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Africa > Namibia > Language

NAMIBIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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English speakers 10,941 [22nd of 52]
    English speakers (per $ GDP) 0.02 per $10,000 of GDP [21st of 35]
    English speakers (per capita) 0.539 per 100 people [31st of 46]
English status
Not understood or spoken by everyone. Official language. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > First language 10,941 [26th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 10,941 [64th of 0]
Languages
English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 85 [103rd 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, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Namibia, Republic of Namibia

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