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Old 19th July 2005, 06:53 PM   #1
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Default Linguistic diversity

This was just in NY Times. Since we all deal with cultural heritages, I thought it might be interesting.



MOST LANGUAGES PER COUNTRY

1. New Guinea: 820 languages
2. Indonesia: 742
3. Nigeria: 516
4. India: 427
5. USA:311
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9. China: 241

LEAST LANGUAGES PER COUNTRY

1. N. Korea: 1 language
2. Haiti: 2
3,4. S. Korea, Cuba: 4 each
5. Burundi: 4
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