Flags with a writing on them
Words on the flag: a motto, a creed, a name. 14 flags on this site carry one, and each says where that is written down.
- Afghanistan
It features a white field with a black Shahada, the Islamic declaration of belief, inscribed.
Flag of Afghanistan on Wikipedia
- Andorra
The motto in the coat of arms (written in Goudy Old Style) in the middle stripe Virtus Unita Fortior means "Virtue United is Stronger".
Flag of Andorra on Wikipedia
- Belize
The national motto, Sub Umbra Floreo, meaning "Under the Shade I Flourish", is written in the lower part of the coat of arms.
Flag of Belize on Wikipedia
- Brazil
The national flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto Ordem e Progresso (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɔʁdẽj i pɾoˈɡɾɛsu]) ('Order and Progress'), within a yellow rhombus on a green field.
Flag of Brazil on Wikipedia
- British Virgin Islands
The motto present on the flag reads Vigilate, which translated from Latin is be watchful.
Flag of the British Virgin Islands on Wikipedia
- Brunei
The national motto, "Sentiasa Membuat Kebajikan Dengan Petunjuk Allah" (meaning "Always Render Service with God's Guidance"), is inscribed in yellow Arabic calligraphy.
Flag of Brunei on Wikipedia
- Cayman Islands
The motto, "He hath founded it upon the seas", is derived from the Book of Psalms 24:2, and recognises the Christian patrimony of the islands.
Flag of the Cayman Islands on Wikipedia
- Equatorial Guinea
The white band is charged in the center with the coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea, a grey shield with a silk-cotton tree, the national motto in Spanish, and six six-pointed stars representing the country's five islands and continental territory.
Flag of Equatorial Guinea on Wikipedia
- Haiti
The motto L'Union fait la Force ("Unity is strength") appears on a white ribbon below the arrangement.
Flag of Haiti on Wikipedia
- Iran
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a tricolour of equal horizontal bands of green, white, and red, featuring the Islamic emblem in red centred on the white band, and the Takbir written 11 times each in white Kufic script along the edges of the green and red bands.
Flag of Iran on Wikipedia
- Iraq
The current official and internationally recognized flag of Iraq (علم العراق) was adopted in 2008 as a temporary compromise, and consists of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black stripes of the Arab Liberation Flag, that was first used by Gamal Abdel Nasser during the Egyptian Revolution, with the takbīr written in green in the Kufic script that was originally added by Saddam Hussein following the Gulf War.
Flag of Iraq on Wikipedia
- Paraguay
The emblem on the obverse side is the national seal of Paraguay: a yellow five-pointed star surrounded by a green wreath of palm and olive leaves tied with ribbons of the colour of the stripes, and capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY ("Republic of Paraguay" in Spanish), all within two concentric circles).
Flag of Paraguay on Wikipedia
- Saudi Arabia
The national flag of Saudi Arabia is a green background with Arabic inscription and a sword in white.
Flag of Saudi Arabia on Wikipedia
- Sint Maarten
The crest consists of a pelican in front of a yellow sun, while the motto in Latin on a ribbon scroll under the escutcheon – Semper progrediens – means 'always progressing'.
Flag of Sint Maarten on Wikipedia
How a flag gets onto this list
A flag is here because its own English Wikipedia article says so, in the sentence printed under it. Nothing was decided by looking at the picture: colours can be measured off a drawing and a lion cannot, so this list defers to a source anybody can check rather than to our opinion of what we are seeing.
That also means the list is short rather than wrong. Where an article never gets round to describing what is on the flag, that flag is missing from these lists even though the symbol is plainly there — and we would rather be caught missing one than caught inventing one.