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noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociolinguistics, sociology

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Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: bahsa raseumi — language
  • Afrikaans: amptelike taal — language
  • Albanian: gjuha zyrtare — language
  • Amharic: የስራ ቋንቋ (yäsra ḳwanḳwa) — language
  • Arabic: لُغَة رَسْمِيَّة (luḡa rasmiyya) — language
  • Aragonese: idioma oficial — language
  • Armenian: պաշտոնական լեզու (paštonakan lezu) — language
  • Asturian: llingua oficial — language
  • Avar: расмияб мацӏ (rasmijab macʼ) — language
  • Azerbaijani: rəsmi dil — language
  • Azerbaijani: dövlət dili — language
  • Bashkir: рәсми тел (rəsmi tel) — language
  • Basque: hizkuntza ofizial — language
  • Belarusian: афіцы́йная мо́ва (aficýjnaja móva) — language
  • Bengali: দাপ্তরিক ভাষা (daptorik bhaśa) — language
  • Breton: yezh ofisiel — language
  • Bulgarian: официа́лен ези́к (oficiálen ezík) — language
  • Catalan: llengua oficial — language
  • Chechen: официалан мотт (oficialan mott) — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 官方語言 /官方语言 (gun1 fong1 jyu5 jin4) — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 正式語文 /正式语文 (zing3 sik1 jyu5 man4) — language
  • Hakka Chinese: 官方語言 /官方语言 (kôn-fông ngî-ngièn) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 官方語言 /官方语言 (guānfāng yǔyán) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正式語文 /正式语文 (zhèngshì yǔwén) — language
  • Wu Chinese: 官方語言 /官方语言 (1kuoe-faon 6gniu-yi) — language
  • Chuvash: патшалӑх чӗлхи (patšalăh čĕlh̬i) — language
  • Crimean Tatar: resmiy til — language
  • Czech: úřední jazyk — language
  • Danish: officielt sprog — language
  • Dhivehi: ރަސްމީ ބަސް (rasmī bas) — language
  • Dutch: ambtstaal — language
  • Dutch: officiële taal — language
  • Erzya: масторонь кель (mastoroń keľ) — language
  • Esperanto: oficiala lingvo — language
  • Estonian: ametlik keel — language
  • Extremaduran: lengua oficial — language
  • Finnish: virallinen kieli — language
  • French: langue officielle — language
  • Saterland Frisian: amtssproake — language
  • West-Frisian: offisjele taal — language
  • Friulian: lenghe uficiâl — language
  • Galician: lingua oficial — language
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო ენა (saxelmc̣ipo ena) — language
  • German: Amtssprache — language
  • Greek: επίσημη γλώσσα (epísimi glóssa) — language
  • Haitian Creole: lang ofisyèl — language
  • Hawaiian: ʻōlelo kūhelu — language
  • Hebrew: שָׂפָה רִשְׁמִית (safá rishmít) — language
  • Hindi: राजभाषा (rājbhāṣā) — language
  • Hungarian: hivatalos nyelv — language
  • Icelandic: opinbert tungumál — language
  • Igbo: asụsụ obodo — language
  • Ilocano: opisial a pagsasao — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa resmi — language
  • Ingush: паччахьалкхен мотт (paččaḥralqen mott) — language
  • Interlingua: lingua official — language
  • Irish: teanga oifigiúil — language
  • Italian: lingua ufficiale — language
  • Japanese: 公用語 (kōyōgo) — language
  • Javanese: basa resmi — language
  • Kabyle: tutlayt tamaddudt — language
  • Kannada: ರಾಜಭಾಷೆ (rājabhāṣe) — language
  • Karachay-Balkar: официал тил (ofitsial til) — language
  • Kazakh: ресми тіл (resmi tıl) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាផ្លូវការ (phiəsaa phləw kaa) — language
  • Korean: 공용어 (gong'yong'eo) — language
