Flags of the World, Part 10 of 12

(Helena to Syria)

Flags, Places, and Languages of the World

A flag is a graphic and plastic medium of social communication, usually but not necessarily political in nature. Although a generic term, “flag” frequently refers specifically to the typical rectangular flag hoisted on buildings and ships as a symbol of national identification.

—Whitney Smith, Flags Through the Ages and Across the World

St. Helena flag St. Helena and Dependencies English
St. Kittsandnevis.gif flag St. Kittsandnevis English
St. Lucia flag St. Lucia English, French Patois
St. Vincent and The Grenadines flag St. Vincent and The Grenadines English (official), French patois
Sami flag Sami Lapp
Scotland flag Scotland English, Scots, Scots Gaelic
Seborga Principality flag Seborga Principality Italian
Samoan flag Samoa Samoan and English
San Marino flag San Marino Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe flag São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
Sark flag Sark English, French
Saudi Arabian flag Saudi Arabia Arabic, English widely spoken
Senegal flag Senegal French (official); Wolof, Serer, other ethnic dialects
Seychelles flag Seychelles English and French (both official), and Seselwa (a creole)
Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone English (official), Mende, Temne, Krio
Singapore flag Singapore Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English (all official)
Slovakia flag Slovakia Slovak (official), Hungarian
Slovenian flag Slovenia Slovenian; most can also speak Serbo-Croatian
Solomon flag Solomon Islands English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), over 60 indigenous Melanesian languages
Somalia flag Somalia Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
Somaliland flag Somaliland Somali (official), Arabic, English
South Africa flag South Africa Xhosa and Zulu (official), English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands flag South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Territory of English
Spanish flag Spain and Regional flags Castilian Spanish 74% (official), Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka Sinhala (official), Tamil, English
Sudan flag Sudan Arabic (official), English, tribal dialects
Suriname flag Suriname Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken
Swaziland flag Swaziland English and Swazi (official)
Swedish flag Sweden Swedish
Switzerland flag Switzerland and Canton flags German, French, Italian (all official), Romansch
Syrian flag Syria Arabic (official), French and English widely understood

Click on one of the following world-flag indexes if you want to go to another section or repeat a previous unit.

Link to Flags of the world. World Flags A, Part 1 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags B, Part 2 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags C, Part 3 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags D-F, Part 4 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags G-H, Part 5 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags I-L, Part 6 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags M, Part 7 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags N, Part 8 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags O-R, Part 9 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags Sa-Sy, Part 10 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags T, Part 11 of 12
Link to Flags of the world. World Flags U-Z, Part 12 of 12


Additional information about flags is available at:
vexill- "flag words" and
Vexillology Information pages.