Language to Country Chart
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We have listed here a listing of countries and the languages spoken in them, ordered by precedence (the first language listed is generally the official language of the country). This listing is also cross-indexed in hypertext format to a listing of languages and the countries where it is spoken. There is an alphabetical index to countries and languages on each page.
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Country to Language Chart
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Language to Country Listing
We have listed here a listing of countries and the languages spoken in them, ordered by precedence (the first language listed is generally the official language of the country). This listing is also cross-indexed in hypertext format to a listing of languages and the countries where it is spoken.
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Languages
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Countries |
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Abkhaz
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Georgia |
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Afar
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Djibouti,
Eritrea |
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Afghan Persian or Dari
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Afghanistan |
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Afrikaans
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Namibia,
South Africa |
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Akan
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Ghana |
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Albanian
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Albania,
Macedonia,
Switzerland |
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Alemannic dialect
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Liechtenstein |
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Alsatian
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France |
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Amerindian dialects
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Guyana,
Honduras |
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Amharic
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Ethiopia |
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Angaur
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Palau |
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Arabic
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Algeria,
Bahrain,
Chad,
Comoros,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gaza Strip,
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel (used officially for Arab minority),
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Oman,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tanzania,
Tunisia,
Uganda,
United Arab Emirates,
West Bank,
Yemen |
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Aramaic
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Syria |
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Armenian
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Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Syria |
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Assamese
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India |
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Assyrian
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Iraq |
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Awadhi
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Nepal |
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Aymara
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Bolivia,
Peru |
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Azerbaijani
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Azerbaijan |
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Azeri
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Georgia,
Turkey |
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Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay)
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Indonesia |
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Bahasa Melayu
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Malaysia |
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Balochi
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Iran,
Pakistan |
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Baluchi
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Oman |
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Bambara
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Mali |
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Bandjabi
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Gabon |
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Bantu
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Angola |
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Bapounou/Eschira
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Gabon |
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Basque
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France,
Spain |
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Belarusian
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Belarus |
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Bemba
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Zambia |
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Bengali
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Bangladesh,
India |
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Berber dialects
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Algeria,
Morocco |
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Bhojpuri
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Mauritius,
Nepal |
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Bicol
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Philippines |
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Bokmal Norwegian
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Norway |
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Bosnian
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Brahui
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Pakistan |
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Brazilero
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Uruguay |
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Breton
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France |
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Bubi
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Bulgarian
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Bulgaria |
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Burmese
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Burma |
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Burushaski
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Pakistan |
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Cakchiquel
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Guatemala |
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Cantonese
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Macau,
Malaysia,
Singapore |
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Carolinian
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Palau |
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Castilian Spanish
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Andorra,
Spain |
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Catalan
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Andorra,
France,
Spain |
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Cebuano
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Philippines |
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Chamorro
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Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands |
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Chichewa
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Malawi |
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Chilomwe
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Malawi |
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Chinese
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Australia,
Brunei,
Christmas Island,
Hong Kong,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Vietnam |
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Chinyanja
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Malawi |
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Chisena
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Malawi |
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Chitonga
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Malawi |
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Chitumbuka
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Malawi |
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Chiyao
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Malawi |
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Circassian
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Syria |
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Cisena
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Mozambique |
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Corsican
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France |
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Creole
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Bahamas,
Belize,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Mauritius,
Netherlands Antilles,
Reunion,
Seychelles |
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Creole patois
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Guadeloupe,
Martinique |
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Crioulo
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Cape Verde,
Guinea-Bissau |
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Croatian
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Austria,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia,
Serbia
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Czech
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Czech Republic,
European Union |
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Danish
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Denmark,
Faroe Islands,
Greenland |
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Dimli
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Turkey |
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Djerma
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Niger |
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Dutch
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Aruba,
Belgium,
Indonesia,
Netherlands,
Netherlands Antilles,
Suriname |
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Dzongkha
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Bhutan |
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Echuwabo
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Mozambique |
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Elomwe
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Mozambique |
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Emakhuwa
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Mozambique |
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English
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Akrotiri,
American Samoa,
Anguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Aruba,
Australia,
Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Botswana,
Brazil,
British Virgin Islands,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canada,
Cayman Islands,
