Language Stats: compare key data on Hungary & Spain
Definitions
- English > Conversational English prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not English native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak English well enough to hold a conversation.
- French > Conversational French prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not French native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak French well enough to hold a conversation.
- German > Conversational German prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not German native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak German well enough to hold a conversation.
- Italian > Conversational Italian prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not Italian native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak Italian well enough to hold a conversation.
- 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.
- Polish > Conversational Polish prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not Polish native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak Polish well enough to hold a conversation.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 per 1000: in Europe according to Bakker et al. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.
- Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers: Number of Romani speakers in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
- Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers per 1000: Number of Romani speakers in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Russian > Conversational Russian prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not Russian native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak Russian well enough to hold a conversation.
- Spanish > Conversational Spanish prevalence: Percentage of people in each EU country who are not Spanish native speakers, who claimed in a survey to be able to speak Spanish well enough to hold a conversation.
- Romani > Gypsy language > % of Romani who speak Romani: Percentage of Romani population that speak Romani in different countries around the world. Figures are for 2000.
SOURCES:
SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 386 “Europeans and their Languages”, p. 21.
; SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 386 “Europeans and their Languages”, p. 21.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Romani language; Wikipedia: Romani language. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1.; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.