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MALAYSIAN LANGUAGE STATS:

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English status	Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language	7,000,000		[13th of 59]
English-speaking population > First language	380,000		[10th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total	7,400,000		[16th of 99]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan, Mat & Minah
Languages Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Languages > Note in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate	88.7		[89th of 174]

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

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