  • Central Kurdish: زمانی فەرمی (zmanî fermî) — language
  • Kyrgyz: расмий тил (rasmiy til) — language
  • Ladino: lingua ofisiala — language
  • Lao: ພາສາລັດຖະການ (phā sā lat tha kān) — language
  • Latvian: valsts valoda — language
  • Limburgish: officieel taol — language
  • Lithuanian: valstybinė kalba — language
  • Luxembourgish: offiziell Sprooch — language
  • Macedonian: службен јазик (služben jazik) — language
  • Madurese: bhâsa resmi — language
  • Malagasy: fiteny ôfisialy — language
  • Malay: bahasa rasmi — language
  • Malayalam: ഔദ്യോഗിക ഭാഷ (audyōgika bhāṣa) — language
  • Maltese: lingwa uffiċjali — language
  • Manx: çhengey oikoil — language
  • Marathi: अधिकृत भाषा (adhikŕt bhāṣā) — language
  • Marathi: राजभाषा (rājbhāṣā) — language
  • Eastern Mari: кугыжаныш йылме (kugyžanyš jylme) — language
  • Mazanderani: رسمی زوون — language
  • Mingrelian: სახენწჷფო ნინა (saxenc̣əpo nina) — language
  • Mongolian: албан ёсны хэл (alban josny xel) — language
  • Neapolitan: lengua ufficiale — language
  • Nepali: आधिकारिक भाषा (ādhikārik bhāṣā) — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: offisielt språk — language
  • Occitan: lenga oficiala — language
  • Papiamentu: idioma ofisial — language
  • Pashto: رسمي ژبه (rasmí žëba) — language
  • Iranian Persian: زَبانِ رَسْمی (zabân-e rasmi) — language
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: ofishol laenghwij — language
  • Polish: język urzędowy — language
  • Portuguese: língua oficial — language
  • Punjabi: دَفْتَری زُبان (daftarī zubān) — language
  • Quechua: tukri simi — language
  • Romanian: limbă oficială — language
  • Russian: официа́льный язы́к (oficiálʹnyj jazýk) — language
  • Santali: ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ — language
  • Scots: offeecial leid — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: cànan oifigeil — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: службени језик — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: službeni jezik — language
  • Shan: ၽႃႇသႃႇပဵၼ်တၢင်းၵၢၼ် (phàa sàa pǎen táang kǎan) — language
  • Sicilian: lingua ufficiali — language
  • Sindhi: سرڪاري ٻولي (srkāre ḇole) — language
  • Slovak: úradný jazyk — language
  • Slovene: uradni jezik — language
  • Spanish: idioma oficial — language
  • Spanish: lengua oficial — language
  • Sundanese: basa resmi — language
  • Swahili: lugha rasmi — language
  • Swedish: officiellt språk — language
  • Tagalog: opisyal na wika — language
  • Tajik: забони расмӣ (zabon-i rasmi) — language
  • Tamil: ஆட்சிமொழி (āṭcimoḻi) — language
  • Tatar: рәсми тел (räsmi tel) — language
  • Telugu: అధికార భాష (adhikāra bhāṣa) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาราชการ (paa-sǎa-râat-chá-gaan) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาทางการ (paa-sǎa-taang-gaan) — language
  • Turkish: resmî dil — language
  • Udmurt: официальной кыл (oficiaľnoj kyl) — language
  • Ukrainian: офіці́йна мо́ва (oficíjna móva) — language
  • Urdu: دَفْتَری زُبان (daftarī zubān) — language
  • Urdu: دَفْتَری زَبان (daftarī zabān) — language
  • Uzbek: davlat tili — language
  • Venetan: łéngua ufisałe — language
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ chính thức — language
  • Walloon: lingaedje oficir — language
  • Welsh: iaith swyddogol — language
  • Xhosa: ulwimi olusemthethweni — language
  • Yakut: ил тыл (il tïl) — language