Language Stats: compare key data on Australia & Singapore

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STAT	Australia	Singapore	HISTORY
English status	Minor regional dialect differences. Neo-Nyungar is the community dialect of the Nyungar people. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Dictionary. Bible 1382-1989.	<a href=/graph-T/peo_eth_gro>Ethnic groups</a> which use <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a>: <a href=/country/mc>Chinese</a> 154,000, 68%; <a href=/region/EUR>European</a> and Eurasian 34,000, 15%; <a href=/country/in>Indian</a> 32,000, 14%; <a href=/encyclopedia/Malay-language>Malay</a> 6,000, 3%. <a href=/country/mc>Chinese</a> varieties and <a href=/encyclopedia/Tamil-language>Tamil</a> also used at home. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages	English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)	Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%
Linguistic diversity index	0.126 Ranked 156th.	0.748 Ranked 41st. 6 times more than Australia
Major language(s)	English	English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil

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