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Autonomous Region
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Central
East
Islands
Lake
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Rep.
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SSR
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People's Repubic
River
Republic
South
Soviet Socialist Republic
West
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Language
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Where spoken
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| Abe |
Ivory Coast |
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Abelam |
New Guinea |
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Abkhaz |
Abkhazia (Former USSR) |
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Achinese (Atjehnese) |
N Sumatra |
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Acholi |
Uganda, Sudan |
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Adhola |
Uganda, Kenya |
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Adyghe(Adygei) |
Former USSR (Adygel AR) |
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Adyukru |
Ivory Coast |
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Afar (Danakil) |
Ethiopia, Djibouti |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa, Namibia |
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Afusare |
Nigeria |
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Agar |
Sudan, Ethiopia |
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Aguacatec |
Guatemala |
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Ainu |
Japan (Hokkaido), Sakhalin &
Kuril Is. (Former USSR) |
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Akan (Twi, Fante, Ashanti) |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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Akoli |
see Acholi |
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Akye |
Ivory Coast |
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Alaba |
see Kambata |
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Albanian |
Albania, and surroun. countries |
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Altai |
Former USSR (Altai region) |
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Alur |
Uganda, Zaire, Sudan |
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Amba |
NEC Africa |
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Ambo (Ovambo, Avamba) |
Angola, Namibia |
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Amharic (Amharinya) |
Ethiopia |
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Amuesha |
Peru |
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Amuzgo |
Mexico |
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Andoni |
Nigeria |
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Angami |
Burma |
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Angas |
Nigeria |
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Ankwe |
Nigeria |
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Anuak |
Sudan |
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Anyi |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
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Ao |
Burma |
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Arabic |
North Africa, Middle East,
Arabian Peninsula |
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Aramaic (Modern) |
Iran, Iraq, Former USSR, Middle
East |
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Arapesh |
New Guinea |
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Araucanian (Araukan, Mapuche) |
Chile, Argentina |
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Ari |
Ethiopia |
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Armenian |
Armenia (Former USSR), Turkey,
Iran, Syria, Lebanon |
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Arumanian |
see Romanian |
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Ashanti |
see Akan |
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Asmat |
New Guinea |
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Aso |
Burma |
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Assamese |
India (Assam), Bhutan |
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Asu |
EC Africa |
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Atjehnese |
see Achinese |
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Aushi |
EC Africa |
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Atayal |
Taiwan |
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Avamba |
see Ambo |
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Avar |
Daghestan, Azerbaiian (Former
USSR) |
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Aymará |
Bolivia, Peru |
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Azande |
see Zande |
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Azerbaijani (Azeri) |
Azerbaijan (Former USSR) Iran,
Afghanistan |
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Aztec |
see Nahua(tl) |
| Baakpe |
NWC Africa |
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Bachama |
Nigeria |
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Badaga |
S India (Tamil Nadu) |
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Bade |
Nigeria |
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Bafang |
Cameroon |
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Bafou |
Cameroon |
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Bagirmi |
Chad |
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Bagobo |
Philippine Is. |
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Bahasa Indonesian |
see Indonesian |
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Bahnar |
S Vietnam |
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Bai |
see Pai |
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Bakue |
Liberia, Ivory Coast |
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Balanta |
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
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Balantak |
S Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Bali |
NEC Africa |
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Balinese |
Bali |
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Balkar |
see Karachay |
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Baluchi (Balochi) |
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran,
Arabian Peninsula (Iranian) |
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Bambara |
Mali, Senegal, Burkina, Faso,
Ivory Coast |
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Bamileke |
Cameroon |
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Bamoun |
Cameroon |
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Banda |
WC Africa |
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Banen |
NWC Africa |
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Banganté |
Cameroon |
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Bangba |
WC Africa |
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Banggai |
S Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Banna |
Ethiopia |
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Banoni |
Solomon Is. |
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Banyun |
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
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Barambu |
Sudan, Congo |
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Bare'e |
C Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Bargu |
Benin, Togo, Nigeria |
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Bari |
Sudan, Uganda, Zaire |
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Basa |
NWC Africa |
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Basari |
Guinea, Senegal, Gambia |
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Basherawa |
Nigeria |
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Bashkir |
Bashkiria (Former USSR) |
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Basque |
SW France, NW Spain, USA |
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Batak |
see Toba |
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Bats |
Georgia (Former USSR) (Zemo-Alvani
village) |
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Batta |
Cameroon |
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Beach-la-Mar |
see Bislama |
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Bëbële |
NWC Africa |
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Beja |
Sudan, Ethiopia |
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Belorussian |
Belorussia (Former USSR),
Poland |
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Bemba |
EC Africa |
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Bena |
EC Africa |
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Bengali |
Bangladesh, India (W Bengal,
Tripura, Benin) |
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Berba |
Benin |
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Berber |
