Language Stats: compare key data on Philippines & Trinidad and Tobago

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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	Philippines	Trinidad and Tobago
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	English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese
Linguistic diversity index	0.849 Ranked 23th. 22% more than Trinidad and Tobago	0.696 Ranked 48th.
Major language(s)	Filipino, English (both official)	English
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.	<a href=/graph-T/int_use>Users</a> seem to be second <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> <a href=/graph-T/int_use>users</a> only. Frequent contact with <a href=/encyclopedia/Venezuela>Venezuelan</a> fishing communities that lie nine miles off the coast of Trinidad. Bible 1553-1979.

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