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Papua New Guinea

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  • Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
  • Languages > Note: This entry provides 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 HISTORY
English status Official language. Used in schools. Bible 1535-1989. 1989
Languages Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region; note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) 2008
Languages > A note 715 indigenous languages 2003
Languages > Note 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) 2011
Linguistic diversity index 0.99 2009 1st out of 200
Major language(s) English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu 2013

SOURCES: Ethnologue; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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