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Oceania > Australia > Language

AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English speakers 15,682,000 [5th of 52]
English status
Minor regional dialect differences. Neo-Nyungar is the community dialect of the Nyungar people. National language. Dictionary. Bible 1382-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 2,343,868 [28th of 59]
English-speaking population > First language 15,013,965 [4th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 17,357,833 [7th of 99]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Fred Nerk, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, John Citizen, Joe Farnarkle, John Barry, Simon McCool
Languages
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 99.9 [8th of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 [20th of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [20th of 37]
World Esperanto Association > Years of presidency 3 [9th of 10]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: John Doe ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature ; Wikipedia: World Esperanto Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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