The official language is Portuguese, after settlers first arrived in Mozambique in the 15th century.
While Catholic services today are celebrated in local languages, Latin remains the official language of the Roman Catholic church.
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These expressions may sound important--and like the official language of a club you'd like to join--but they make no sense.
There is no harm in declaring English the official language, but there is immense damage and lost opportunity if it is the only language.
The official language of the state shall be the Malay language and shall be in such script as may by written law be provided.
The founding fathers considered, though briefly, making Greek the official language.
Arizona voters approved four separate measures that revealed their frustration with the endless influx of illegal aliens into that state, including one measure that makes English the official language of Arizona.
But while upholding Arabic as the official language, the declaration stated that Libya's other languages "shall be deemed national ones" -- falling short of the level of recognition sought by Berber activists.
One of Ghosn's first moves at Nissan was a shocker: He decreed that English, not Japanese, would be the official language of the Tokyo company, and he made it known that managers who learned English would advance faster than those who spoke only Japanese.
The new measure aims to strengthen the position of the Welsh language and will confirm the official status of the language.
Earlier, lawmakers had debated and rejected an amendment to the bill that would have designated English as the "official language" of the United States, seen as a likely setback to chances for Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico to become the 51st state.
Khmer is the official national language and spoken by more than 95% of the population.
Some 60 of the top 100 managers are foreigners, and the official company language is English.
He speaks the official national language, French, poorly and the unofficial one, Lingala, not at all.
Gimmicks such as declaring English to be the official Hoechst language have worn thin.
Comment: Recognition of primacy of the Russian language is in direct conflict with the acts of the non-Russian republics which have rejected Russian as the official republican language.
He bragged that Robbins Air Force Base had made it through the latest round of realignments and closures, and attacked Mr Martin for a 1995 vote against making English the official state language.
Merley has for years prowled the official Arabic-language website of the Brotherhood, gathering statements from and about Morsi.
He is the youngest member of the French Academy, the official guardian of the language of Voltaire and Flaubert.
The new law de facto grants Russian the status of an official language - but not the state one - in most of Ukraine.
Gwilym Tudur was one of the protesters who sat in the middle of the road on Trefechan bridge on 2 February, 1963, to raise awareness about the lack of official status for the Welsh language at the time.
He has proposed giving the Russian language official status in the whole republic, along with Romanian, the tongue of the majority.
Approximately 25 percent of immigrants come from countries where English is the dominant or official language, and another 20 percent come from Spanish-speaking countries.
The regime accuses the Free Army - "terrorists" or "armed gangs" in the language of official spokesmen - of causing most of the violence.
While Ukrainian would remain the country's official language, Russian could be used in courts, hospitals, schools and other institutions in Russian-speaking regions.
They overwhelmingly supported ballot initiatives that would make English the state's official language, deny bail to illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes and cut them off from education spending.
He supports a ban on same-sex marriage, laws restricting abortion except in cases involving rape, incest or a threat to the life of the mother, and legislation that would make English the country's official language.
Legislation to guarantee bilingual services and the establishment of a language commissioner had helped secure the official status of Welsh, he said.
It was opened in a "containment machine, " where a "pink oily substance" was found along with the letter, which contained threatening language over gun rights, the official said.
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