THE
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT

English Speaking Countries
in Asia and the Middle East

North America

Central America
and the Caribbean

South America

Europe

Africa

Australia and Oceania

 

 

 

This site belongs to
Barbara Dieu

EFL teacher
and coordinator of the
Foreign Language Department
Lycée Pasteur,
Curso Experimental Bilingue
São Paulo, Brazil

homebase for
This is Our Time Project
(French and Portuguese
Speaking Countries)

 

Last updated 01.05.02


Country
Capital
Language
Bahrain Manama Arabic, (also English, Persian(Farsi), Urdu)
Bangladesh Dhaka Bengali(Bangla), English
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Malay, English, and Chinese
India New Delhi English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali(Bangla), Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam,Konkani, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu, and others (Indo-European):Hindustani, Bihari, Rajasthani, Bhili, (Dravidian):Gondi, Kurukh, Oraon, Kui, Tulu, (Munda):Santali, Ho, Korku, Savara(Sora), Bodo, Garo, Meithei, Lushei, and Khasi, and Burushaski
Jordan Amman Arabic, (also English among upper-class)
Kuwait Kuwait Arabic (also English)
Lebanon Beirut Arabic, French, Armenian, Assyrian, (also English)
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malay, Chinese, Tamil, and many tribal languages, (also English)
Maldives Male Dhivehi(Maldivian), (also English in Government)
Myanmar (Burma) Rangoon Burmese(Birmano), Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, Kachin(Chingpaw), Palaung, Wa(Kawa), (also English)
Pakistan Islamabad Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu, Siraiki, Baluchi, Brahui, Hindko, Burushaski, English, and others
Philippines Manila
Pilipino(Tagalog), English, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Samaran, Bikol, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Igorot, Maranao
Singapore Singapore Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English
Sri Lanka

Colombo (Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte- legislative capital)

Sinhala(Sinhalese), Tamil, (also English in Gov't)
Thailand Bangkok Thai, Chinese, and Malay, Mon, Khmer, Karen, Miao(Meo), (also English used among the elite)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Arabic, Persian(Farsi), Indian languages, and English