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Language stats: India vs South Africa

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countries where English is an official language > Population 1,103,600,000 44,344,136
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than South Africa Ranked 7th.
English-speaking population > First language 178,598 3,673,203
Ranked 13th. Ranked 6th. 20 times more than India
English speakers 100,000,000 3,500,000
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than South Africa Ranked 6th.
English speakers (per $ GDP) 1.4 per $10,000 of GDP 0.2 per $10,000 of GDP
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than South Africa Ranked 9th.
English status Official language. Bible 1535-1989. The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from India, Portugal, Germany, and Greece speak English as first language. Official language. Bible 1382-1989.
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions Naamalum (Used in judicial purposes as well, for male, female and child alike) नामालुम (in Devnagri). Translates directly into "unknown." Koos van der Merwe, Piet Pompies
Languages Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%; note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 61 82.4
Ranked 144th. Ranked 110th. 35% more than India
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 1.96
Ranked 18th. Ranked 16th. 100% more than India
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 2
Ranked 18th. Ranked 16th. 100% more than India

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