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Language Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Marshall Islands

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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.
  • Languages > Note: This entry provides 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 Malaysia Marshall Islands HISTORY
English status Bible 1535-1989. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages 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 Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8%; <i>note:</i> English (official), widely spoken as a second language
Languages > Note in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan English (official), widely spoken as a second language
Linguistic diversity index 0.758
Ranked 38th. 28 times more than Marshall Islands 		0.027
Ranked 181st.
Major language(s) Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Marshallese, English

SOURCES: Ethnologue; 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

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