What is the only de jure official language in the UK?

Correct answer: Welsh

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What people think about it: 8 Comments
luckycatfay
luckycatfay
I dont know what de jure means
Nearlyfit
Nearlyfit
Explanations should be clear and reasonably simple I had to look up de jure, most of us didn't study Latin
AliTob
AliTob
No, no, no... look, all this means is that the UK as a whole has no legal, official (de jure) language. English is clearly the de facto official language (in common practice, generally accepted but with no legal status). Wales adopted Welsh as it's official (de jure) language so that's the only one in the UK. Other parts of the UK have different languages - Scots and Gaelic in Scotland, for example. So there...
SQinfoNUTS
SQinfoNUTS
perhaps you have been in a restaurant where they offered the soup du jour
SQinfoNUTS
SQinfoNUTS
de jure means **of the day**
Player #2342698
Player #2342698
Nearlyfit, yeh, that was a tricky question!! I guessed right!! how about you??
Player #1489294
Player #1489294
luckycatfay, The best way to explain is du jure is the second language in UK ...Welsh. Looked du jure up on Google and the example given was.. in UK 98% speek english while the du jure language (2%) is welsh.
Player #48458
Player #48458
luckycatfay, I didn't knowwawhatde (jure meant either I guessed right