Language Stats: compare key data on India & Zambia

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STAT	India	Zambia	HISTORY
English status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Spoken as mother tongue by Europeans mainly. A small minority of Zambian <a href=/encyclopedia/Africa>Africans</a> speak it as a mother tongue. Used as a second <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. The only <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> of <a href=/encyclopedia/Parliament-(band)>Parliament</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. 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	English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
Linguistic diversity index	0.93 Ranked 9th. 9% more than Zambia	0.855 Ranked 21st.
Major language(s)	Hindi, English and more than 20 other official languages	English (official), Bemba, Lozi, Nyanja, Tonga

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