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Language Stats: compare key data on Switzerland & Turkey

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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.
  • Languages > Note: This entry provides 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 Switzerland Turkey HISTORY
Languages German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8%; <i>note:</i> German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian; <i>note:</i> there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Languages > Note German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Linguistic diversity index 0.547
Ranked 78th. 89% more than Turkey 		0.289
Ranked 124th.
Major language(s) German, French, Italian, Romansch Turkish (official), Kurdish

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

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  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

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