Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

23 Official Languages of the EU

Have you ever wondered how many languages the European Union recognises as official spoken languages of Europe? Well the answer to that would be 23! There are 23 Official Languages in the European Union, these are made up of languages spoken the most in each member state.

There are more member states in the EU than there are official languages. This is because some member states share national languages such as Dutch in the Netherlands and Belgium, French in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The Official 23 languages of the EU are:

• Bulgarian (BG)
• Czech (CS)
• Danish (DA)
• German (DE)
• Greek (EL)
• English (EN)
• Spanish ES)
• Estonian (ET)
• Finnish (FI)
• French (FR)
• Irish (GA)
• Hungarian (HU)
• Italian (IT) (more…)