Languages of the country

Belize

Official language: English. Multilingualism according to CLDR (Greenberg index): 0.70 (multilingualism map). Population (CLDR): 416 thousand.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
English Official 77%
Spanish español Widely used 55%
Belize Kriol English Widely used 50%
Q'eqchi' Minority 6.5%

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