Language Stats: compare key data on Guyana & Malaysia

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STAT	Guyana	Malaysia
English status	Spoken as first <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> by some Blacks and some Hindustanis. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu	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
Linguistic diversity index	0.078 Ranked 162nd.	0.758 Ranked 38th. 10 times more than Guyana
Major language(s)	English, indigenous languages, Creole, Hindi, Urdu	Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam

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