish and Swedish is spoken in parts.
The Indonesian states
23-11-2007, 06:52
Indonesia Serikat's National Language is Indonesian, but all people know their regional language (Javanese, Sundanese, Dutch, etc.). By the 8th Grade, students can speak English. By 12th Grade, students can speak on foreign language (Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, etc.)

So, most, if not all, Indonesians can speak up to four Languages:

Indonesian
English
Regional Language
Foreign Language
Greater Dunedin
23-11-2007, 07:01
English (Official)

Many other languages spoken in ethnic communities.
Ordo Drakul
23-11-2007, 07:01
My people are the Muri, who speak Shadowspeech. Non-muri speak other languages, but must get by in Shadowspeech to have any interactions with our government, except for the diplomatic corps, who will learn the languages of whatever nation they hope to operate in. The Ordo Argan Argari, our bankers, will also speak several foreign tongues.
New Neko
24-11-2007, 02:24
Latin is the official language of my country although English a widely spoken second language and is used for international trade.
Estovokia
24-11-2007, 06:35
Estovokia's official language is German.
Strator
24-11-2007, 11:10
Jewish, Arabic, French, Latin and English ...

Jeruselem is like a weird Israel (Jeru FC is a puppet).

Do you mean Hebrew?

Last time I checked, Jewish is actually an adjective to describe something which is of the religion "Judaism".
The Indonesian states
24-11-2007, 15:42
In The Kingdom of Jarre it is compulsory to learn many languages.

There seems to be only 2 languages on ypur nation...
Charlotte Ryberg
24-11-2007, 16:56
I don't pay much attention to official state languages, consider English as a 'Chief Lingua Franca' in my mind.
Evoinia
25-11-2007, 03:53
Evoinic English (much like regular English, but with particular phrases and a different vocal tone.), French, Glog, Native Evoir (A language which is never used outside of the nation itself)
Kirambi
25-11-2007, 11:22
Well... umm... I never even knew that self-made nations could have a language. Mine's probably English, I guess. *shrugs*
Zaheran
25-11-2007, 11:37
Zaheranic. A mix of German, English, Latin and Mongolic.
Alexandrian Ptolemais
25-11-2007, 12:21
The Empire uses English
Canteaul
25-11-2007, 15:31
Canteaulian, although there are many different dialects throughout the nation.
Charlotte Ryberg
25-11-2007, 15:46
So there's loads of nations that speak my language? Cool.
Magnus Valerius
25-11-2007, 22:19
The Valerian Empire's official language is Valerian. English is the lingua franca of the empire, so it's coofficial. Depending on the region, these two are coofficial with the following: French, Greek, German, Gothic, Latin, Gaelic, Magyar, Farsi (Persian), Korean, Japanese, or Elvish.
Pictishland
25-11-2007, 22:54
Pictish which is very similar to English except participles are dangled and there are no silent letters. Pictish sign language is used, also, especially around people from other nations.

I will use English here for easier communication between members, but if you see me making hand gestures and faces, ignore them.
Jarre
25-11-2007, 23:24
There seems to be only 2 languages on ypur nation...

Many does not have a defined number and can retort to any number more than 1. Therefore 2 can be classed as many or a few which both coexist in the thesaurus under numerous.

Don't nit pick, this is a virtual world and people make up stories and statistics about their own countries, whos to say that the definition of many is not different in my Kingdom to yours in this game we play?
The Harvest Lands
26-11-2007, 00:23
Main language English,

But throughout the land exist communities from all different countries speaking all different languages.
Icefloris
26-11-2007, 05:47
Primarily two languages: English and Iceflorian. Latin is taught in schools often.
Iceflorian is a language of Germanic descent, mixed with the language of the native Iceflorians.
Maraque
29-11-2007, 13:01
Maraquean, English, and German are all mandatory to speak, write, and understand fluently by all citizens of the Kingdom.

Maraquean is similar to German, but is easy to learn from English because every English word has a Maraquean counterpart and the structure and grammar rules are both the same.