Language Stats: compare key data on Belgium & Canada

French status: Status of French language in selected countries. Additional information for Mauritius provided by the Ministry of Tourism website of the Republic of Mauritius
Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.

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STAT	Belgium	Canada
French status	The eastern subdialect of Walloon is considered to be more difficult to understand within <a href=/country/be>Belgium</a>. The following <a href=/encyclopedia/Philippine-municipality>municipalities</a> have minority rights for Dutch-speaking persons: Comines-Warneton, Mouscron, Enghien, Floubecques; and for German-speaking persons: Malmï¿½dy, Weismes, Welkenraedt. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1530-1986.	Difficult intelligibility between speakers of Quï¿½bï¿½cois and Acadian for speakers not fluent in Standard <a href=/country/fr>French</a>. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages	Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)	English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Linguistic diversity index	0.734 Ranked 45th. 34% more than Canada	0.549 Ranked 77th.
Major language(s)	Dutch, French, German	English, French (both official)

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