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STAT Afghanistan Somalia 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 Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Linguistic diversity index 0.732
Ranked 46th. 4 times more than Somalia 		0.179
Ranked 138th.
Major language(s) Dari, Pashto Somali, Arabic, Italian, English

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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