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LANGUAGE |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
MAIN AREAS WHERE SPOKEN |
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ABUA |
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Rivers State, Nigeria |
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ABKHAZIAN |
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Georgia (former U.S.S.R) |
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ACHOLI |
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Uganda, Sudan |
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ADA |
KUTURMI |
Nigeria |
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ADANGME |
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Ghana |
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AFAR |
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Eritrea |
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AFRIKAANS |
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Republic of South Africa |
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AKAN |
TWI-FANTE |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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ALBANIAN |
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Albania, Former Yugoslavia |
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ALBANIAN |
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Albania, Former Yugoslavia |
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ALBANIAN |
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Albania, Former Yugoslavia |
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ALUR |
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Uganda |
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AMHARIC |
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Ethiopia |
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ANYIN |
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Ivory Coast |
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ARABIC |
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Middle East, North Africa, East Africa |
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ARINGA |
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Uganda |
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ARMENIAN |
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Armenia, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Russia…. |
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ASHANTI |
AKAN, TWI - FANTE |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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ASSAMESE |
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Assam ( India), Bhutan |
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ASSYRIAN |
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Iran,Iraq |
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ATASO |
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Uganda |
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ATTIE |
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Ivory Coast |
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AZERBAIJANI |
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Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Iraq |
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B |
BAHASA INDONESIA |
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Indonesia |
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BALUCHI |
BALOCHI |
Pakistan, India, Oman, Iran, UAE, Afghanistan … |
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BAMBA |
EAST SONGHAI |
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso |
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BARI |
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Sudan |
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BARYA |
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Eritrea |
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BASQUE |
Euskara, Eskuara |
Spain, France |
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BASSA |
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Liberia |
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BATTA |
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Cameroon |
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BAULE |
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Ivory Coast |
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BAZA |
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Eritrea |
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BEDAW |
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Sudan |
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BEJA |
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Eritrea, Sudan |
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BELORUSSIAN |
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Republic of Belorus |
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BEMBA |
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East and Central Africa |
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BENGALI |
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Bangladesh, W. Bengal |
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BENIN |
BINI, EDO |
Nigeria |
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BERBER |
TAMAZIGHT |
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania …. |
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BIHARI |
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India, Nepal |
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BILEN |
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Eritrea |
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BINI |
EDO |
Nigeria |
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BOSNIAN |
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Bosnia-Herzogovina, Croatia, Macedonia |
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BRAVA/NESE |
CHIM(W)INI, BARAWAN |
Brava region of Southern Somalia |
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BSL |
British Sign Language |
Britain |
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BULGARIAN |
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Bulgaria |
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BULU |
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Cameroon |
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BURMESE |
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Burma |
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CALABARI |
dialect of IJO |
Nigeria |
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CANTONESE |
variety of CHINESE |
Hong Kong, China, S.E. Asia Mainland |
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CHECHEN |
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Chechnya |
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CHEWA |
NYANJA, CHINJANJA |
Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania |
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CHIGE |
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Uganda |
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CHINESE |
varieties include Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka; please specify exact variety spoken |
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CHIUCHOW |
variety of CHINESE |
China ..... |
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CHOKWE |
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Angola |
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CHOPI |
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Mozambique |
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CHWABO |
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Mozambique |
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CREOLE |
PATOIS, PATWA(H), MAURITIAN |
West Indies & Africa, Mauritius & others |
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CROATIAN |
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Croatia |
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CUA |
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Vietnam |
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CZECH |
BOHEMIAN |
Czech Republic |
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DAGBANE |
DAGOMBA, DAGAANI |
Ghana |
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DAN |
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Ivory Coast |
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DANAKIL |
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Eritrea |
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DANISH |
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Denmark |
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DARI |
known as Farsi in Iran |
Afghanistan |
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DINKA |
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Sudan |
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DUTCH |
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Holland |
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E |
EBU |
IGALA |
Nigeria |
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EDO |
BINI, BENIN |
Nigeria |
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EWE |
EBWE, EFE |
Ghana, Togo |
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FANG |
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Cameroon |
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FANTI |
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Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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FARSI |
PERSIAN |
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan |
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FINNISH |
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Finland, Sweden |
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FON |
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Benin |
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FRENCH |
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France, West & Central Africa, Mauritius & others |
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FULANI |
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Cameroon |
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GA |
