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| ZAMBIAN LANGUAGE STATS: |
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English speakers
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17 |
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[17th of 52]
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(per $ GDP)
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14 per $10,000 of GDP |
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[14th of 35]
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(per capita)
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33 per 100 people |
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[33rd of 46]
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English status
Spoken as mother tongue by Europeans mainly. A small minority of Zambian Africans speak it as a mother tongue. Used as a second language. The only language of Parliament. Official language. Bible 1535-1989. |
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English-speaking population > As an additional language
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34
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[34th of 59]
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English-speaking population > First language
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14
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[14th of 62]
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English-speaking population > Total
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36 |
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[36th of 0]
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Languages
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages |
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Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
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137
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[137th of 174]
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SOURCES: ; Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10,000 $ gross domestic product.; Per capita figures expressed per 100 population.;
; English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).; A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
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