Language Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Uganda

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	Ghana	Uganda
English status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Used in primary schools, law courts. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. <a href=/graph-T/med_new>Newspapers</a>, radio programs. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official))	English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Linguistic diversity index	0.805 Ranked 29th.	0.928 Ranked 11th. 15% more than Ghana
Major language(s)	English, African languages including Akan, Ewe	English (official), Swahili (official), Luganda, various Bantu and Nilotic languages

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