577: Official Languages Jul 7, 2016

The official language of a country does not always reflect the true demographics of the nation. Many countries only have one official language even if they have large populations of different ethnic groups. Some countries, such as Wales or Greenland, will change the official language in order to revitalize their respective native languages even if at first very few people speak it. Other countries, such as Belgium which has 3 official languages, French, Flemish, and German, will base the official languages off of tradition but not much reason. In Belgium, German is only spoken by around 1% of the population; more people there speak Arabic, but there is no official usage of it.