English speaking independent countries

countygorey

Are the Republic Of Ireland and the usa the only countries who have english as there main language and
who are indepent thanks

JeffK88

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_language#Majority_English-speaking_countries


Here is a list .

Technically the US is the only country outside of UK and the commonwealth that English is de facto official language , remember Ireland has two Irish & English so we don't qualify for this either .

countygorey

thanks, i sa that list as wellas others but i mean english as there main language n everyday use

JeffK88

Think it only is Ireland and US according to this map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anglospeak.svg

mathepac

JeffK88 wrote: »

... Technically the US is the only country outside of UK and the commonwealth that English is de facto official language , remember Ireland has two Irish & English so we don't qualify for this either .

The US has two as well, English and Spanish

JeffK88

I don't think Spanish is listed as an official language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

mathepac

JeffK88 wrote: »

I don't think Spanish is listed as an official language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

I think you mean that WikiPedia doesn't list Spanish, which is a different kettle of nautical horses of diverse hues.

JeffK88

Well technically the US has no offical languages . well until 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/washington/19immig.html

paddy1977

Mucho Gracies!!

Cardinal Richelieu

Federated States of Micronesia?

Rasmus

Well it depends what you mean by 'main language' or 'independent'. There are official languages and de facto languages spoken in many countries. Countries can be ruled autonomously, be in a commonwealth or be a republic...

Miles81

are the falklands independant?

mathepac

What about Rockall?

HavingCrack

Do the Commonwealth states not count There's also some Commonwealth states that are republics rather than monarchies if that's your angle.

jupiterjack

English is the official language of Belize.

countygorey

for all help

wildfowler94

Australia? Canada? New Zealand?

JeffK88

Common Wealth nations all head of state is the Queen . Not truely Independent nation.

lottpaul

JeffK88 wrote: »

Common Wealth nations all head of state is the Queen . Not truely Independent nation.

Not true. Just because they share a head of state doesn't mean there is any British influence or control over any of these countries - Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc. They are completely independent.

It's a different matter entirely for the few remaining British colonies etc such as the Falklands, St. Helena, Bermuda etc which are self governing but under the general control of the UK.

JeffK88

Im just going on what the OP was asking

tac foley

Miles81 wrote: »

are the falklands independant?

The Falkland Islands are Crown Dependencies like Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, who just overwhelmingly voted to remain a Crown Dependency. Last time I was there EVERYbody not only spoke English, but sounded remarkably like any English-speaker from the rural midlands of the UK.

The Isle of Man has Manx as a second language - read any IoM government document to see what it looks like - and the Channel Islands are also French-speaking to a certain degree.

However, you've all missed out Canada, where, in spite of the efforts of my brethren in Québec, the population remains, for the most part, English-speaking. Sure, the numerous First Nations retain their own languages [none, however, are French-speaking], but the general lingua franca [sorry] is still English.

As wildfowler94 pointed out, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa - many independent Commonwealth countries, AND the UK itself, are all English speakers, in spite of also having their own indigenous languages.

tac