Sentence examples for third official language from inspiring English sources

The gradual imposition of Russian as the third official language was ordered in 1900, and in 1901 it was decreed that Finns should serve in Russian units and that Finland's own army should be disbanded.

Bengali and Urdu were made the national languages of East and West Pakistan, respectively, but English was adopted as a third official language and functioned as the medium of interstate communication.

5 The adoption of English as a third official language, emphasising its role as a language that connects us to the world, including the connection between international companies and professionals and the administration.

New Zealand Sign Language is used by approximately 28,000 people and was made New Zealand's third official language in 2006.

The constitution lists Irish as "the national language" and "first official language"; English is merely "a second official language".

She circumvented the sensitive issues of making Russian a second official language or joining NATO.

Swift-thinking NATO officials quickly shifted to the alliance's forgotten second official language, French.

Irish (Gaelic) is the first official language of Ireland, but in practice almost everybody speaks English.

The state they created made Gaelic compulsory and insisted that it must be the "first official language".

In 1999, Mirandese became Portugal's second official language, thanks to regional lobbying and a lawmaker sympathetic to the cause.

The second official language is Arabic, which is spoken chiefly in northern Somalia and in the coastal towns.