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| Jamaica = Creole English called Patois spoken throughout the island, Standard English the only official language. Trinidad and Tobago = Creole English and Creole French, Standard English only official language, Spanish has a special status. |
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| RSA: English, Afrikaans + other nine languages. Afrikaans originally the only language of administration, followed by growing protests against the language, now English predominant as second language. Nigeria: long history of English, 60 percent of people speak Nigerian form of Pidgin, Standard Nigerian English is the official and more prestigious form, other official languages are Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba. Ghana: similar to Nigeria, English the only official language. Kenya: widely spread Swahili prevented English from gaining dominance, creole and pidgin forms exist. Swahili and English official languages. |
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| Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil. India: on the national level, two official languages: English and Hindi. On state level more than twenty other official languages. Pakistan: English and Urdu official languages, however English spoken by a significant majority (12%), mainly higher classes. |
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| Two official national languages: French and English. In one of the northern territories, the Native Canadian language also official. In 1969, Official Language Act declared English and French as equally important in the eyes of the law. However, ikn 1977, in Quebec French only official language and English has limited rights. |
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| No official language on national level, English de facto official, strong presence of German before WWII, after WWII laws leading to suppression of German. Spanish very strong in southern states, in Miami majority language since 1990's. English Only movement... |
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| Australia - only English, formerly the 'White Australia' policy, then abandoned and promotion of Aboriginese, however not official. New Zealand has English and Maori as official languages. |
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| No official language on national level, English a de facto official language. Since 1960's there have been attempts at reviving Cornish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh - attempts successful. |
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