List of broadcasting languages by country

Foreign broadcasting is broadcasting with a foreign element.

The foreign element may be the territory of the audience, its ethnicit], or both.

Foreign country and ethnicity: an external service aimed at foreign societies in general. Its purpose may be information about the country of origin, about the target country from an outside point of view as well as missionary or commercial purposes.
Foreign territory: an external service aimed at expatriates. A special audience among expatriates is armed forces personnel, for whom broadcasting is often done not only from the home country, but also from within the country of deployment.
Foreign ethnicity: a service for foreign communities within the country of broadcasting (like migrants, refugees, tourists), which in turn is to be distinguished from broadcasting for indigenous and other non-foreign groups (see also Minority language broadcasting).

List of radio services

External and selected other foreign language audio broadcasting services

Country	Area	Broadcaster	Years	Active languages	Former languages	Website
Afghanistan	As	Radio Afghanistan	1940–	02: eng, urd	ara, bal, prs, fre, ger, pus
Albania	Eu	Radio Tirana	1938–	07: eng, fre, ger, gre, ita, srb	alb, ara, bul, cmn, cze, hun, ind, per, pol, por, rum, rus, spa, swe, tur
Algeria	Ar	RAI	?	04: ara, eng, fre, spa
Angola	Af	RNA	1977?–	04?: eng, fre, lin, por	spa
Argentina	Am	RAE	1949–	08: cmn, eng, fre, ger, ita, jpn, por, spa	ara
Armenia	As	Armradio	?	08: ara, aii, gre, kur, kmr, per, rus, tur	aze, eng, fre, geo, ger, spa
Australia	Pac	Radio Australia	1939(1931)–	01: eng	cmn, yue, fre, ind, jpn, tha, tpi, vie
Australia	Pac	SBS	1975–	68: alb, amh, ara, arm, aii, ben, bos, bul, bur, cmn, yue, hak, hrv, cze, prs, din, dut, est, fil, fin, fre, ger, gre, guj, heb, hin, hmn, hun, ind, ita, jpn, kar, khm, run, kor, kur, lao, mac, mal, mlt, mon, nep, pus, per, pol, por, pan, rhg, rum, rus, smo, srb, sin, slo, slv, som, spa, swa, tam, tel, tha, tib, tir, tur, ukr, urd, vie, yid	fij, kan, lav, lit, may, mao, nor, swe, ton
Austria	Eu	RÖI	1955(1929)–	02: eng, fre	ara, epo, ger, spa
Azerbaijan	As	AzTV	195?–	01: rus	ara, aze, eng, fre, ger, per, tur
Bahrain	Ar	Radio Bahrain	1977–	01: eng
Bangladesh	As	Bangladesh Betar	1971?–	06: ara, ben, eng, hin, nep, urd
Belarus	Eu	Radio Belarus	1962–	08: bel 1962, cmn 2012, eng 1998, fre 2010, ger 1985, pol 2006, rus 1998, spa 2010	-
Belgium	Eu	RVi	1934/77–2011	-	dut, eng, fre, ger, spa
Belgium	Eu	RTBFi	1999–	01: fre	ger (BRF)
Brazil	Am	Radiobrás	1975?–2007?	-	eng, ger, por
Bulgaria	Eu	Radio Bulgaria	1937–	11: alb, ara, bul, eng, fre, ger, gre, por, srb, spa, tur	ita
Cambodia	As	RNK	1956?–	02: eng, fre	lao, tha, vie
Canada	Am	RCI	1945–	05: ara, cmn, eng, fre, spa	cze, ger, hun, jpn, pol, por, rus, slo, ukr
China	As	CRI	1941–	51?: alb, ara, bel, ben, bul, bur, cmn/yue/nan/hak, hrv, cze, eng 1947, epo, fil, fre 1958, ger 1960, gre, hau, heb, hin 1959, hun, ind, ita, jpn 1941, kaz, khm, kor 1950, kir, lao, may, mon, nep, pus, per, pol, por, rum, rus 1954, srb, sin, spa, swa, tam, tha, tib, tur, ukr, urd, uig, vie		,
