THE
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT
English
Speaking Countries
in Asia and the Middle East
Central
America
and the Caribbean
This site belongs to
Barbara Dieu
EFL teacher and coordinator of the
Foreign Language Department
Lycée
Pasteur,
Curso Experimental Bilingue
São Paulo, Brazil
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 |