Language Stats: compare key data on El Salvador & Honduras

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.
Spanish speakers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	El Salvador	Honduras
Languages	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Linguistic diversity index	0.004 Ranked 196th.	0.056 Ranked 171st. 14 times more than El Salvador
Major language(s)	Spanish	Spanish, indigenous languages, English
Spanish speakers	5.9 million Ranked 10th. 5% more than Honduras	5.6 million Ranked 1st.
Spanish speakers per 1000	1,026.44 Ranked 1st. 5% more than Honduras	978.4 Ranked 1st.
Spanish status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.

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; Ethnologue; Ethnologue. 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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