Language Stats: compare key data on Burkina Faso & United Kingdom

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	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
French status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1530-1986.	<a href=/country/fr>French</a> is only spoken by about 11% of the <a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>population</a> of Channel Islands, mainly older people. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages	French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Linguistic diversity index	0.773 Ranked 35th. 6 times more than United Kingdom	0.139 Ranked 152nd.
Major language(s)	French, indigenous languages	English

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