China	As	Voice of Tibet	?	01: eng
Croatia	Eu	Voice of Croatia	1991–	04: hrv, eng, ger, spa	hun, ita
Cuba	Am	RHC	1961–	06: ara, eng, epo, fre, por, spa	cpf, grn, que
Czech Republic	Eu	Radio Prague	1936–	06: cze, eng, fre, ger, rus, spa	ara, ita, por, slo
Denmark	Eu	DR	1928–2003	-	dan
Egypt	Ar	European Program	1934–	06: arm, eng, fre, ger, gre, ita
Egypt	Ar	Radio Cairo	1953–	18: aar, alb, amh, ara, prs, eng, fre, ful, ger, hau, ita, pus, rus, som, swa, tur, urd, uzb	aze, bam, ben, hin, ind, lin, may, nde, per, por, sna, spa, tgk, tha, wol, yor, zul
Estonia	Eu	EER4	195?–	01: rus	eng, est, fin, swe
Ethiopia	Af	Radio Ethiopia	?	05: aar, ara, eng (also 104.7), fre, som	amh
Finland	Eu	Yle	1939–58 & 1967–	03: eng, fin (easy), lat 1989–	fre 1987–2002, ger 1985–2002, rus, swe	,
France	Eu	RFI, MCD	1931–	13: ara, cmn, eng, fre, hau, khm, mande, por, rum, rus, spa, swa, vie	cpf, ger, pol, scr	,
Georgia	As	Radio Georgia	?	-	abk, arm, aze, eng, fre, geo, ger, rus
Germany	Eu	DW (DLF)	1953(1929)–	10: ara 1959, amh 1965, prs 1970, eng 1954, fre 1954, gre 1964, hau 1963, pus 1970, por 1954, swa 1963	ben, bul, cze (DLF), dan (DLF), dut (DLF), ger, hin, hun (DLF), ind, ita (DLF), jpn, mac, nor, per, pol (DLF), rum, rus, san, scr, slo (DLF), slv, spa, swe, tur, urd
Germany	Eu	WDR Cosmo	1964/1998–	09: ara, gre, ita, kur, pol, rus, scr, spa, tur
East Germany	Eu	RBI	1959–1990	-	ara, eng, fre, ger, hin, ita, por, spa, swa, swe
Greece	Eu	Voice of Greece	1940/47–	01: gre	alb, ara, bul, eng, fre, ger, ita, pol, por, rum, rus, scr, spa, swe, tur
Hungary	Eu	Radio Budapest Duna	1934–2007 2012–	01: hun	eng, ger, hun, ita, spa, tur
India	As	AIR	1939–	26: ara, bal, ben, bur, cmn, prs, eng, fre, guj, hin, ind, kan, mal, nep, pus, per, pan, rus, snd, sin, swa, tam, tel, tha, tib, urd	yue
Indonesia	As	VOI	1945–	08: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, spa	kor, may, tha
Iran	As	IRIB	1956–	27: ara, alb, arm, ben, cmn, prs, eng, fre, ger, hau, heb, hin, ind, ita, jpn, kaz, pus, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tgk, tly, tur, urd, uzb	aii, aze, bal, kur, tuk
Iraq	As	Radio Baghdad	?	-	ara, aze, eng, fre, ger, heb, kur, per, rus, spa, urd
Israel	As	Kan Reka	1948–	09: amh 1984, bhh 1975, eng 1948, fre 1948, geo 1970, lad 1948, rus 1958, spa 1952, yid 1948	heb, hun, per, por, rum
Italy	Eu	Rai	1930–2011	-	alb, amh, ara, bul, cze, dan, eng, epo, fre, ger, gre, hun, ita, lit, pol, por, rum, rus, scr, slo, slv, som, spa, swe, tur, ukr
Japan	As	NHK World	1935–	18: ara, ben, bur, cmn, eng, fre, hin, ind, jpn, kor, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tha, urd, vie	ger, ita, may, swe
Jordan	Ar	Radio Jordan	?	01: eng
Kazakhstan	As	KazTRK	?	04: rus; ger, kor, uig	kaz; aze, tat, tur	(Достық)
Kenya	Af	KBC	?	01: eng
South Korea	As	KBS World Radio	1953–	11: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, kor, rus, spa, vie	por
North Korea	As	Voice of Korea	1945–	09: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, jpn, kor, rus, spa
