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| PAPUA NEW GUINEAN LANGUAGE STATS: |
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English speakers
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50,000 |
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[16th of 52]
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English status
Official language. Used in schools. Bible 1535-1989. |
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English-speaking population > First language
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50,000
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[19th of 62]
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English-speaking population > Total
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50,000 |
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[55th of 99]
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Languages
Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region; note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) |
Languages > A note
715 indigenous languages |
Languages > Note
820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) |
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Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
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57.3
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[148th of 174]
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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population
; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.
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