see Kabyle, Riff, Shluh,Tamashek |
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Berta |
Ethiopia, Sudan |
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Bete |
Ivory Coast |
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Bhili |
India (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, Maharashtra |
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Bhojpuri |
India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar) |
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Bhotia |
see Dzongkha |
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Bhutani |
see Dzongkha |
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Bhutia (Murmi) |
India (Sikkim), Nepal |
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Biafada |
Guinea-Bissau |
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Bidyo |
Chad |
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Bihari |
India, Nepal |
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Biisa |
ECAfrica |
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Bikol |
Philippine Is. |
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Bilaan |
Philippine Is. |
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Bilin |
Ethiopia |
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Bini (Edo) |
Nigeria |
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Binji |
WC Africa |
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Bira |
NEC Africa |
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Birifo(r) |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
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Bisa |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
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Bisaya |
See Sebuano |
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Bislama (Beach-la-Mar) |
Vanuatu, Solomon is. |
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Bitare |
Nigeria |
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Blackfoot |
Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan),
USA (Montana) |
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Bobo |
Mali, Burkina Faso |
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Bodo |
NE India
(Brahma-Putra Valley) |
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Boiken |
New Guinea |
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Bolewa |
Nigeria |
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Bomougoun-Bamenjou |
Cameroon |
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Bondei |
EC Africa |
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Bontok |
Philippine Is. |
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Brahui |
Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind) |
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Breton |
France (Brittany) |
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Brü |
N and S Vietnam |
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Budu |
NEC Africa |
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Buduma |
Chad |
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Buginese |
S Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Bugombe |
NEC Africa |
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Buja |
NWC Africa |
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Bukidnon |
Philippine Is. |
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Bulgarian |
Bulgaria and surroun. areas |
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Buli |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
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Bulu |
NWC Africa |
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Bunak |
Timor Is. |
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Bungku |
C Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Bunun |
Taiwan |
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Buol |
N Sulawesi, Indonesia |
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Burji |
Ethiopia |
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Burmese |
Burma |
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Burra |
Nigeria, Cameroon |
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Burun |
Sudan |
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Burungi |
Tanzania |
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Burushaski |
India (NW Kashmir),Pakistan |
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Buryat |
Buryatia (Former USSR) |
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Busa |
Benin, Nigeria |
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Bushman |
See San |
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Busoong |
NWC Africa |
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Bute |
Cameroon |
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Butung |
SE Sulawesi (Celebes) |
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Buyi |
See Puyi |
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Bviri |
WC Africa |
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Bwaka |
WC Africa |
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Byelorussian |
See Belorussian |
| Caga |
NEC Africa |
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Cakchiquel |
Guatemala |
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Cambodian |
See Khmer |
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Campa |
Peru |
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Carib |
Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French
Guinea |
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Catalan |
NE Spain, France (Rousillon),
Andorra |
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Cayapo |
NW Brazil |
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Cebuano |
See Sebuano |
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Cham |
Vietnam, Kampuchea |
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Chamba |
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad |
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Chamorro |
Guam |
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Chatino |
Mexico |
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Chattis-garhi |
India (Madhya, Pradesh, Bihar) |
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Chechen |
Georgia, Kazakhstan (Former USSR) |
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Cheremis |
See Mari |
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Cherokee |
USA (N Carolina, Oklahoma) |
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Chewa |
See Nyanja |
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Cheyenne |
USA (Montana, Oklahoma) |
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Chimbu |
New Guinea |
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Chinantec |
Mexico |
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Chinese |
China, Taiwan, SE Asia, USA |
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Chingpaw |
Burma, S China |
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Chipewyan |
USA (Alaska) NWCanada |
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Choctaw |
USA (Oklahoma) |
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Chokwe |
See Ciokwe |
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Chol |
Mexico |
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Chontal |
Mexico |
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Chortí |
Guatemala, Honduras |
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Charau |
S Vietnam |
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Chuave |
New Guinea |
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Chuj |
Guatemala |
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Chukchi |
Former USSR (Chukchi Peninsula) |
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Chung-chia |
See Puyi |
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Chuvash |
Former USSR (Chuvash region) |
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Ciga |
NEC Africa |
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Cinga |
NWC Africa |
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Ciokwe (Chokwe) |
SWC Africa |
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Circassian |
See Kabardian |
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Cocama |
See Kokama |
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Coorg |
See Kodagu |
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Cree |
Canada, USA (Montana) |
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Croatian |
See Serbo-Croat(ian) |
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Cua |
S Vietnam |
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Cuicatec |
Mexico |
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Cuna |
Panama, Columbia |
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Czech |
W Czechoslovakia |
| Daba |
Cameroon |
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Dagara |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
