Malaysia Language Stats

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
English status	Bible 1535-1989.	1989
Languages	Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan	2008
Languages > Note	in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan	2011
Linguistic diversity index	0.758	2009	38th out of 200
Major language(s)	Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam	2013

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