Following is a European languages list. Europe is a continent of many different languages, cultures and sceneries – and this variation is of course partly what makes it so fascinating and enjoyable to visit and why so many people enjoy going there on holiday. However at the same time it can also make things difficult if you don’t know what the local customs are, or which language they speak – and this can be particularly challenging for travelers going between multiple European countries. Here is a European languages list to help you know which lingo to use no matter where you are in Europe.
European Languages List
Albania Albanian (Shqip, Tosk (Toskë) is the official dialect)
Andorra Catalan
Austria German, Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian and Hungarian (official in Burgenland)
Belarus Belarusian, Russian
Belgium Dutch 60%, French 40%, German less than 1%
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Croatia Croatian (hrvatski)
Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English
Czech Republic Czech (cestina)
Denmark Danish (dansk)
Estonia Estonian (eesti keel)
Faroe Islands Faroese, Danish
Finland Finnish (suomi) 93.4%, Swedish 5.9%
France French (français)
Germany German (Deutsch)
Gibraltar English
Greece Greek (elliniká, the Koine-Demotic version)
Greenland Greenlandic Inuktitut (Kalaallisut), Danish
Hungary Hungarian (magyar)
Iceland Icelandic
Ireland Irish (Gaeilge), English (generally used),
Italy Italian (italiano)
Latvia Latvian (latviesu valoda)
Liechtenstein German
Lithuania Lithuanian (lietuviu kalba)
Luxembourg Luxembourgish (LÎtzebuergesch, the everyday spoken language), French (administrative language), German (administrative language)
Macedonia, Rep. of Macedonian 68%, Albanian 25%
Malta Maltese (Malti)
Moldova Moldovan (virtually the same as the Romanian language),
Monaco French
Montenegro Serbo-Croatian (Ijekavian dialect – official)
Netherlands Dutch (Nederlands, official language), Frisian (official language)
Norway Norwegian (nynorsk and bokmal)
Poland Polish (polski)
Portugal Portuguese (português)
Romania Romanian (romana)
Russian Federation Russian
San Marino Italian
Serbia Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%
Slovakia Slovak (slovensky jazyk)
Slovenia Slovenian (slovenski jezik)
Spain Spanish (español – the Castilian version) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Sweden Swedish (svenska)
Switzerland German 63.7%, French 19.2%, Italian 7.6%, Romansch 0.6%
Turkey Turkish (türkçe)
Ukraine Ukrainian
United Kingdom English
Vatican City State Latin, Italian
