EU GREEN CARD LOTTERY -- LANGUAGE FACILITIES

In the EU, there are 23 official languages:

Czech >>> CZECH REPUBLIC
Danish >>> DENMARK
Dutch >>> NETHERLANDS
English >>> UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND
Estonian >>> ESTONIA
Finnish >>> FINLAND
Flemish >>> BELGIUM
French >>> FRANCE, BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG
German >>> AUSTRIA, GERMANY & BELGIUM
Greek >>> GREECE & CYPRUS
Hungarian >>> HUNGARY
Irish >>> IRELAND
Italian >>> ITALY
Latvian >>> LATVIA
Lithuanian >>> LITHUANIA
Maltese >>> MALTA
Polish >>> POLAND
Portuguese >>> PORTUGAL
Slovak >>> SLOVAKIA
Slovene >>> SLOVENIA
Spanish >>> SPAIN
Swedish >>> SWEDEN
Turkish >>> CYPRUS

There are four main families of languages.
The majority of European languages come from a common trunk, called Indo-European or Proto-European. Indo-European trunk concerns 18 languages.
There are three other language groups: Uralic, Afro-asiatic and Altaic.

EUROPEAN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES FAMILY TREE

INDO-EUROPEAN

    >BALTO-SLAVIC
       > BALTIC
          > Lithuanian
          > Latvian
       > SLAVIC
          > WEST SLAVIC
             > Polish
             > Slovak
             > Czech
          > SOUTH SLAVIC
             > Slovene

    > GERMANIC
       > NORTH GERMANIC
          > Swedish
          > Danish
       > WEST GERMANIC
          > English
          > Flemish
          > Dutch
          > German

    > CELTIC
       > INSULAR
          > GOIDELIC
             > Irish

    >ITALIC
       > LATINO-FALISCAN
          > Portuguese
          > Spanish
          > French
          > Italian

    > HELLENIC
       > Greek

URALIC

   > FINNO-UGRIC
      > UGRIC
         > Hungarian
   > FINNO-PERMIC
      > BALTIC-FINNIC
         > Estonian
         > Finnish

AFRO-ASIATIC

   > SEMITIC
      > CENTRAL SEMITIC
         > ARABIC
            > MAGHREB ARABIC
               > Maltese

ALTAIC

   > TURKIC
      > COMMON TURKIC
         > OGHUZ
            > Turkish

In the following diagram, “Closest Languages”, only European-related languages are considered . If your language zone does not appear in this diagram, this means that there is no specific facility for you.

