diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 65973688..ab6baaf8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
 
 ### countries
 
-| Field | Description                                                                                | Required | Example      |
-| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------ |
-| name  | Official name of the country                                                               | Required | `Martinique` |
-| code  | [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code of the country | Required | `MQ`         |
-| lang  | Official language in the country                                                           | Required | `fra`        |
-| flag  | Country flag emoji                                                                         | Required | `🇲🇶`         |
+| Field     | Description                                                                                                                                             | Required | Example   |
+| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- |
+| name      | Official name of the country                                                                                                                            | Required | `Canada`  |
+| code      | [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code of the country                                                              | Required | `CA`      |
+| languages | List of official languages of the country separated by `;`. A list of all supported languages can be found in [data/languages.csv](data/languages.csv). | Required | `eng;fra` |
+| flag      | Country flag emoji                                                                                                                                      | Required | `🇨🇦`      |
 
 ### subdivisions
 
diff --git a/data/countries.csv b/data/countries.csv
index 9a5c8b0a..a430d847 100644
--- a/data/countries.csv
+++ b/data/countries.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name,code,lang,flag
+name,code,languages,flag
 Afghanistan,AF,pus,🇦🇫
 Albania,AL,sqi,🇦🇱
 Algeria,DZ,ara,🇩🇿
diff --git a/scripts/db/schemes/countries.js b/scripts/db/schemes/countries.js
index eee92bdd..31e737ac 100644
--- a/scripts/db/schemes/countries.js
+++ b/scripts/db/schemes/countries.js
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ module.exports = {
 	code: Joi.string()
 		.regex(/^[A-Z]{2}$/)
 		.required(),
-	lang: Joi.string()
-		.regex(/^[a-z]{3}$/)
-		.required(),
+	languages: Joi.array().items(
+		Joi.string()
+			.regex(/^[a-z]{3}$/)
+			.required()
+	),
 	flag: Joi.string()
 		.regex(/^[\uD83C][\uDDE6-\uDDFF][\uD83C][\uDDE6-\uDDFF]$/)
 		.required()
diff --git a/scripts/db/validate.js b/scripts/db/validate.js
index f6b0bf10..c1cd5cfc 100644
--- a/scripts/db/validate.js
+++ b/scripts/db/validate.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async function main() {
 			}
 		} else if (filename === 'countries') {
 			for (const [i, row] of rowsCopy.entries()) {
-				fileErrors = fileErrors.concat(validateCountryLanguage(row, i))
+				fileErrors = fileErrors.concat(validateCountryLanguages(row, i))
 			}
 		} else if (filename === 'subdivisions') {
 			for (const [i, row] of rowsCopy.entries()) {
@@ -295,13 +295,15 @@ function validateChannel(row, i) {
 	return errors
 }
 
-function validateCountryLanguage(row, i) {
+function validateCountryLanguages(row, i) {
 	const errors = []
-	if (!db.languages[row.lang]) {
-		errors.push({
-			line: i + 2,
-			message: `"${row.code}" has the wrong language "${row.lang}"`
-		})
+	for (let lang of row.languages) {
+		if (!db.languages[lang]) {
+			errors.push({
+				line: i + 2,
+				message: `"${row.code}" has the wrong language "${lang}"`
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	return errors