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Acholi

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Sudan, Uganda

Nilo-Saharan; Nilotic; 16 consonants and 9 vowels; tonal language.

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Afrikaans

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South Africa, Namibia

Indo-European; West Germanic; developed from Dutch-speaking colonists.

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Albanian

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Albania, Balkans, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo

Indo-European, eastern group; Albanian; Tosk and Cheg dialects.

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Arabic

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North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula

Afro-Asiatic; Semitic; consists of a written and formal dialect and colloquial spoken dialects.

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Armenian

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Armenia, Middle East, Iran, Turkey

Indo-European; Armenian; two main branches of the language called Haieren and Ashkhari.

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Avmara

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Bolivia, Peru, Chile, South America; whole Altiplano west of the eastern Andes
Avmaran; Aymara, or Jaqi.

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Azerbaijani

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Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran

Altaic; Turkic; name of country means “land of eternal fire”.

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Balinese

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Indonesia

Austronesian; Sundic; video of young man singing old wisdom.

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Belorussian (Belarusian)

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Belarus

Indo-European; East Slavic; video of national anthem with giant flag.

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Bemba

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Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania

Niger-Congo; high social status.

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Bengali

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Bangladesh, India

Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; fifth most widely spoken language in the world.

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Bulgarian

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Bulgaria and nearby areas

Indo-European; South Slavic; closely related to Macedonian; video of cork trick.

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Burmese

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Myanmar

Sino-Tibetan; Burmese-Lolo; dialects are Rakhine or Arakanese, Tavovan, and Intha.

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Catalan

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Spain, France, Andorra

Indo-European; Romance; few monolingual speakers.

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Chichewa

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Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Niger-Congo; Bantoid; video of mountain legends.

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Croatian

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Croatia

Indo-European; South Slavic; part of a language continuum, spoken in the former Yugoslavia.

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Czech

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Czech Republic

Indo-European; West Slavic; dialects are Bohemian, Moravian, and Silesian.

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Danish

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Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands, and Greenland

Indo-European; North Germanic.

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Dari (Early Farsi)

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Afghanistan, Pakistan

Indo-European; Northwestern Iranian

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Dutch

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Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname

Indo-European; West Germanic; Low-Franconian subgroup.

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Efik

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Nigeria

Niger-Congo; Cross River; video of anthem with white balloons.

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Estonian

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Estonia

Uralic; Finnic; dialects are Tallinn and Tartu.

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Fijian

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Fiji

Austronesian; Oceanic; video of “Food Safari”.

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Finnish

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Finland

Uralic; Finnic; related to Estonian, Ingrian, Karelian, and Livonian.