Christmas Island,
Cocos Islands,
Cook Islands,
Costa Rica,
Cyprus,
Dhekelia,
Dominica,
East Timor,
Ethiopia,
Falkland Islands,
Fiji,
Gambia,
Gaza Strip,
Ghana,
Gibraltar,
Greece,
Greenland,
Grenada,
Guam,
Guernsey,
Guyana,
Hong Kong,
Iceland,
Indonesia,
Ireland,
Isle of Man,
Jamaica,
Jersey,
Kenya,
Kiribati,
Laos,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Libya,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Malta,
Marshall Islands,
Mauritius,
Micronesia, Federated States of,
Monaco,
Montserrat,
Namibia,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Zealand,
Nigeria,
Niue,
Norfolk Island,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palau,
Panama,
Papua New Guinea,
Philippines,
Pitcairn Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Rwanda,
Saint Helena,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Singapore,
Solomon Islands,
Somalia,
South Africa,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Swaziland,
Switzerland,
Syria,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Tokelau,
Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Turks and Caicos Islands,
Tuvalu,
Uganda,
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Virgin Islands,
West Bank,
World,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe |
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English patois
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Jamaica |
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Estonian
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Estonia,
European Union |
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Ewe
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Ghana |
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Ewe and Mina
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Togo |
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Fang
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Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon |
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Faroese
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Denmark,
Faroe Islands |
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Farsi
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Bahrain |
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Fijian
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Fiji |
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Filipino
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Palau |
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Finnish
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Finland,
Norway,
Sweden |
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Flemish
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France |
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Fon and Yoruba
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Benin |
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Foochow
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Malaysia |
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French
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Algeria,
Andorra,
Argentina,
Belgium,
Benin,
Brazil,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canada,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Comoros,
Congo, Democratic Republic of the,
Congo, Republic of the,
Cote d'Ivoire,
Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea,
France,
French Guiana,
French Polynesia,
Gabon,
Greece,
Guadeloupe,
Guernsey,
Guinea,
Haiti,
Holy See,
Italy,
Laos,
Lebanon,
Luxembourg,
Madagascar,
Mali,
Martinique,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Monaco,
Morocco,
New Caledonia,
Niger,
Reunion,
Rwanda,
Saint Pierre and Miquelon,
Senegal,
Switzerland,
Syria,
Togo,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Virgin Islands,
Wallis and Futuna |
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French Creole
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Virgin Islands |
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French patois
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Dominica,
Grenada,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Frisian
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Netherlands |
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Fula
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Gambia |
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Fulani
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Nigeria |
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Futunian
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Wallis and Futuna |
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Ga
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Ghana |
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Gagauz
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Moldova,
Turkey
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Galician
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Spain |
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Galole
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East Timor |
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Gan
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China |
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Ganda or Luganda
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Uganda |
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Garifuna
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Belize,
Guatemala |
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Georgian
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Georgia |
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German
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Argentina,
Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Germany,
Italy,
Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg,
Namibia,
Romania,
Switzerland |
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Greek
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Akrotiri,
Albania,
Cyprus,
Dhekelia,
Greece |
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Greenlandic
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Denmark,
Greenland |
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Guaragigna
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Ethiopia |
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Guarani
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Paraguay |
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Gujarati
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India |
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Hainan
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Malaysia |
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Hakka
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Malaysia |
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Hakka dialects
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China,
Taiwan |
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Hassaniya
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Mauritania |
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Hassaniya Arabic
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Western Sahara |
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Hausa
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Niger,
Nigeria |
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Hebrew
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Gaza Strip,
Israel,
West Bank |
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Herero
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Namibia |
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Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
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Philippines |
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Hindi
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India,
Guyana,
Trinidad and Tobago,
United Arab Emirates |
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Hindko
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Pakistan |
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Hindustani
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India,
Fiji,
Suriname |
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Hokkien
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Macau,
Malaysia,
Singapore |
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Hungarian
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Austria,
Hungary,
Romania,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Ukraine |
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I-Kiribati
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Kiribati |
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Ibo
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Icelandic
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Iceland |
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Igbo
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Nigeria |
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Ilocano
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Philippines |
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Indian dialects
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Oman |
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Indonesian
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East Timor |
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Irish Gaelic (spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard)
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Ireland |
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IsiXhosa
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South Africa |
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IsiZulu
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South Africa |
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Italian
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Argentina,
Australia,
Gibraltar,
Holy See,
Italy,
Libya,
Monaco,
San Marino,
Somalia,
Switzerland |
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Japanese
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Japan,
Palau |
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Javanese
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Indonesia,
Suriname |
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Jola
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Senegal |
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Kabardian
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Turkey |
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Kabye
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Togo |
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Kalanga
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Botswana |
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Kannada
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India |
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Kaonda
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Zambia |
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Kapingamarangi
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Kashmiri
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India |
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Kazakh
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Kazakhstan |
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Kekchi
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Guatemala |
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Kemak
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East Timor |
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Khalkha Mongol
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Mongolia |
