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Africa > Zambia > Language

ZAMBIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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English speakers 41,434 [17th of 52]
    English speakers (per $ GDP) 0.077 per $10,000 of GDP [14th of 35]
    English speakers (per capita) 0.368 per 100 people [33rd of 46]
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.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 1,800,000 [34th of 59]
English-speaking population > First language 110,000 [14th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 1,900,000 [36th of 99]
Languages
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 67.9 [137th 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; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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