Language Stats: compare key data on Pakistan & Sri Lanka

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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	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
English status	Mainly second <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> speakers in <a href=/country/pk>Pakistan</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski and other 8%	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%; <i>note:</i> English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Linguistic diversity index	0.762 Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka	0.313 Ranked 120th.
Major language(s)	English, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi	Sinhala, Tamil, English

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