Language Stats: compare key data on Canada & Papua New Guinea

Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.

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STAT	Canada	Papua New Guinea
English status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Used in schools. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%	Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region; <i>note:</i> 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
Linguistic diversity index	0.549 Ranked 77th.	0.99 Ranked 1st. 80% more than Canada
Major language(s)	English, French (both official)	English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu

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