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Language Stats: compare key data on Switzerland & United Arab Emirates

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STAT Switzerland United Arab Emirates HISTORY
Languages German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8%; <i>note:</i> German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Linguistic diversity index 0.547
Ranked 78th. 		0.777
Ranked 34th. 42% more than Switzerland
Major language(s) German, French, Italian, Romansch Arabic

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

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