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Since the end of the [[Great Flood]] all humans spoke the same language. The survivors started to build a Tower, called [[Tower of Babel]]. [[God]] thought that the people would become high-spirited and stopped the construction, by creating several languages. The tower was not completed and the people travelled through the world, where they spread their languages.<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011&version=NIV</ref>
 
Since the end of the [[Great Flood]] all humans spoke the same language. The survivors started to build a Tower, called [[Tower of Babel]]. [[God]] thought that the people would become high-spirited and stopped the construction, by creating several languages. The tower was not completed and the people travelled through the world, where they spread their languages.<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011&version=NIV</ref>
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==Spoken Languages of the World==
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==Languages of the World, Past and Present==
 
* [[Abkhaz]]
 
* [[Abkhaz]]
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* [[Afrikaans]]
 
* [[Ainu]]
 
* [[Ainu]]
 
* [[Akkadian]]
 
* [[Akkadian]]
 
* [[Albanian]]  
 
* [[Albanian]]  
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* American [[sign language]] (ASL), an American-originated system of gesture-based communication for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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* [[Amharic]]
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* [[Arabic]], a major language throughout the [[Middle East]]
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* [[Aramaic]]
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* [[Armenian]]
 
* [[Atayal]]
 
* [[Atayal]]
 
* [[Avar]]
 
* [[Avar]]
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* American [[sign language]]
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* [[American]]
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* [[Arabic]]
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* [[Aramaic]]
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* [[Armenian]]
   
* [[Aymara]]
 
* [[Aymara]]
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* [[Aztec]], a Native American language
 
* [[Babylonian]]
 
* [[Babylonian]]
 
* [[Balinese]]
 
* [[Balinese]]
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* [[Basque]]
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* [[Bangla]]
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* [[Belgian]]
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* [[Basque]], the historic language of the Basques, who lived in the Pyrenees mountains bordering [[Spain]] and [[France]]
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* [[Belarusian]], the primary language of [[Belarus]]
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* [[Belgian]], the primary language of Belgium
 
* [[Bomok]]
 
* [[Bomok]]
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* [[Bulgarian]]  
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* [[Bosnian]], the primary language of [[Bosnia]]
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* [[Cantonese]]
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* [[Bulgarian]], the primary language of [[Bulgaria]]
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* [[Carib]]
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* [[Burmese]], the primary language of [[Burma]]
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* [[Cantonese]], one of two primary languages of [[China]]
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* [[Carib]], a Native American language
 
* [[Catalan]]
 
* [[Catalan]]
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* [[Cherokee]]
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* [[Cebuano]], a major language of the Philippine Islands
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* [[Chumash]]
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* [[Cherokee]], a Native American language
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* [[Cree]]
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* [[Chumash]], a Native American language
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* [[Coptic]]
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* [[Corsican]], a regional language in [[France]] and [[Italy]]
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* [[Cree]], a Native American language
 
* [[Crimean Tatar]]
 
* [[Crimean Tatar]]
 
* [[Croatian]]
 
* [[Croatian]]
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* [[Czech]]
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* [[Czech]], the primary language of the [[Czech Republic]]
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* [[Danish]]
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* [[Danish]], the primary language of [[Denmark]]
 
* [[Dari]]
 
* [[Dari]]
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* [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
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* [[Dutch language|Dutch]], the primary language of the [[Netherlands]]
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* [[Ebonics]]
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* [[Ebonics]], aka African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
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* [[Elvish]] (fantasy language from J.R.R. Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings'' books)
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* [[Elvish]], a fictional language from J.R.R. Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings'' books
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* [[Estonian]]
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* [[English language| English]], the primary language of the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], the Falkland Islands, and elsewhere; also a major language in [[India]], [[Jamaica]], the Philippine Islands, and elsewhere
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* [[Filipino (Language) | Filipino]] (aka Tagalog)
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* [[Esperanto]], a constructed language combining Romance and Germanic vocabulary with Slavic grammar
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* [[Finnish]]
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* [[Estonian]], the primary language of [[Estonia]]
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* [[Filipino (Language) | Filipino]] (aka Tagalog), a major language of the Philippine Islands
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* [[Finnish]], the primary language of [[Finland]]
 
* [[Flemish language|Flemish]]
 
* [[Flemish language|Flemish]]
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* [[French language|French]]
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* [[French language|French]], the primary language of [[France]]; also a major language in [[Canada]] and various former French colonies in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]
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* [[Gaelic]]
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* [[Galician]]
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* [[Georgian]]
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* [[Georgian]], the primary language of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
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* [[German language|German]]
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* [[German language|German]], the primary language of [[Germany]]; regional variants are spoken in neighboring countries like [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]
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* [[Greek language|Greek]]
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* [[Greek language|Greek]], the primary language of [[Greece]]
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* [[Hebrew]]
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* [[Gujarati]]
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* [[Hindi]]
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* [[Haitian Creole]]
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* [[Hausa]]
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* [[Hawaiian]], the historic language of Native Hawaiians
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* [[Hebrew]], the historic language of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people, spoken widely today in [[Israel]] and elsewhere
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* [[Hindi]], a major language in [[India]]
 
* [[Hiri Motu]]
 
* [[Hiri Motu]]
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* [[Hungarian]]
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* [[Hmong]]
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* [[Icelandic]]
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* [[Hungarian]], the primary language of [[Hungary]]
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* [[Icelandic]], the primary language of [[Iceland]]
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* [[Igbo]]
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* [[Indonesian]], the primary language of [[Indonesia]]
 
* [[Inupiat]]
 
* [[Inupiat]]
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* [[Italian]]
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* Irish [[Gaelic]], the historic language of [[Ireland]]
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* [[Japanese]]
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* [[Italian]], the primary language of [[Italy]]
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* [[Japanese]], the primary language of [[Japan]]
 