Kuwait	Ar	RK FM	?	01: eng
Kyrgyzstan	As	KTRK Dostuk	?	08: dng, pol, rus, ukr, uig, tat, tur, uzb	ger
Laos	As	LNR	?	06?: cmn, eng, fre, khm, tha, vie
Latvia	Eu	LR	?–2001	-	lav, rus, swe
Libya	Ar	Voice of Africa	?–2011	-	ara, eng, fre
Lithuania	Eu	LRT	195?–	-	eng, lit, pol, rus
Luxembourg	Eu	Radio Luxembourg	1933–1992	-	dut, eng, fre, ger, ita
North Macedonia	Eu	MR3	1945?–	06: alb, rup, bos, rom, srb, tur	bul, gre
Malaysia	As	Voice of Malaysia	1963–2011	-	ara, bur, cmn, eng, ind, may, tgl, tha
Mexico	Am	XERMX-OC	1969–	01: spa
Mongolia	As	Voice of Mongolia	1964–	05: cmn 1964, eng 1965, jpn 1989, mon 1964, rus	fre
Myanmar	As	MRTV	?	01: eng
Nepal	As	Radio Nepal	1951?–	01: eng (अंग्रेजी समाचार)
Netherlands	Eu	RNW	1947–2012	-	ara, dut, eng, fre, pap, por, spa, sra
New Zealand	Pac	RNZI	1948–	07: eng, fre, niu, pis, rar, smo, ton
Nigeria	Af	Voice of Nigeria	1961–	08: ara, eng, fre, ful, hau, ibo, swa, yor
Norway	Eu	RNI	1938/48–2001/03	-	eng, nor
Oman	Ar	Radio Oman	?	01: eng
Pakistan	As	Radio Pakistan	1947?–	14: bft, ben, cmn, prs, guj, hin, nep, pus, per, scl, sin, tam, urd; eng	ara, asm, bur, fre, ind, rus, swa, tur, uig
Philippines	As	DZRP	1972–	02: eng, fil
Poland	Eu	Polish Radio	1936–	06: bel, eng, ger, pol, rus, ukr	ara, dan, epo, fin, fre, ita, spa, swe
Portugal	Eu	RDPi	1935?–	01: por	eng, fre, ita
Qatar	Ar	Qatar Radio	?	03: eng, fre, urd
Romania	Eu	RRI	1939–	12: ara, rup, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ita, rum, rus, srb, spa, ukr	gre, per, por, tur
Russia	Eu	Sputnik	1929/2014–	31: abk, ara, arm, aze, bel, cmn, cze, prs, eng, est, fre, geo, ger, ita, jpn, kaz, kur, kir, lav, lit, oss, per, pol, por, srb, spa, tgk, tur, uzb, vie	afr, alb, amh, asm, bam, ben, bul, bur, cat, yue, dan, dut, fin, ful, gre, guj, hau, hin, hun, ind, kan, khm, kor, lao, mac, mlg, may, mal, mar, mon, nde, nep, nor, pus, pan, rum, rus, scr, sin, slo, slv, sna, som, swa, swe, tgl, tam, tel, tha, urd, zul
Saudi Arabia	Ar	SBC	?	12: ara, ben, fre, ind, pus, som, swa, tgk, tur, tuk, urd, uzb	bam, eng, per
Serbia	Eu	International Radio of Serbia	1936–2015	-	alb, ara, bul, cmn, eng, fre, ger, gre, hun, ita, rus, srb, spa
Singapore	As	RSI	1994–2007	-	cmn, eng, ind, may
Slovakia	Eu	RSI	1993–	06: eng, fre, ger, rus, slo, spa
Slovenia	Eu	RSi	?	03: eng, ger, slv
South Africa	Af	Channel Africa	1966/1992–	06: nya, eng, fre, loz, por, swa	afr, dan, dut, ger, kua/ndo, spa, tso
Soviet Union	Eu	RPP	1964–1991	-	ara, aze, cpf, eng, ger, grn, heb, per, por, spa, yid
Spain	Eu	REE	1942–	06: ara, eng, fre, lad, por, rus, spa
Sri Lanka	As	SLBC	?	05: ben, eng, hin, sin, tam	kan, mal, nep, tel
Sweden	Eu	Radio Sweden	1938–	06: ara, eng, kur, per, som, swe (easy)	est, fre, ger, por, rus, spa
Switzerland	Eu	SRI	1930–2004	-	ara, eng, epo, fre, ger, ita, por, roh, spa
Syria	Ar	Radio Damascus	1957–	06: ara, eng, fre, ger, rus, spa, tur	heb
Taiwan	As	RTI	1939–	13: cmn/yue/nan/hak, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, rus, spa, tha, vie	ara, kor
Taiwan	As	ICRT	1979–	01: eng
