Djibouti

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Official Name
Republic of Djibouti, Jumhouriyya Djibouti, République de Djibouti
Population
818,000
National Languages
French, Standard Arabic
Literacy Rate
68% (2011 USDS)
Immigrant Languages
Amharic (1,400), Greek (1,000), Hindi (600), Omani Spoken Arabic (38,900), Tigrigna (600)
General References
Welmers 1971
Language Counts
The number of individual languages listed for Djibouti is 5. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are institutional, 2 are developing, and 1 is vigorous.