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Ghana, Togo, Benin |
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GAELIC |
IRISH, ERSE |
Ireland |
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GALLE |
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Ethiopia |
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GANDA |
LUGANDA |
Uganda |
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GEN-GBE |
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Togo |
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GEORGIAN |
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Georgia (former U.S.S.R.) |
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GERMAN |
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Germany, Austria |
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GISU |
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Uganda |
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GOKANA |
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Nigeria |
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GREBO |
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Liberia |
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GREEK |
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Greece, Cyprus |
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GUJERATI |
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Gujerat ( India) |
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GURENNE |
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Ghana |
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GURMA |
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Ghana, Togo |
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HAKKA |
variery of CHINESE |
China, Taiwan |
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HASABA |
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Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania |
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HAUSA |
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Nigeria, Niger |
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HEBREW |
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Israel |
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HENKO |
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Pakistan |
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HERERO |
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Botswana, Namibia |
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HINDI |
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North & Central India & many other countries |
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HINDKO |
PESHAWARI |
Pakistan |
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HMONG |
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Vietnam |
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HUNGARIAN |
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Hungary, Rumania |
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I |
IBO |
IGBO |
Nigeria |
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IDOMA |
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Nigeria |
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IGALA |
EBU |
Nigeria |
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IJAW |
IJO |
Nigeria |
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ILOCANO |
ILOKO |
Philippines |
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ILONGGO |
HILIGAYNON |
Philippines |
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INDONESIAN |
Bahasa Indonesia |
Indonesia |
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ISEKIRI |
dialect of YORUBA |
Nigeria |
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ISOKO |
URHOBO |
Nigeria |
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ITALIAN |
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Italy, Switzerland |
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JAPANESE |
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Japan |
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JULA |
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Ivory Coast |
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K |
KABRE |
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Togo |
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KAPAMPANGAN |
PAMPANGAN |
Phiippines |
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KARAMOJONG |
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Uganda |
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KASHMIRI |
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India, Pakistan |
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KENYI |
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Uganda |
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KHASI |
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India, Bangladesh |
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KHMER |
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Cambodia, Vietnam |
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KIBAJUNI |
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Somalia |
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KIGALUO |
Kiga, Chiga? |
Uganda |
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KIKAMBA |
Variety of (Ki)do(o)ndo |
Congo |
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KIKONGO |
Kongo |
Angola, Congo, DR Congo |
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KIKUYU |
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Kenya |
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KINYARWANDA |
RUANDA |
Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo |
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KISWAHILI |
SWAHILI |
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC* |
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KONKANI |
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Goa ( India) |
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KONKOMBA |
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Ghana |
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KPELLE |
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Liberia |
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KRIO |
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Sierra Leone |
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KROBO |
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Ghana |
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KRU |
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Liberia |
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KURDISH |
Kurmanji |
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Armenia |
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KUSALE |
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Ghana |
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KUTCHI |
Katchi, dialect of Gujerati |
Gujerat, India |
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KWANYAMA |
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Angola |
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LANGO |
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Uganda |
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LAO |
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Thailand, Laos |
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LINGALA |
LOSENGO |
DR Congo |
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LITHUANIAN |
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Lithuania |
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LOMA |
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Liberia |
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LOZI |
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Zambia |
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LUGANDA |
GANDA |
Uganda |
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LUGBARA |
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Uganda |
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LUO |
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Kenya, Tanzania |
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LUSOGA |
SOGA |
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo |
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LUVALE |
LWENA |
Zambia |
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LWO |
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Uganda |
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MACEDONIAN |
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Macedonia |
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MADURESE |
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Indonesia: Madura, Java |
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MAKAA |
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Cameroon |
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MAKUA |
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Mozambique |
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MALAY |
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Malaysia, Singapore |
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MALAYALAM |
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Kerala, (India) |
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MALTESE |
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Malta |
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MANDARIN |
variety of Chinese |
China, Taiwan |
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MANDINGO |
collective name for Malinke, Bambara, Dyala |
West Africa |
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MANYIKA |
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Zimbabwe |
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MBOSI |
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Republic of the Congo |
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MBUM |
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Cameroon |
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MBUNDU |
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Angola, Congo, DR Congo |
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MIN |
variety of Chinese, Amoy, Foochow |
China, Taiwa, Amoy Island |
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MEMNI |
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Pakistan |
