Language Stats: compare key data on Bulgaria & Russia
Definitions
- 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.
- Romani > Gypsy language > % of Romani who speak Romani: Percentage of Romani population that speak Romani in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 per 1000: in Europe according to Bakker et al. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.
- Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers: Number of Romani speakers in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
- Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers per 1000: Number of Romani speakers in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
SOURCES: 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); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1.; Wikipedia: Romani language; Wikipedia: Romani language. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.