* [[Javanese]]
 
* [[Javanese]]
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* [[Jive]]
   
* [[Kabardian]]
 
* [[Kabardian]]
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* [[Kardashian]]
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* [[Kannada]]
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* [[Korean]]
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* [[Kazakh]], the primary language of [[Kazakhstan]]
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* [[Klingon]], a fictional language of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' media franchise
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* [[Korean]], the primary langage of [[Korea]]
 
* [[Kurdish]]
 
* [[Kurdish]]
 
* [[Lardil]]
 
* [[Lardil]]
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* [[Latin]]
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* [[Latin]], the historic language of the [[Rome|Romans]]
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* [[Latvian]]
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* [[Latvian]], the primary language of [[Latvia]]
 
* [[Laz]]
 
* [[Laz]]
 
* [[Lezgin]]
 
* [[Lezgin]]
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* [[Lithuanian]]
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* [[Lithuanian]], the primary language of [[Lithuania]]
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* [[Macedonian]]
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* [[Luxembourgish]], the primary language of [[Luxembourg]]
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* [[Malay]]
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* [[Macedonian]], the primary language of [[Macedonia]]
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* [[Mandarin Chinese]]
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* [[Malagasy]]
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* [[Mexican Spanish]]
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* [[Malay]], the primary language of [[Malaysia]]
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* [[Miccosukkee]]
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* [[Malayalam]]
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* [[Mandarin Chinese]], one of two primary languages of [[China]]
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* [[Maori]], a historic language of the indigenous peoples of [[New Zealand]]
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* [[Marathi]]
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* [[Mexican Spanish]], a regional dialect of Spanish spoken in [[Mexico]]
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* [[Miccosukkee]], a Native American language
 
* [[Mingrelian]]
 
* [[Mingrelian]]
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* [[Mohawk]]
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* [[Mohawk]], a Native American language
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* [[Mongolian]]
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* [[Mongolian]], the primary language of [[Mongolia]]
 
* [[Nahuatl]]
 
* [[Nahuatl]]
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* [[Navajo]]
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* [[Navajo]], a Native American language
 
* [[Navarrese]]
 
* [[Navarrese]]
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* [[Norwegian]]
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* [[Nepali]], the primary language of [[Nepal]]
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* [[Okinawan]]
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* [[Norwegian]], the primary language of [[Norway]]
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* [[Pashtun]]
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* [[Nyanja]]
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* [[Polish]]
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* [[Okinawan]], the historic language of [[Okinawa]], the southernmost prefecture of [[Japan]]
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* [[Portuguese]]
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* [[Pashto]]
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* [[Persian]], the primary language of [[Iran]]
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* [[Polish]], the primary language of [[Poland]]
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* [[Portuguese]], the primary language of [[Portugal]]
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* [[Punjabi]], a major language in [[India]]
 
* [[Quechua]]
 
* [[Quechua]]
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* [[Russian language|Russian]]
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* [[Romanian]], the primary language of [[Romania]]
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* [[Romanian]]
   
* [[Romansh]]
 
* [[Romansh]]
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* [[Sanskrit]]
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* [[Russian language|Russian]], the primary language of [[Russia]]
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* [[Serbian]]
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* [[Samoan]], the primary language of [[Samoa]]
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* [[Sicilian]]
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* [[Sanskrit]], a historic language of [[India]]
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* [[Slovak]]
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* Scottish [[Gaelic]], the historic language of [[Scotland]]
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* [[Slovenian]]
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* [[Serbian]], the primary language of [[Serbia]]
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* [[Somali]]
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* [[Shona]]
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* [[Spanish]]
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* [[Shindhi]]
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* [[Sicilian]], a regional variant of Italian and the primary language [[Sicily]]
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* [[Sinhala]]
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* [[Slovak]], the primary language of [[Slovakia]]
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* [[Slovenian]], the primary language of [[Slovenia]]
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* [[Somali]], the primary language of [[Somalia]]
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* [[Southern Sotho]]
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* [[Spanish]], the primary language of [[Spain]] and a prominent language throughout Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
 
* [[Sumerian]]
 
* [[Sumerian]]
 
* [[Svan]]
 
* [[Svan]]
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* [[Swedish]]
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* [[Swahili]], a major language throughout eastern and southeastern [[Africa]]
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* [[Tahitian]]
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* [[Swedish]], the primary language of [[Sweden]]
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* [[Tahitian]], the primary language of [[Tahiti]]
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* [[Tajik]]
 
* [[Tamil]]
 
* [[Tamil]]
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* [[Telugu]]
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* [[Thai]], the primary language of [[Thailand]]
 
* [[Timucua]]
 
* [[Timucua]]
 
* [[Tok Pisin]]
 
* [[Tok Pisin]]
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* [[Turkish]]
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* [[Tongan]]
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* [[Turkish]], the primary language of [[Turkey]]
 
* [[Ugaritic]]
 
* [[Ugaritic]]
 
* [[Ukrainian]]
 
* [[Ukrainian]]
 
* [[Urdu]]
 
* [[Urdu]]
 
* [[Uzbek]]
 
* [[Uzbek]]
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* [[Vietnamese]]
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* [[Vietnamese]], the primary language of [[Vietnam]]
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* [[Welsh]]
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* [[Welsh]], a historic language of [[Wales]]
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* [[Yiddish]]
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* [[Western Frisian]]
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* [[Yolgnu]]
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* [[Yiddish]], the historic language of the Ashkenazi Jews
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* [[Yolgnu]], a historic language of the indigenous peoples of [[Australia]]
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* [[Yoruba]]
 
* [[Yucatec Mayan]]
 
* [[Yucatec Mayan]]
 
* [[Zulu]]
 
* [[Zulu]]
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