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MENDE |
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Sierre Leone |
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MONGOLIAN |
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Mongolia, China |
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MUNUKUTUBA |
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Republic of the Congo |
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NDEBELE |
MATABELE |
Zimbabwe, South Africa |
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NKOLE |
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Uganda |
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NORWEGIAN |
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Norway |
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NSENGA |
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East & Central Africa |
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NUBIAN |
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Sudan |
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NUER |
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Sudan |
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NYANJA |
CHINYANJA, CHEWA |
Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique |
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NYANKOLE |
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Uganda |
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NYORO |
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Uganda |
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OGONI |
KOANA |
Nigeria |
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OKRIKE |
OKRIKA, KIRIKE |
Nigeria |
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OROMO |
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Ethiopia |
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OSHIVAMBO |
AMBO |
Namibia |
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PANGAN |
JEHAI |
Malaysia |
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PARJI |
DHURWA, DURUWA |
India |
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PARI |
LOKORO |
Sudan |
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PASHTO |
PUSHTU |
Afghanistan, Pakistan |
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PESHAWARI |
HINDKO |
Pakistan |
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PIDGIN |
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Nigeria, Cameroon and many others ... |
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PILIPINO |
TAGALOG |
Philippines |
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POLISH |
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Poland |
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PORTUGUESE |
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Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique |
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PUNJABI |
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Punjab ( India, Pakistan) |
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PUSHTO |
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Afghanistan |
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Q |
QUICHUA |
QUECHUA |
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru |
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RAJASTHANI |
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Rajasthan |
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ROMANY |
ROMANI, ROMA |
Poland and MANY more ..... |
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RUMANIAN |
ROMANIAN |
Rumania, Ukraine |
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RUNYANKORE |
NKOLE, NYANKOLE |
Uganda |
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RUNYARWANDA |
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Uganda, Rwanda |
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RUSSIAN |
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Russia, independent states of former USSR |
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SAHO |
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Eritrea |
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SENA |
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Mozambique |
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SENOUFO |
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Ivory Coast |
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SERBIAN |
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Serbia |
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SERBO-CROAT |
SERBIAN, CROATIAN, BOSNIAN |
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, former Yugoslavia |
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SETSWANA |
(SE)CHUANA, (Tswana = people) |
Botswana, S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia |
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SHELTA |
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Ireland |
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SHONA |
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Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique |
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SHILLUK |
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Sudan |
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SINDHI |
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India, Pakistan |
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SINGHALESE |
SINHALA |
Sri Lanka |
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SLOVAK |
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Slovakia |
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SLOVENIAN |
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Slovenia, former Yugoslavia |
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SOGA |
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Uganda |
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SOMALI |
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Somalia, Ethiopia |
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SPANISH |
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Spain, South & Central America |
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SWAHILI |
KISWAHILI |
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC* |
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SWEDISH |
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Sweden, Finland |
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TAGALOG |
PILIPINO |
Philippines |
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TAMIL |
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Tamil Nadu (India), Sri - Lanka |
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TELAGU |
TELUGA |
Andhra Pradesh (India) |
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TEMNE |
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Sierra Leone |
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TESO |
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Uganda |
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THAI |
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Thailand |
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TIGRE |
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Eritrea |
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TIGRINYA |
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Eritrea, Tigre |
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TIV |
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Nigeria |
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TONGA |
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Zambia |
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TORO |
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Uganda |
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TSHILUBA |
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D.R.Congo |
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TSONGA/THONGA |
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Mozambique |
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TURKISH |
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Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria |
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TURKMEN |
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Iran, Iraq |
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TWI |
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Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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U |
UKRAINIAN |
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Ukraine, Russia |
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URDU |
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Pakistan, India |
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URHOBO |
ISOKO |
Nigeria |
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UZBEK |
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Uzbekistan, Afghanistan |
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VAI |
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Liberia, Sierra Leone |
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VIETNAMESE |
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Vietnam |
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WACHI-GBE |
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Togo |
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WELSH |
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Wales |
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WOLOF |
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Gambia, Senegal |
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YORUBA |
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Nigeria, Benin, Togo |
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ZALE |
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DR Congo* |
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ZANDE |
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Sudan |
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ZULU |
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South Africa |
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DID YOU KNOW...
Mandarin is the most spoken language and has more words than any other language. |
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