English has been adopted as the official language for state government business in 22 states, mostly in the past 15 years.

Some years later, Greece also adopted the vernacular as the language of all official documents.

In the early 20th century, a standard form based on the Beijing dialect, with elements from other Mandarin dialects, was adopted as the national language.

The parliament of India then adopted Hindi as the national language.

"What language are we to adopt as the national language?"

He proposed that Standard Russian should be adopted as the literary language among Ruthenians.

Whistling had been adopted as the language of the world.

He sends a letter to the Government, asking for the Tupi language to be adopted as the official language of Brazil.

With time, it invaded the market place and was adopted by Baptist missionaries as the language of their evangelical crusade.

It is used in the government offices of Goa where Konkani has been adopted as the official language of the state.