In 1981, English was declared the official language in the state of Virginia.

February 25: Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.

It was declared the official language, and all official records were written in this language.

They declared the French language to be the official language.

Under the name Pilipino, Tagalog was declared the official national language in 1962.

Most of them thus declared the German language as their native.

Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native.

The organization also favors reduction in current legal immigration levels combined with English being declared the official language of America.

At independence in 1964, English was declared the national language.

But one thing is clear: declaring English the national language is not quite the same as declaring it the official one.