| A |
Abua |
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Rivers State, Nigeria |
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Abkhazian |
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Georgia |
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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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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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Azerbaijan |
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Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran,
Iraq |
| 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 |
| C |
Calabari |
dialect of Ijo |
Nigeria |
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Cantones |
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 |
| D |
Dagbane |
Daomba, 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 |
| E |
Ebu |
Igala |
Nigeria |
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Edo |
Bini, Benin |
Nigeria |
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Ewe |
Ebwe, Efe |
Ghana, Togo |
| F |
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 |
| G |
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 |
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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 |
| H |
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 |
|
Hungary, Rumania |
| I |
Ibo |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
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Idoma |
|
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 |
|
Italy, Switzerland |
| J |
Japanese |
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Japan |
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Jula |
|
Ivory Coast |
| K |
Kabre |
|
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 |
|
Kikuyu |
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Kenya |
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Kinyarwanda |
Ruanda |
Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo |
|
Kiswahili |
Swahili |
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi, DRC* |
|
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 |
|
Liberia |
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Kurdish |
Kurmanji |
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria,
Armenia |
|
Kusale |
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Ghana |
|
Kutchi |
Katchi, dialect of Gujerati |
Gujerat, India |
|
Kwanyama |
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Angola |
| L |
Lango |
|
Uganda |
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Lao |
|
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 |
|
Liberia |
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Lozi |
|
Zambia |
|
Luganda |
Ganda |
Uganda |
|
Lugbara |
|
Uganda |
|
Luo |
|
Kenya, Tanzania |
|
Lusoga |
Soga |
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, DR
Congo |
|
Luvale |
Lwena |
Zambia |
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Lwo |
|
Uganda |
| M |
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 |
|
Malayalam |
|
Kerala, (India) |
|
Maltese |
|
Malta |
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Mandarin |
variety of Chinese |
China, Taiwan |
|
Mandingo |
collective name for Malinke,
Bambara, Dyala |
West Africa |
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Manyika |
|
Zimbabwe |
|
Mbosi |
|
Republic of the Congo |
|
Mbum |
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Cameroon |
|
Mbundu |
|
Angola, Congo, DR Congo |
|
Min |
variety of Chinese, Amoy,
Foochow |
China, Taiwa, Amoy Island |
|
Memni |
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Pakistan |
|
Mende |
|
Sierre Leone |
|
Mongol |
|
Mongolia, China |
|
Munukutuba |
|
Republic of the Congo |
| N |
Ndebele |
Matabele |
Zimbabwe, South Africa |
|
Nkole |
|
Uganda |
|
Norwegian |
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Norway |
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Nsenga |
|
East & Central Africa |
|
Nubian |
|
Sudan |
|
Nuer |
|
Sudan |
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Nyanja |
Chinyanja, Chewa |
Zambia, Malawi,
Mozambique |
|
Nyankole |
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Uganda |
|
Nyoro |
|
Uganda |
| O |
Ogoni |
Koana |
Nigeria |
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Okrike |
Okrika, Kirike |
Nigeria |
|
Oromo |
|
Ethiopia |
|
Oshivambo |
Ambo |
Namibia |
| P |
Pangan |
Jehai |
Malaysia |
|
Parji |
Dhurwa, Duruwa |
India |
|
Pari |
Lokoro |
Sudan |
|
Pashto |
Pushtu |
Afghanistan, Pakistan |
|
Peshawari |
Hindko |
Pakistan |
|
Pidgin |
|
Nigeria, Cameroon and many others
... |
|
Pilipino |
Tagalog |
Philippines |
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Polish |
|
Poland |
|
Portuguese |
|
Portugal, Brazil, Angola,
Mozambique |
|
Punjabi |
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Punjab (India, Pakistan) |
|
Pushto |
|
Afghanistan |
| Q |
Quichua |
Quechua |
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru |
| R |
Rajasthani |
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Rajasthan |
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Romany |
Romani, Roma |
Poland |
|
Rumanian |
Romanian |
Rumania, Ukraine |
|
Runyankore |
Nkole, Nyankole |
Uganda |
|
Runyarwanda |
|
Uganda, Rwanda |
|
Russian |
|
Russia, independent states of
former USSR |
| S |
Saho |
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Eritrea |
|
Sena |
|
Mozambique |
|
Senoufo |
|
Ivory Coast |
|
Serbian |
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Serbia |
|
Serbo-Croat |
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian |
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, former
Yugoslavia |
|
Setswana |
(Se)chuana, (Tswana is the
people) |
Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
Namibia |
|
Shelta |
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Ireland |
|
Shona |
|
Zimbabwe, Botswana,
Mozambique |
|
Shilluk |
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Sudan |
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Sindhi |
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India, Pakistan |
|
Singhalese |
Sinhala |
Sri Lanka |
|
Slovak |
|
Slovakia |
|
Slovenian |
|
Slovenia, former
Yugoslavia |
|
Soga |
|
Uganda |
|
Somali |
|
Somalia, Ethiopia |
|
Spanish |
|
Spain, South & Central
America |
|
Swahili |
Kiswahili |
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi, Democatic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
|
Swedish |
|
Sweden, Finland |
| T |
Tagalog |
Pilipino |
Philippines |
|
Tamil |
|
Tamil Nadu (India), Sri -
Lanka |
|
Telagu |
Teluga |
Andhra Pradesh (India) |
|
Temne |
|
Sierra Leone |
|
Teso |
|
Uganda |
|
Thai |
|
Thailand |
|
Tigre |
|
Eritrea |
|
Tigrinya |
|
Eritrea, Tigre |
|
Tiv |
|
Nigeria |
|
Tonga |
|
Zambia |
|
Toro |
|
Uganda |
|
Tshiluba |
|
D.R.Congo |
|
Tsonga/Thonga |
|
Mozambique |
|
Turkish |
|
Turkey, Greece, Cyprus,
Bulgaria |
|
Turkmen |
|
Iran, Iraq |
|
Twi |
|
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
| U |
Ukrainian |
|
Ukraine, Russia |
|
Urdu |
|
Pakistan, India |
|
Urhobo |
Isoko |
Nigeria |
|
Uzbek |
|
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan |
| V |
Vai |
|
Liberia, Sierra Leone |
|
Vietnamese |
|
Vietnam |
| W |
Wachi-Gbe |
|
Togo |
|
Welsh |
|
Wales |
|
Wolof |
|
Gambia, Senegal |
| Y |
Yoruba |
|
Nigeria, Benin, Togo |
| Z |
Zale |
|
Democratic Republic of
Congo |
|
Zande |
|
Sudan |
|
Zulu |
|
South
Africa |