Tajikistan	As	Radio Tajikistan	?	-	ara, prs, eng, per, rus, uzb
Thailand	As	RTWS	1938–	10: bur, cmn, eng, fre, jpn, khm, lao, may, tha, vie
Transnistria	Eu	Radio Pridnestrovie	1991–2014	-	eng, fre, ger, rus
Tunisia	Ar	RTCI	1960–	05: eng, fre, ger, ita, spa
Turkey	As	Voice of Turkey	1937–	32: alb, ara, arm, aze, bul, cmn, prs, eng, fre, geo, ger, gre, hau, hun, ita, jpn, kaz, kir, mac, may, pus, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tat, tur, tuk, urd, uig, uzb	rum, scr
Northern Cyprus	As	Bayrak	?	05: ara, eng, fre, ger, gre, rus
Ukraine	Eu	RUI	1950	03: eng, ger, rum	rus, ukr
United Arab Emirates	Ar	ARN Dubai Eye	?	01: eng
United Kingdom (public)	Eu	BBC WS	1932–	37: amh 2017, ara 1938, aze 1994, ben 1941, bur 1940, yue 1941, eng 1932, fre 1938, guj 2017, hau 1957, hin 1940, ind 1949, kin 1994, kor 2017, kir 1995, Marathi language 2017, nep 1969, pcm 2017, orm 2017, pan 2017, pus 1981, per 1940, por 1938, rus 1942, sin 1942/90, som 1957, spa 1938, swa 1957, tam 1941, tel 2017, tha 1941, tir 2017, tur 1939, ukr 1992, urd 1949, uzb 1994, vie 1952	afr, alb, bul, cmn, cze, dan, dut, fin, ger, gre, guj, heb, hun, ice, ita, jpn, kaz, ltz, mac, may, mlt, nor, pol, rum, rus, scr, slo, slv, swe
United Kingdom (military)	Eu	BFBS	1943–	02: eng, nep
United Nations	Am	United Nations Radio	1946(1929)–	11: ara, ben, cmn, eng, fre, hin, por, rus, spa, swa, urd
United States (public)	Am	VoA	1942–	31: amh 1982, bam 2013, ben 1958, bur 1943, cmn 1941, yue 1941, cpf 1987, prs 1980, eng 1941, fre 1942, hau 1979, ind 1942, khm 1955, kin/run 1996, kor 1942, kur 1992, lao 1962, nde 2003, orm 1996, pus 1982, por 1942, sna 2003, som 1992, spa 1941, swa 1962, tha 1942, tib 1991, tir 1996, urd 1951, uzb 1958/72, vie 1943	alb, ara, arm, aze, bul, cze, est, geo, ger, gre, hin, hun, ita, jpn, lav, lit, per, pol, rum, rus, scr, slv, tur, ukr
		RFE/RL	1951–	17: alb (RFE), arm (RL), aze (RL), bel (RL), prs (RL), geo (RL), kir (RL), mac (RFE), pus (RL), per (RL), rum (RFE), rus (RL), srb (RFE), tgk (RL), tuk (RL), ukr (RL), uzb (RL)	bak (RL), bul (RFE), cze (RFE), est (RFE), hun (RFE), kaz (RL), lav (RFE), lit (RFE), pol (RFE), slo (RFE), tat (RL)
		Radio Martí	1985–	01: spa
		RFA	1996(1951)–	09: bur, cmn, yue, khm, kor, lao, tib, uig, vie
		Radio Sawa	2002–	01: ara
United States (military)	Am	AFN	1942–	01: eng		,
United States (religious)	Am	TWR	1954–	more than 230
Uzbekistan	As	Radio Tashkent	195?–	-	ara, cmn, prs, eng, ger, hin, kaz, pus, per, rus, tat, tur, uig, urd, uzb
Vatican City	Eu	Vatican Radio	1931–	37: alb 1951, amh 1948, ara 1949, arm 1966, bel 1950, bul 1949, cmn 1950, hrv 1947, cze 1947, eng 1937, epo 1976, fin 1975, fre 1931, ger 1937, heb, hin 1965, hun 1939, ita 1931, jpn 1959, kor, lav 1948, lit 1940, mac, mal 1965, pol 1938, por 1940, rum 1947, rus 1948, slo 1947, slv 1947, spa 1934, swa, swe 1953, tam 1965, tig, ukr 1939, vie 1980	dan, est, nor, som, urd
Venezuela	Am	Voz de Venezuela	1976–?	-	spa
Vietnam	As	VOV5	1945–	12: cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, khm, lao, rus, spa, tha, vie	yue

