Language Stats: compare key data on Russia & United Kingdom

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.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 per 1000: in Europe according to Bakker et al. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000: in Europe according to Bakker et al.

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STAT	Russia	United Kingdom
Languages	Russian, many minority languages	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Linguistic diversity index	0.283 Ranked 125th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	0.139 Ranked 152nd.
Major language(s)	Russian	English
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000	405,000 Ranked 2nd. 405 times more than United Kingdom	1,000 Ranked 31st.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 per 1000	2.77 Ranked 15th. 163 times more than United Kingdom	0.017 Ranked 30th.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000	80% Ranked 23th. 160 times more than United Kingdom	0.5% Ranked 31st.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Romani language; Wikipedia: Romani language. 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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