Language Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & South Africa

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Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
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STAT	Malaysia	South Africa
English status	Bible 1535-1989.	The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from <a href=/country/in>India</a>, <a href=/country/po>Portugal</a>, <a href=/country/gm>Germany</a>, and <a href=/country/gr>Greece</a> speak <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> as first <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages	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	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%
Linguistic diversity index	0.758 Ranked 38th.	0.869 Ranked 20th. 15% more than Malaysia
Major language(s)	Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam	11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu

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