Language Stats: compare key data on Papua New Guinea & Philippines

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	Papua New Guinea	Philippines
English status	Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Used in schools. Bible 1535-1989.	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region; <i>note:</i> 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)	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	0.99 Ranked 1st. 17% more than Philippines	0.849 Ranked 23th.
Major language(s)	English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu	Filipino, English (both official)

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