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*[[Singapore]]. [[English language|English]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] are all official language. About 80% of the population is ethnic Chinese mainly speaking the Chinese dialect of Cantonese, Hokkien and Hakka, although Mandarin is the officially recognized dialect.

*certain cantons of [[Switzerland]]

*[[Spain]], where many regions have more than one official language: [[Euskadi]] ([[Basque]]-Spanish), [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] ([[Galego]]-Spanish), [[Valencia]], [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Catalonia]] (Catalan-Spanish), but especially in [[Catalonia]], where [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] both enjoy great social esteem and are both used in almost every social situation)

*[[Sweden]]. [[Tornedalen]] and [[Haparanda]] in [[North Bothnia]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]]-speaking

*[[USA]]. Three US states are officially bilingual: [[Louisiana]] ([[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]), [[New Mexico]] (English and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), and [[Hawai'i]] (English and [[Hawaiian]]). Three US territories are also bilingual: [[American Samoa]] ([[Samoan]] and English), [[Guam]] (English and [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]]), and [[Puerto Rico]] (Spanish and English). One US territory is trilingual: [[Northern Marianas Islands]] (English, Chamorro, and [[Carolinian_language|Carolinian]])