Language Stats: compare key data on Philippines & Sierra Leone

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	Philippines	Sierra Leone
English status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	Used in administration, law, <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>, commerce. Official <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	English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Linguistic diversity index	0.849 Ranked 23th. 4% more than Sierra Leone	0.817 Ranked 27th.
Major language(s)	Filipino, English (both official)	English, Krio (Creole language derived from English) and a range of African languages

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