Bold: 10 major international broadcasting languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish)
Italic: major language(s) of the respective country

List of TV services

Selected external and other foreign language TV services

Country	Broadcaster	Launched	Languages
Australia	Australia Plus	1993/2014	English
China	CGTN	1997 on CCTV-4	Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
	CCTV-4	1992	Chinese
	CNC World	2010	Chinese, English
Cuba	Cubavision Internacional	1986	Spanish
European Union	Euronews	1993	Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish
France	France 24	2006	Arabic, English, French, Spanish
France Belgium Switzerland Canada	TV5Monde	1984	French
Germany	DW-TV	1992	Arabic, English, German, Spanish
Germany Austria Switzerland	3sat	1984	German
India	DD India	1995	Hindi
India	DD News	2003	English, Hindi, Sanskrit
Iran	Press TV	2007	English
	HispanTV	2011	Spanish
	Al-Alam	2003	Arabic
	Sahar TV	1997	Azerbaijani, English, French, Kurdish, Urdu
Israel	i24news	2013	Arabic, English, French
Japan	NHK World	1998	English, Japanese
Kazakhstan	Kazakh TV	2002	English, Kazakh, Russian
South Korea	Arirang	1997	English
South Korea	KBS World	2003	Korean
Myanmar	mitv	2001	English
Netherlands Belgium	BVN	1996	Dutch
Pakistan	PTV Global	2006	Urdu
Pakistan	PTV World	2003	English
Poland	TVP Polonia	1992	Polish
	itvn	2004	Polish
	Belsat TV	2007	Belarusian
Qatar	Al Jazeera	1996	Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English
Russia	RT	2005	Arabic, English, Spanish
Saudi Arabia	Saudi 2	1983?	English
South Africa	eNCA	2008	English
Thailand	Thai Global Network	1998	English, Thai
Turkey	TRT	1990	Arabic, English, Turkish
United Kingdom	BBC	1991	Arabic, English, Persian
United States (private)	CNN	1985	English, Spanish
United States (public)	VoA	198?	Albanian, Bambara, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Creole, Dari, English, French, Indonesian, Macedonian, Ndebele, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
	TV Martí	1990	Spanish
	Alhurra	2004	Arabic
	RFE/RL	?	Russian (Настоящее Время), Kyrgyz, Persian, Tajik
United States (military)	AFN	1954–	English
Venezuela	Telesur	2005	Spanish
Vietnam	VTV4	1998	Chinese, English, Russian, Vietnamese

References

^ 22 USC Ch. 71
^ DoDD 5105.74

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