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Dagari |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
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Dagbani |
Ghana, Togo |
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Daghur (Dagur) |
NW Manchuria |
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Daiu |
Chad |
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Daka |
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad |
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Dakota (Sioux) |
USA (N and S Dakota, Montana),
Canada(Manitoba) |
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Dan |
Liberia, Ivory Coast |
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Danakil |
See Afar |
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Dangaleat |
Chad |
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Danish |
Denmark, W Germany, USA |
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Dargwa (Khjurkili) |
C Daghestan (Former USSR) |
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Dasenech |
Ethiopia |
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Derasa |
Ethiopia |
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Digo |
NEC Africa |
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Dinka |
Sudan, Ethiopia |
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Diola |
Guinea-Bissau, Gambia |
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Dogon |
Mali, Burkina Faso |
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Duala |
NWC Africa |
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Dukawa |
Nigeria |
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Duna |
New Guinea |
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Duru |
Cameroon |
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Dutch |
See Netherlandic |
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Dye |
Togo |
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Dyimini |
See Tagbana-Dyimini |
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Dyula |
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso,
Ghana |
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Dzindza |
NEC Africa |
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Dzongkha (Bhutani, Bhotia) |
Bhutan |
| Edo |
See Bini |
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Efik |
Nigeria |
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Ekoi |
Cameron, Nigeria |
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Embo |
NEC Africa |
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Enga |
New Guinea |
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Engenni |
Nigeria |
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English |
USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New
Zealand, parts of Asia and Africa, and widespread 2nd language use |
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Epera |
Columbia, Panama |
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Epie |
Nigeria |
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Eskimo |
See Inuit |
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Estonian |
Estonia |
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Eton |
NWC Africa |
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Even |
See Lamut |
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Evenki |
Siberia, NE China |
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Ewe |
Ghana, Togo, Benin |
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Ewondo |
NWC Africa |
| Faeroese (Faroese) |
Faeroe Is. |
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Fali |
Cameroon |
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Fang |
NWC Africa |
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Fante |
See Akan |
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Faroese |
See Faeroese |
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Farsi |
See Persian |
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Fiba |
EC Africa |
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Fijian |
Fiji Is. |
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Finnish |
Finland, Sweden |
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Flemish |
See Netherlandic |
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Fon |
Benin |
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Frafra |
Ghana |
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French |
France, Canada, Belgium,
Switzerland Luxemburg, Monaco, and many parts of Africa, Oceania, and the
Americas; widespread 2nd language use |
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Frisian |
Netherlands, W Germany |
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Friulian |
N Italy |
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Fulani (Ful) |
W Africa |
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Fuliro |
NEC Africa |
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Fur |
Sudan,Chad |
| Ga |
Ghana, Togo, Benin |
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Gadba |
EC India |
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Gaddang |
Philippine Is. |
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Gaelic |
See Irish Gaelic, Scottish
Gaelic |
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Gagauz |
Moldavia (Former USSR), Bulgaria,
Romania |
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Gahuku |
New Guinea |
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Galla |
See Oromo |
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Gambai |
Chad, Central African Rep. |
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Gan |
Burkina Faso |
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Ganda (Luganda) |
NEC Africa |
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Garhwali |
India (Uttar Pradesh) |
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Garo |
NE India (Assam) |
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Gayo |
N Sumatra |
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Gbari |
Nigeria |
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Gbaya |
WC Africa |
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Georgian (Gruzinian) |
Georgia (Former USSR), and a few
surrounding areas |
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German |
E & W Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, other parts of E Europe, USA, S Africa, Latin America |
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Gidder |
Cameroon, Chad |
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Gilbertese (Kiribati) |
Kiribati and surrounding areas |
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Gilyak |
E Former USSR (R. Amur, Sakhalin
I.) |
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Gimi |
New Guinea |
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Gipsy |
See Romany |
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Gisiga |
Cameroon |
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Goajiro |
Colombia, Venezuela |
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Gogo |
EC Africa |
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Gola |
Liberia, Sierra Leone |
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Gondi |
India (Madhya Pradesh) |
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Gorontalo |
N Sulawesi, Indonesia |
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Grebo |
Liberia, Ivory Coast |
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Greek |
Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and
surrounding areas |
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Greenlandic |
See Inuit |
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Grishun |
See Romansch |
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Gruzinian |
See Georgian |
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Guahibo |
Colombia, Venezuela |
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Guan(g) |
Ghana |
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Guaraní |
See Tupí |
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Guaymi |
Panama |
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Gujarati |
India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, and
surroun. areas), Pakistan |
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Gumuz |
Ethiopia, Sudan |
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Gurage |
Ethiopia |
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Gurkhali |
See Nepali |
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Gurma |
Togo, Burkina Faso |
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Gusii (Kisii) |
NEC Africa |
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Gutob |
India (Andhra Pradesh Orissa) |
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Gwandara |
Nigeria, Niger |
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Gwere |
NEC Africa |
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Gypsy |
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