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Language Stats: compare key data on Burundi & Malaysia

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STAT Burundi Malaysia HISTORY
Languages Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; <i>note:</i> in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Linguistic diversity index 0.004
Ranked 194th. 		0.758
Ranked 38th. 190 times more than Burundi
Major language(s) Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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