Language Stats: compare key data on Fiji & Malaysia

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	Fiji	Malaysia
English status	Also used by many urban <a href=/country/mc>Chinese</a> (4,652 in 1976), Rotuman, occasionally by <a href=/encyclopedia/Native-American>Indians</a>, rarely by Fijians (P. Geraghty 1981). Main <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> of commerce, <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>, <a href=/cat/Government>government</a>. There are also reports of a <a href=/country/fj>Fijian</a> Pidgin <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a>. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. <a href=/graph-T/med_new>Newspapers</a>, radio programs. Bible 1535-1989.	Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani	Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; <i>note:</i> in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
Linguistic diversity index	0.607 Ranked 64th.	0.758 Ranked 38th. 25% more than Fiji
Major language(s)	English, Fijian, Hindi	Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam

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