Language Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & Philippines

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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.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
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STAT	Nigeria	Philippines
English status	Used in <a href=/cat/Government>government</a>, <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani	Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
Linguistic diversity index	0.87 Ranked 19th. 2% more than Philippines	0.849 Ranked 23th.
Major language(s)	English (official), Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa	Filipino, English (both official)

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