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Language > Background

Definition:
Source:
Number of countries: 1

Language > Hungarian speakers

Definition: Number of people speaking Hungarian around the world.
Source: National censuses, Ethnologue
Number of countries: 10

Language > Romani (gypsy) language > % of Romani who speak Romani

Definition: Percentage of Romani population that speak Romani in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
Source: Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1.
Number of countries: 30

Language > Romani language (gypsy) > Speakers

Definition: Number of Romani speakers in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
Source: Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1.
Number of countries: 30

Language > Kurdish speakers > Comment

Definition:
Source: Wikipedia: List of countries by Kurdish-speaking population
Number of countries: 8

Language > Kurdish speakers > Minimum

Definition:
Source: Wikipedia: List of countries by Kurdish-speaking population
Number of countries: 12

Language > Kurdish speakers > Maximum

Definition:
Source: Wikipedia: List of countries by Kurdish-speaking population
Number of countries: 12

Language > Languages

Definition: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Source: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Number of countries: 184

Language > Languages > note

Definition: This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Source: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Number of countries: 16

Language > Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate

Definition:
Source: Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union
Number of countries: 174