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official languages

official languages is the plural of official language.

Meaning of official language

Noun

official language (plural official languages)

  1. A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.
    • A lot of multilingual countries promote an official language, but the United States has never done so with English. In fact, the US has no official language.2018 June 15, Harmeet Kaur, “FYI: English isn’t the official language of the United States”, in CNN

Questions about official languages

What is official languages the plural of?
Official languages is the plural of official language.

Words near official languages in the dictionary

  1. official cover
  2. official covers
  3. official gazette
  4. official gazettes
  5. official language
  6. official languages
  7. official mark
  8. official marks
  9. Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  10. official passport
  11. official passports

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Adapted from Wiktionary: official languages (page history and authors); official language (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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