Language Stats: compare key data on India & Lebanon

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STAT	India	Lebanon	HISTORY
English status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Has been used to some extent since the founding of the <a href=/encyclopedia/United-States>American</a> University of <a href=/encyclopedia/Beirut,-Lebanon>Beirut</a> in 1866. Many <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> publications. Not spoken on the street or in <a href=/country/le>Lebanese</a> homes. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	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	Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
Linguistic diversity index	0.93 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Lebanon	0.161 Ranked 146th.
Major language(s)	Hindi, English and more than 20 other official languages	Arabic

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