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Khmer
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Cambodia,
Vietnam |
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Kikongo
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
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Kingwana
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
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Kinyarwanda
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Rwanda |
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Kiribati
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Tuvalu |
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Kirundi
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Burundi |
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Kiswahili
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Kenya,
Rwanda |
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Kiswahili or Swahili
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Tanzania |
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Kiunguja
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Tanzania |
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Korean
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Korea, North,
Korea, South |
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Kosrean
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Krio (English-based Creole)
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Sierra Leone |
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Kunama
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Eritrea |
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Kurdish
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Iran,
Iraq,
Syria,
Turkey |
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Kyrgyz
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Lao
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Laos |
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Latin
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Holy See |
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Latvian
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Latvia |
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Lingala
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
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Lingala and Monokutuba
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Congo, Republic of the |
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Lithuanian
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Latvia,
Lithuania |
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Lozi
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Zambia |
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Lunda
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Zambia |
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Luri
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Iran |
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Luvale
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Zambia |
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Luxembourgish
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Luxembourg |
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Macedonian
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Macedonia |
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Magar
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Nepal |
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Mahorian
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Mayotte |
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Maithali
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Nepal |
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Malagasy
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Madagascar |
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Malay
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Brunei,
Christmas Island,
Cocos Islands,
Singapore |
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Malayalam
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India,
Malaysia |
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Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic)
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Maldives |
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Maltese
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Malta |
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Mam
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Guatemala |
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Mambae
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East Timor |
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Mandarin
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China,
Macau,
Malaysia,
Singapore |
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Mandarin Chinese
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Taiwan |
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Mandinka
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Gambia,
Senegal |
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Manx Gaelic
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Isle of Man |
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Maori
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Cook Islands,
New Zealand |
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Marathi
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India |
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Marshallese
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Marshall Islands |
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Mayan
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Belize |
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Melanesian Pidgin
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Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands
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Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
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New Caledonia |
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Mende
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Sierra Leone |
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Minbei
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China |
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Minnan
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China |
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Mirandese
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Portugal |
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Miskito
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Nicaragua |
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Moldovan
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Moldova |
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Monegasque
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Monaco |
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Moroccan Arabic
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Western Sahara |
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Moshi-Dagomba
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Ghana |
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Motu
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Papua New Guinea |
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Myene
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Gabon |
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Nahua
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El Salvador |
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Nama
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Namibia |
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Nauruan
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Nauru |
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Ndebele (also called Sindebele)
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Zimbabwe |
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Nepalese
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Bhutan |
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Nepali
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Nepal |
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Newar
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Nepal |
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Niuean
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Niue |
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Norfolk (a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian)
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Norfolk Island |
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Norman-French (dialect spoken in country districts)
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Guernsey |
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Norwegian
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Norway,
Svalbard
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Nubian
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Sudan |
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Nukuoro
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Nyanja
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Zambia |
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Nynorsk Norwegian
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Norway |
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Nzebi
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Gabon |
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Oriya
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India |
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Oromigna
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Ethiopia |
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Oshivambo
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Namibia |
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Palauan
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Palau |
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Pampango
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Philippines |
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Pangasinan
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Philippines |
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Panjabi
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Malaysia |
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Papiamento
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Aruba,
Netherlands Antilles |
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Pashtu
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Afghanistan,
Pakistan |
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Persian
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United Arab Emirates |
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Persian and Persian dialects
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Iran |
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Pitcairnese
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Pitcairn Islands |
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Pohnpeian
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Polish
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Lithuania,
Poland,
Ukraine |
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Polynesian
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French Polynesia |
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Portuguese
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Andorra,
Angola,
Bermuda,
Brazil,
Cape Verde,
East Timor,
Gibraltar,
Guinea-Bissau,
Jersey,
Mozambique,
Portugal,
Sao Tome and Principe,
Switzerland |
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Portunol
