Language Stats: compare key data on Sierra Leone & United States

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STAT	Sierra Leone	United States
English status	Used in administration, law, <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>, commerce. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1535-1989.	There are many regional dialects. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.
Languages	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%)	English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%; <i>note:</i> Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Linguistic diversity index	0.817 Ranked 27th. 2 times more than United States	0.353 Ranked 114th.
Major language(s)	English, Krio (Creole language derived from English) and a range of African languages	English

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