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Language Stats: compare key data on Afghanistan & Bangladesh

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STAT Afghanistan Bangladesh HISTORY
Languages Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
Linguistic diversity index 0.732
Ranked 46th. 2 times more than Bangladesh 		0.332
Ranked 117th.
Major language(s) Dari, Pashto Bengali

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

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