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Uruguay |
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Provencal
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France |
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Pulaar
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Mauritania,
Senegal |
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Punjabi
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India,
Pakistan |
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Quechua
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Bolivia,
Peru |
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Quiche
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Guatemala |
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Roma
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Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Slovakia |
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Romani
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Albania |
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Romanian
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Romania,
Serbia,
Ukraine |
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Romansch
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Switzerland |
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Russian
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Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Estonia,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Moldova,
Mongolia,
Russia,
Svalbard,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan |
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Sami
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Norway,
Sweden |
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Samoan
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American Samoa,
Samoa,
Tuvalu |
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Sangho
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Central African Republic |
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Sanskrit
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India |
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Sara
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Chad |
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Scottish Gaelic
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United Kingdom |
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Sekgalagadi
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Botswana |
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Sepedi
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South Africa |
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Serbian
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Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia,
Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Serbia |
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Serbo-Croatian
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Slovenia,
Switzerland |
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Sesotho
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Lesotho,
South Africa |
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Setswana
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Botswana,
South Africa |
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Shikomoro
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Comoros |
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Shona
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Zimbabwe |
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Sindebele (also called Ndebele)
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Zimbabwe |
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Sindhi
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India,
Pakistan |
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Sinhala
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Sri Lanka |
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Siraiki
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Pakistan |
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siSwati
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Swaziland |
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Slavic dialects
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Albania |
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Slovak
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Serbia,
Slovakia |
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Slovene
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Austria,
Italy |
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Slovenian
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Slovenia |
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Somali
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Djibouti,
Ethiopia,
Somalia |
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Soninke
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Mauritania |
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Spanish
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Argentina,
Aruba,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil,
Chile,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Gibraltar,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Trinidad and Tobago,
United States,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
Virgin Islands |
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Spanish Creole
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Virgin Islands |
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Sranang Tongo (Surinamese)
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Suriname |
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Standard German
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World |
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Swahili
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Burundi,
Uganda |
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Swedish
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Finland,
Sweden |
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Ta Bedawie
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Sudan |
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Tagalog
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Philippines |
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Taiwanese
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Taiwan |
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Tajik
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Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan |
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Tamang
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Nepal |
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Tamil
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India,
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka |
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Telugu
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India,
Malaysia |
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Temne
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Sierra Leone |
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Teochew
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Singapore |
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Tetum
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East Timor |
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Thai
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Malaysia,
Thailand |
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Tharu
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Nepal |
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Tibetan
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Bhutan |
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Tigre
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Eritrea |
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Tigrinya
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Eritrea,
Ethiopia |
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Tokelauan
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Tokelau |
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Tonga
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Zambia |
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Tongan
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American Samoa,
Tonga |
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Trukese
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Tshiluba
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
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Turkic
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Mongolia |
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Turkic and Turkic dialects
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Iran |
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Turkish
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Bulgaria,
Cyprus,
Iran,
Macedonia,
Turkey |
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Turkmen
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Turkmenistan |
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Tuvaluan
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Tuvalu |
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Ukrainian
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Serbia,
Slovakia,
Ukraine |
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Ulithian
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Urdu
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Bahrain,
Guyana,
India,
Oman,
Pakistan,
United Arab Emirates |
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Uzbek
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Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan |
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Vietnamese
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Vietnam |
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Vlach
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Albania |
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Wallisian
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Wallis and Futuna |
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Waray
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Philippines |
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Welsh
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United Kingdom |
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Woleaian
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Wolof
|
Gambia,
Mauritania,
Senegal |
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Wu
|
China |
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Wu Chinese
|
World |
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Xhosa
|
Lesotho |
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Xiang
|
China |
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Xichangana
|
Mozambique |
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Xinca
|
Guatemala |
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Xitsonga
|
South Africa |
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Yapese
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
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Yezidi
|
Armenia |
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Yoruba
|
Nigeria |
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Yue
|
China |
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Zulu
|
Lesotho |
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Languages
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Countries |
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