If that's the meaning of "official language", then it seems they're illiberal, anti-democratic and unnecessary. I see no reason why the state shouldn't be able

If that's the meaning of "official language", then it seems they're illiberal, anti-democratic and unnecessary. I see no reason why the state shouldn't be able to use any convenient language when dealing with the people who live there. Using the government's actions to define the natural rights of the government's subjects against the government is a little backwards.