Beninese and Beninois Language Stats

French status: Status of French language in selected countries. Additional information for Mauritius provided by the Ministry of Tourism website of the Republic of Mauritius
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	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
French status	Official language. Bible 1530-1986.	2044
Languages	French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)	2008
Linguistic diversity index	0.785	2009	33th out of 200
Major language(s)	French (official) Fon, Ge, Bariba, Yoruba, Dendi	2013

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