Language Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & 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.

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STAT	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Languages	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%; <i>note:</i> English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Linguistic diversity index	0.313 Ranked 120th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	0.139 Ranked 152nd.
Major language(s)	Sinhala, Tamil, English	English

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