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Language Stats: compare key data on Canada & Netherlands Antilles

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  • 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.
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English status National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989. Post-creole <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> is the dialect used (Alleyne). The third most important <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> in <a href=/country/nt>Netherlands Antilles</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5% Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8%
Linguistic diversity index 0.549
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Netherlands Antilles 		0.266
Ranked 127th.

SOURCES: Ethnologue; 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)

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