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State Symbols

The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Wyoming Symbols

Wyoming Symbols

Bird, Coin, Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R), Dinosaur, Fish, Flag, Flower, Fossil, Gemstone, Language, Mammal, Motto, Nicknames, Reptile, Seal, Song, Tree

Wyoming State Language

English

Adopted in 1996

English shall be designated as the official language of Wyoming.

WYOMING STATE STATUTES,
TITLE 8, CHAPTER 6 – OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (1996)

8-6-101. English as official language of Wyoming.
(a) English shall be designated as the official language of Wyoming. Except as otherwise provided by law, no state agency or political subdivision of the state shall be required to provide any documents,information, literature or other written materials in any language other than English.

(b) A state agency or political subdivision or its officers or employees may act in a language other than the English language for any of the following purposes: (i) To provide information orally to individuals in the course of delivering services to the general public;
(ii) To comply with federal law;
(iii) To protect the public health or safety;
(iv) To protect the rights of parties and witnesses in a civil or criminal action in a court or in an administrative proceeding;
(v) To provide instruction in foreign and Native American language courses;
(vi) To provide instruction designed to aid students with limited English proficiency so they can make a timely transition to use of the English language in the public schools;

(vii) To promote international commerce, trade or tourism;
(viii) To use terms of art or phrases from languages other than the English language in documents.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.