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Language Stats: compare key data on Gaza Strip & India

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  • Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
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STAT Gaza Strip India
Languages Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) 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

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

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