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Language Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & South Korea

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STAT Malaysia South Korea HISTORY
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 Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
Linguistic diversity index 0.758
Ranked 38th. 253 times more than South Korea 		0.003
Ranked 197th.
Major language(s) Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Korean

SOURCES: 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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