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Africa > Algeria > Language

ALGERIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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French speakers 110,600 [6th of 31]
    (per capita) 0.034 per 10 people [17th of 30]
French status
20% of the population can read and write French, and more can speak it. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 69.8 [131st of 174]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah, Al Jaza'ir, algeria b

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