Language Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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	Nigeria	South Africa
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.	The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from <a href=/country/in>India</a>, <a href=/country/po>Portugal</a>, <a href=/country/gm>Germany</a>, and <a href=/country/gr>Greece</a> speak <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> as first <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani	IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%
Linguistic diversity index	0.87 Ranked 19th. About the same as South Africa	0.869 Ranked 20th.
Major language(s)	English (official), Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa	11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu

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