Language Stats: compare key data on Namibia & United States

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	Namibia	United States
English status	Not understood or spoken by everyone. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	There are many regional dialects. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages	English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)	English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%; <i>note:</i> Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Linguistic diversity index	0.808 Ranked 28th. 2 times more than United States	0.353 Ranked 114th.
Major language(s)	English (official), Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama	English

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