Language Stats: compare key data on Mauritius & Nigeria

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.

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STAT	Mauritius	Nigeria
English status	Used in secondary school, courts, for road signs. Not widely known. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Used in <a href=/cat/Government>government</a>, <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3%	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Linguistic diversity index	0.641 Ranked 61st.	0.87 Ranked 19th. 36% more than Mauritius
Major language(s)	English (official), Creole, French, Indian languages	English (official), Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa

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