Ambihtlicu sprǣc is sum þing þæt man giefþ ānfealdlice mǣðe in þǣm landum, cynerīcu, and ōðrum landmearcum. Is þurh getācnunge sēo sprǣc gebrȳced in sumum landes legislative þingum, þēah sēo lagu in manigum þēodum beþearf þæt lēodweardes gewritu bēoþ ācenned on ōðrum sprǣcum ēac.
Ambihtlīce recognized sprǣca are often mistaken for official languages. Hūru, sprǣc, þe ambihtlīce oncnāwen fram þǣm lande is, gelǣred in scōlum, and gebrȳced in ambihtlicum ǣrendum nis ānunga ambihtlicu sprǣc. Tō bisene, Ladin and Sardinisc in Italian and Mirandese in Portugal are only officially recognized minority languages, not official languages in the strict sense.
Half þāra lēodmearca in þǣre worlude habbaþ ambihtlica sprǣca. Suma habbaþ ānlīce āne ambihtlice sprǣce, swā Albania, Francland, oþþe Liþūania, þēah in eallum þissum landum þǣr sind ōðra inlendisca sprǣca gesprocen ēac. Sume habbaþ mā þonne āne ambihtlice sprǣce, swā Afghanistan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Eritrēa, Finland, India, Paraguay, Sūþ Africa, and Swissland.
In sumum landscipum, swā Īrace, Italian, Russlande and Spēonlande, is þǣr ambihtlicu sprǣc for þǣm landscipe, ac ōðra sprǣca sind samambihtlica in sumum hefigum foldum. Sumu land, swā Australia, Swēoland, Tuvalu, and þā United States næbbaþ ambihtlica sprǣca.
Þā ambihtlican sprǣca sumra fyrnlandbūenda, typically Frencisc oþþe Englisc, ne sind þā ambihtlican sprǣca oþþe sēo wīdlīcoste gesprocene sprǣc.
In contrast, as a consequence of nationalism, Īrisc is sēo "þēodlice sprǣc" þǣre Republic Īrlandes and hire forme ambihtlice sprǣc, although it is spoken by only a small fraction of its people. English, which is spoken by the majority, is described only as the second official language (Constitution of Ireland, Article 8).
In sumum lēodmearcum, the issue of which language is to be used in what context is a major political issue.
Language varieties and styles | Politics
Официален език | Yezh ofisiel | Llengua oficial | Úřední jazyk | Iaith Swyddogol | Amtssprache | Official language | Oficiala lingvo | Idioma oficial | Riigikeel | Virallinen kieli | Langue officielle | Službeni jezik | Hivatalos nyelv | Opinbert tungumál | 公用語 | სახელმწიფო ენა | 공용어 | Valstybinė kalba | Amtsspraak | Officiële taal | Offisielle språk | Język urzędowy | Língua oficial | Limbă oficială | Государственный язык | Official language | Uradni jezik | Службени језик | Officiellt språk | Räsmi tel | 官方语言 | Koaⁿ-hong gí-giân
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