Flags of the World, Part 10 of 12
(Helena to Syria)
Flags, Places, and Languages of the World
A flag is a graphic and plastic medium of social communication, usually but not necessarily political in nature. Although a generic term, “flag” frequently refers specifically to the typical rectangular flag hoisted on buildings and ships as a symbol of national identification.
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St. Helena and Dependencies | English |
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St. Kittsandnevis | English |
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St. Lucia | English, French Patois |
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St. Vincent and The Grenadines | English (official), French patois |
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Sami | Lapp |
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Scotland | English, Scots, Scots Gaelic |
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Seborga Principality | Italian |
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Samoa | Samoan and English |
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San Marino | Italian |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Portuguese |
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Sark | English, French |
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Saudi Arabia | Arabic, English widely spoken |
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Senegal | French (official); Wolof, Serer, other ethnic dialects |
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Seychelles | English and French (both official), and Seselwa (a creole) |
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Sierra Leone | English (official), Mende, Temne, Krio |
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Singapore | Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English (all official) |
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Slovakia | Slovak (official), Hungarian |
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Slovenia | Slovenian; most can also speak Serbo-Croatian |
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Solomon Islands | English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), over 60 indigenous Melanesian languages |
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Somalia | Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian |
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Somaliland | Somali (official), Arabic, English |
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South Africa | Xhosa and Zulu (official), English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda |
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Territory of | English |
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Spain and Regional flags | Castilian Spanish 74% (official), Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% |
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Sri Lanka | Sinhala (official), Tamil, English |
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Sudan | Arabic (official), English, tribal dialects |
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Suriname | Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken |
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Swaziland | English and Swazi (official) |
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Sweden | Swedish |
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Switzerland and Canton flags | German, French, Italian (all official), Romansch |
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Syria | Arabic (official), French and English widely understood |
Click on one of the following world-flag indexes if you want to go to another section or repeat a previous unit.
World Flags A, Part 1 of 12 World Flags B, Part 2 of 12 World Flags C, Part 3 of 12 World Flags D-F, Part 4 of 12 World Flags G-H, Part 5 of 12 World Flags I-L, Part 6 of 12 World Flags M, Part 7 of 12 World Flags N, Part 8 of 12 World Flags O-R, Part 9 of 12 World Flags Sa-Sy, Part 10 of 12 World Flags T, Part 11 of 12 World Flags U-Z, Part 12 of 12