Language Stats: compare key data on American Samoa & Malaysia

Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Languages > Note: This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.

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STAT	American Samoa	Malaysia
English status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> most people are bilingual	Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; <i>note:</i> in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Languages > Note	most people are bilingual (2000 census)	in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan

SOURCES: Ethnologue; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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