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[[File:Armenian Alphabet.jpg|thumb|left|The Armenian Alphabet at the [[Melkonian Educational Institute]]. [[Armenian language|Armenian]] is recognised as a minority language in Cyprus.]]
[[File:Cyprus road sign roundabound destinations.svg|thumb|Cyprus road signs in Greek and English. An estimate of 87% of the Cypriot population speaks English.]]
Cyprus has two official languages, [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]].
The everyday spoken language of Greek Cypriots is [[Cypriot Greek]] and that of Turkish Cypriots is [[Cypriot Turkish]].<ref name=Euromosaic /> These [[vernacular]]s both differ from their [[standard language|standard register]]s significantly.<ref name=Euromosaic />▼
<ref name=languages>{{Cite web |url=http://www.presidency.gov.cy/presidency/presidency.nsf/all/1003AEDD83EED9C7C225756F0023C6AD/$file/CY_Constitution.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus |publisher=President of the Republic of Cyprus |section=Article 3 |page=2 |accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref>
[[Armenian language|Armenian]] and [[Cypriot Maronite Arabic]] are recognised as minority languages.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://languagecharter.eokik.hu/sites/StatesParties/Cyprus.htm|title=Implementation of the Charter in Cyprus|work=Database for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|publisher=Public Foundation for European Comparative Minority Research|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/archive/languages/langmin/euromosaic/cy1_en.html |title=EUROPA – Education and Training – Regional and minority languages – Euromosaïc study |work=Europa (web portal) |date=27 October 2006 |accessdate=3 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20100704194723/http://ec.europa.eu:80/education/languages/archive/languages/langmin/euromosaic/cy1_en.html |archivedate=4 July 2010 }}</ref>
Although without official status, [[English language|English]] is widely spoken and it features widely on road signs, public notices, and in advertisements, etc.
<ref name="Ammon et al. 2006">{{cite book |editor1-last=Ammon|editor1-first=Ulrich|editor2-last=Dittmar|editor2-first=Norbert|editor3-last=Mattheier|editor3-first=Klaus J.|editor4-last=Trudgill|editor4-first=Peter|chapter=Greece and Cyprus|pages=1881–1889|title=Sociolinguistics: an international handbook of the science of language and society / Soziolinguistik: ein internationales Handbuch zur Wissenschaft von Sprache und Gesellschaft|year=2006|edition=2nd|series=Handbooks of linguistics and communication science / Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft|volume=3|location=Berlin|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LMZm0w0k1c4C}}</ref>
English was the sole official language during British colonial rule and the [[lingua franca]] until 1960, and continued to be used (''[[de facto]]'') in courts of law until 1989 and in legislation until 1996.
<ref name=Euromosaic>{{cite book |editor1-last=European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture|title=Euromosaic III: Presence of regional and minority language groups in the new member states|date=2006|publisher=Office for official publications of the European communities|location=Brussels|isbn=92-79-01291-6|pages=19–23|url=http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/euromosaic-iii-pbNC7406031/|accessdate=8 August 2015}}</ref>
80.4% of Cypriots are proficient in the English language as a [[second language]].
<ref name="eurostat 49/2010">{{cite paper |last1=Mejer|first1=Lene|last2=Boateng|first2=Sadiq Kwesi|last3=Turchetti|first3=Paolo|title=Population and social conditions|series=Statistics in Focus|issue=49/2010|year=2010|publisher=[[eurostat]]|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3433488/5565660/KS-SF-10-049-EN.PDF}}</ref>
[[Russian language|Russian]] is widely spoken among the country's minorities, residents and citizens of post-Soviet countries, and [[Pontic Greeks]]. Russian, after English and Greek, is the third language used on many signs of shops and restaurants, particularly in Limassol and Paphos. In addition to these languages, 12% speak French and 5% speak German.
<ref name="Europeans and their Languages">[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf Europeans and their Languages], [[Eurobarometer]], European Commission, 2006.</ref>
▲The everyday spoken language of Greek Cypriots is [[Cypriot Greek]] and that of Turkish Cypriots is [[Cypriot Turkish]].
<ref name=Euromosaic />
These [[vernacular]]s both differ from their [[standard language|standard register]]s significantly.
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