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STAT	Belize	India
English status	Used in <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>, <a href=/cat/Government>government</a>, and business. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2%	Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%; <i>note:</i> English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
Linguistic diversity index	0.693 Ranked 50th.	0.93 Ranked 9th. 34% more than Belize
Major language(s)	English (official), Spanish, Belizean Creole, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib)	Hindi, English and more than 20 other official languages

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