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Language Stats: compare key data on Philippines & Puerto Rico

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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.
  • Major language(s): Country major languages.
  • Spanish speakers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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STAT Philippines Puerto Rico HISTORY
English status National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan Spanish, English
Major language(s) Filipino, English (both official) Spanish, English (both official)
Spanish speakers 2,658
Ranked 2nd. 		3.44 million
Ranked 2nd. 1293 times more than Philippines
Spanish speakers per 1000 0.0429
Ranked 2nd. 		922.8
Ranked 2nd. 21507 times more than Philippines
Spanish status Formerly the official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Used by a few families as mother tongue. <a href=/encyclopedia/Christianity>Christian</a>. Bible 1553-1979. Some dialects are considered to be <a href=/encyclopedia/archaism>archaic</a>. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.

SOURCES: Ethnologue; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Ethnologue. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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