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^AMERICA	^{LANGUAGE FAMILY}	^{COUNTRIES CONCERNED}	^{EU 1st choice}	^{EU 2nd choice}	^{EU 3rd choice}
^{ENGLISH- SPEAKING AMERICA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > English}	^{Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and US Virgin Islands.}	^{ENGLISH EUROPE > Ireland > United Kingdom}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Luxembourg > Netherlands}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^{SPANISH- SPEAKING AMERICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Spanish}	^{Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.}	^{SPANISH EUROPE > Spain}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Portugal}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Italy > Luxembourg}
^{PORTUGUESE- SPEAKING AMERICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Portuguese}	^Brazil.	^{PORTUGUESE EUROPE > Portugal}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Spain}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Italy > Luxembourg}
^{FRENCH- SPEAKING AMERICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > French}	^{Canada (Québec), Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, St Kitts, Tobago, Saint Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands) and United States (Cajun Louisiana).}	^{FRENCH EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Luxembourg}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Italy}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Spain > Portugal}
^{DUTCH- SPEAKING AMERICA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > Dutch}	^Suriname.	^{DUTCH EUROPE > Netherlands}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Ireland > Luxembourg > United Kingdom}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^AFRICA	^{LANGUAGE FAMILY}	^{COUNTRIES CONCERNED}	^{EU 1st choice}	^{EU 2nd choice}	^{EU 3rd choice}
^{FRENCH- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > French}	^{Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo and Tunisia.}	^{FRENCH EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Luxembourg}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Italy}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Spain > Portugal}
^{ARABIC- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic > Arabic > Maghreb Arabic}	^{Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.}	^{MAGHREB ARABIC EUROPE > Malta}	^{LEVANTINE ARABIC EUROPE > Cyprus}
^{ENGLISH- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > English}	^{Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.}	^{ENGLISH EUROPE > Ireland > United Kingdom}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Luxembourg > Netherlands}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^{PORTUGUESE- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Portuguese}	^{Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.}	^{PORTUGUESE EUROPE > Portugal}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Spain}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Italy > Luxembourg}
^{SPANISH- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Spanish}	^{Equatorial Guinea}	^{SPANISH EUROPE > Spain}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Portugal}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Italy > Luxembourg}
^{ITALIAN- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Italian}	^{Eritrea, Libya and Somalia.}	^{ITALIAN EUROPE > Italy}	^{CLOSE LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Luxembourg}	^{LATINO-FALISCAN EUROPE > Spain > Portugal}
^{DUTCH- SPEAKING AFRICA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > Dutch}	^{South Africa}	^{DUTCH EUROPE > Netherlands}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Ireland > Luxembourg > United Kingdom}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^ASIA	^{LANGUAGE FAMILY}	^{COUNTRIES CONCERNED}	^{EU 1st choice}	^{EU 2nd choice}	^{EU 3rd choice}
^{SLAVIC- SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavic}	^Russia	^{WEST SLAVIC EUROPE > Czech Republic > Poland > Slovakia}	^{SOUTH SLAVIC EUROPE > Slovenia}	^{BALTO-SLAVIC EUROPE > Latvia > Lithuania > Hungary (Rusyn group).}
^{ARABIC- SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic > Arabic > Maghreb Arabic}	^{Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.}	^{MAGHREB ARABIC EUROPE > Malta}	^{CYPRIOT MARONITE ARABIC EUROPE > Cyprus}
^{ENGLISH- SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > English}	^{Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka.}	^{ENGLISH EUROPE > Ireland > United Kingdom}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Luxembourg > Netherlands}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^{SAMOYEDIC- SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Uralic > Samoyedic}	^{Russia (Nenets, Nganasan, Selkup and Yurats)}	^{FINNO-UGRIC EUROPE > Estonia > Finland > Hungary}
^{TURKISH- SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Altaic > Turkic > Common Turkic > Oghuz > Turkish}	^{China (Fuyü Gïrgïs, Uyghur and Western Yugur), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Uzbek and Karakalpak) and Russia (Baraba, Chulym, Dolgan, Khakas, Nogai, Shor, Tuvan and Yakut)}	^{TURKISH EUROPE > Cyprus}	^{TURKISH RELATED EUROPE > Germany > Greece}
^{UGRIC-SPEAKING ASIA}	^{Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Ugric > Ob Ugric}	^{Russia (Khanty and Mansi)}	^{UGRIC EUROPE > Hungary}	^{FINNO-UGRIC EUROPE > Estonia > Finland}
^OCEANIA	^{LANGUAGE FAMILY}	^{COUNTRIES CONCERNED}	^{EU 1st choice}	^{EU 2nd choice}	^{EU 3rd choice}
^{ENGLISH- SPEAKING OCEANIA}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > English}	^{Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.}	^{ENGLISH EUROPE > Ireland > United Kingdom}	^{WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Luxembourg > Netherlands}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^{NON-EU EUROPE}	^{LANGUAGE FAMILY}	^{COUNTRIES CONCERNED}	^{EU 1st choice}	^{EU 2nd choice}	^{EU 3rd choice}
^{ALEMANNIC- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > Alemannic}	^{Liechtenstein, Switzerland.}	^{RELATED-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Germany}	^{OTHER WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Flemish Belgium > Ireland > Luxembourg > Netherlands > United Kingdom}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}
^{BALTIC-FINNIC- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Baltic-Finnic}	^{Russia (Karelian, Lude and Olonets Karelian)}	^{BALTIC-FINNIC EUROPE > Estonia > Finland > Latvia (Võro group)}	^{FINNO-UGRIC EUROPE > Hungary}
^{FINNO-LAPIC- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Finno-Lapic}	^{Norway (Western Sami) and Russia (Eastern Sami)}	^{FINNO-UGRIC EUROPE > Estonia > Finland > Hungary}
^{ILLYRIAN- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Indo-European > Illyrian > Albanian}	^Albania	^{ILLYRIAN EUROPE > None}		^{CLOSER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE > Greece}
^{ITALIC- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan}	^{Andorra, Monaco, Romania, San Marino, Moldova, Switzerland and Vatican City.}	^{ITALIC EUROPE > French Belgium > France > Italy > Luxembourg > Spain > Portugal}
^{NORTH-GERMANIC- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Indo-European > Germanic > North-Germanic > Icelandic & Norwegian.}	^{Iceland and Norway.}	^{NORTH-GERMANIC EUROPE > Denmark > Sweden}	^{OTHER WEST-GERMANIC EUROPE > Austria > Flemish Belgium > Germany > Ireland > Luxembourg > Netherlands > United Kingdom}
^{PHRYGIAN- SPEAKING EUROPE}	^{Indo-European > Phrygian > Armenian}	^Armenia	^{PHRYGIAN EUROPE > None}		^{CLOSER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE > Gree}