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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Language

English speakers 50,000 [16th of 52]
    English speakers (per $ GDP) 0.128 per $10,000 of GDP [12th of 35]
English status
Official language. Used in schools. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > First language 50,000 [19th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 50,000 [55th of 99]
Languages > A note
715 indigenous languages
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 57.3 [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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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Miss Upset
30th October 2005
I wanted the OFFICIAL language , and all you gave me were all kinds of languages!
Next time please be more specific. Now I'll never finish my homework.
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