Language Stats: compare key data on Ethiopia & Uganda

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STAT	Ethiopia	Uganda	HISTORY
English status	<a href=/cat/Language>Language</a> of higher <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>, many technical fields, and international communication. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Used in primary schools, law courts. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. <a href=/graph-T/med_new>Newspapers</a>, radio programs. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 32.7%, Oromigna (official regional) 31.6%, Tigrigna (official regional) 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official)	English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Linguistic diversity index	0.843 Ranked 26th.	0.928 Ranked 11th. 10% more than Ethiopia
Major language(s)	Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali	English (official), Swahili (official), Luganda, various Bantu and Nilotic languages

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