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French
France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, worldwide | Indo-European; Romance; video of Christmas song.
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Gā
Ghana, Togo | Niger-Congo; Kwa; video of the Bible and the creation.
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Gbava
Central African Republic | Niger-Congo; Adamawa-Ubangian.
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Georgian
Georgia | Kartvelian; Isolate; also called South Caucasian branch of Caucasian family.
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German
Germany, Austria, Switerland | Indo-European; West Germanic.
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Greek
Greece, Cyprus | Indo-European; Greek; Hellenic; called Ellinika in its country.
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Guarani
Paraguay | Tupian; Tupi-Guarani; videos of cup song and shaman.
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Hausa
Nigeria, Niger | Afro-Asiatic; West Chadic; one of the major languages of Africa.
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Hebrew (modern)
Israel | Afro-Asiatic; Semitic; only successful attempt to revive a dead language.
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Hindi
India | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; second most spoken language in the world.
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Hmong
China, Thailand, Vietnam | Hmong-Mien; mountain people.
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Hungarian (Magyar)
Hungary | Uralic; Ugric; called Magyar in the language.
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Iban
Malaysia | Austronesian; Sundic; spoken by the Dayak ethnic group.
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Icelandic
Iceland | Indo-European; North Germanic; key dialect: Reykjavik.
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Igbo (Ibo)
Nigeria | Niger-Congo; Igboid; one of the four largest languages in Africa.
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Ilocano
Philippines; especially North Philippines, north Luzon region Austronesian; related to Arta and Agta.
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Italian
Italy, Switzerland | Indo-European; Romance; closest major language to Latin.
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Japanese
Japan | Japanese; Atalic, or Isolate; related to Ryukyuan language.
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Javanese
Indonesia | Austronesian; Sundic; second most widely spoken Austronesian language, twelfth most widely spoken on the planet.
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Kannada
India | Dravidian; South Dravidian; has social varieties depending on caste.
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Kashmiri
India, Pakistan | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; Dardic language.
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Kazakh
Kazakhstan, Russia, China | Altaic; Turkic; one of the most widely spoken Turkic languages.
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Khmer
Cambodia, Southeast Asia | Austro-Asiatic; Khmer; video song of longing for country.
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Kikongo
Democratic Republic of Congo | Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; video newscast.
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Kirghiz
Kyrgyzstan, China | Altaic; Turkic; woodworker video clip.
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Korean
North and South Korea | Korean, or Altaic; Korean
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Kumauni
India, scattered in Nepal border area | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan.
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Kurdish
Iraq, Iran, Turkey | Indo-European; Iranian; also called Kurmanji.
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Lamani
India | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; video of guy dancing in the street and chasing a girl.
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Latvian
Latvia | Indo-European; East Baltic; video cartoon about the country and language.
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Lithuanian
Lithuania | Indo-European; Baltic; has retained the most old grammatical forms found only in dead Indo-European languages.
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Macedonian
Macedonia | Indo-European; South Slavic; closely related to Bulgarian; video "Sto mi e milo".
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Madurese
Indonesia | Austronesian; Sundic; full 40 minute language video.
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Malagasy
Madagascar | Austronesian; Borneo; main dialect Merina.
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Malay
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore | Austronesian; Sundic; video about a single mother of five children.
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Mandarin (Chinese)
China, Taiwan, South East Asia | Sino-Tibetan; Chinese; video of woman singing with orchestra.
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Mongol(ian)
China, Mongolia | Altaic; Mongolic; Khalkha; video of orphan boy singing about his dead mother.
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Nahua(tl)
Mexico | Uto-Aztecan; Aztecan; language name means "clear sound" or "command".
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Nepali
Nepal; Himalayas | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; video of children and book project.
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Norwegian
Norway | Indo-European; North Germanic; video of book help desk.
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Pashto
Afghanistan, Pakistan | Indo-European; Iranian.
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Persian (Farsi)
Iran | Indo-European; West Iranian; dialects are Farsi, Dari, and Tajik.
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Polish
Poland | Indo-European; West Slavic; dialects include Wielkopolka, Malopolska, Mazovia, and Silesia.
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Portuguese
Portugal, Brazil, parts of Africa | Indo-European; Romance; eighth most spoken language in the world.
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Quechua
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador | Quechuan; family of 46 languages with 2 subgroups.
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Romani
Balkans, West Europe | Indo-European; Indo-Aruan; Gypsy language.
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Romanian
Romania, Moldova | Indo-European; Romance, Italic branch but sometimes classified as Balkan Romance.
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Russian
Russia, Eurasia | Indo-European; East Slavic; language learning about a cuckoo.
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Rwanda
Rwanda | Niger-Congo; Bantoid; video about the bus callers.
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Sango
Central African Republic | Niger-Congo; Adamawa-Ubangian.
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Santali
India | Austro-Asiatic; Munda; SOV, postpositions.
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Slovak
Slovakia | Indo-European; West Slavic; mutually intelligible with Czech.
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Slovene (Slovenian)
Slovenia | Indo-European; South Slavic; some dialects are Littoral, Carniolan, and Styrian.
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Spanish
Spain, Americas | Indo-European; most widely spoken Romance language.
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Swahili
East Central Africa | Niger-Congo; Bantoid; most widely understood language in Africa after Arabic.
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Swedish
Sweden, Finland | Indo-European; North Germanic; has two tones.
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Tagalog
Philippines | Austronesian; Meso-Philippine; artificial language Pilipino almost identical.
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Tamil
India, Sri Lanka | Dravidian; South Dravidian; long and ancient literary tradition, spoken for several millennia.
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Tibetan
China, Nepal | Sino-Tibetan; Bodic; dialects are Lhasa and Classical.
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Tigrinya
Eritrea, Ethiopia | Afro-Asiatic; Semitic; closely related to Ge'ez and Tigre, distantly related to Arabic and Hebrew.
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Tiv
Nigeria | Niger-Congo; Bantoid; alternate name "Munshi".
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Turkish
Turkey, Europe | Altaic; Turkic; Andalou Language Olumpics video clip.
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Turkmen
Turkmenistan | Altaic; Turkic; video of woman singing with band.
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Ukrainian
Ukraine | Indo-European; East Slavic; uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
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Urdu
Pakistan | Indo-European; Indo-Aryan; video of Abi the dolphin and flooding.
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Uzbek
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan | Altaic; Turkic; video of four year old boy singing.
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Vietnamese
Vietnam | Austro-Asiatic; Viet-Muong; alternate language family name Annam-Muong.
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Wolof
Gambia, Senegal | Niger-Congo; North Atlantic; video of drums and song.
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Xhosa
South Africa | Niger-Congo; Bantoid; phoneme clicks; "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
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Yao
Malawi, Mozambique | Niger-Congo; Bantoid; video song "A Sakina".
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Yiddish
USA, Eastern Europe, Israel | Indo-European; Germanic; language developed by Jews.
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Yoruba
Nigeria, Benin | Niger-COngo; Defoid; one of the twelve Edekiri languages.
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Yucatec
Mexico | Mayan; video of Maya man speaking.
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Zapotec
Mexico, state of Oaxaca | Oto-Manguean; Zapotecan.
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Zulu
South Africa | Niger-Congo; Bantoid.
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Somali
Somalia | Afro-Asiatic; East Cushitic; some dialects are Benaadir and Af-Ashraaf.

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