Which of the following languages is not an official language of the European Union?

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe.

The European Union has 24 official languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish. Important documents, such as legislation, are translated into every official language and the European Parliament provides translation for documents and plenary sessions.

Due to the high number of official languages, most of the institutions use only a handful of working languages. The European Commission conducts its internal business in three "procedural languages": English, French, and German. Similarly, the Court of Justice of the European Union uses French as the working language, while the European Central Bank conducts its business primarily in English.

The European Day of Languages is held annually on 26 September and is aimed at encouraging language learning across Europe.

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Iriss Blaine

This was a no-brainer, as Arabic languages are spoken in the Middle East and not Europe.

Shelley Durocher

Anne Tisdell, I believe you are mistaken. Gaelic refers to a group of similar languages, one of which is Irish. So while Irish is *a* Gaelic language, by itself it is most certainly Irish.

Joe Mangan

Anne Tisdell, you are absolutely incorrect. The Gaelic or Goidelic languages are a language GROUP consisting of three languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx. Gaelic, by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and so it is ambiguous. Shakespeare called the language Irish. That is good enough for those of us who were born and live in Ireland. It is called Irish in the Constitution of Ireland, and is never named otherwise in EU legislation or any other documents of an international nature. People who believe in leprechauns tend to incorrectly refer to Irish as Gaelic, just as they tend to incorrectly say "Irish" when referring to Hiberno-English, i.e. the English language as spoken in Ireland. Once in Asunción a Paraguayan with an Irish great-grandmother told me he could speak Irish, and treated me to: " the top o' the mornin' to you." (It was night,) I almost regurgitated my beer. And it was good drinkable beer, not green St. Patrick's Day beer.

🅰️Antoinette🅱️

Easy one, thanks!

fdeisner

There are 23 countries which Arabic is an official language. They are all in either Asia or Africa.

Player

Wyla Reedy, The technology to use AI to autotranslate speech might stop this happening. On the flipside the constant need for everyone to speak English and the sheer number of those who do (natively or 2nd language) might mean we eventually all speak English.