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Chinese language history
About 1.3 billion people (one-fifth of the world) speak some form of Chinese...
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Russian language history
Russian is the native language of some 160 million citizens of the Russian Federal Republic...
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Arabic language history
The language of Allah and Muhammad is spoken by over 200 million people...
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Spanish language history
The Spanish language, otherwise known as 'Castellano', in Spain, is extended across the globe...
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French language history
The language of love, is the first or second language in more than 43 countries...
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German language history
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Over 100 million people speak German as their native language...
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Korean language history
Korean is spoken by more than 72 million people living on the Korean peninsula. Although it differs...
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English language history
You can't avoid it.. Some 380 million people speak it as their first language and as much as...
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Polish language history
The native idiom of illustrious personalities like Copernicus, Chopin, Roman Polanski...
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Japanese language history
Over 130 million people speak Japanese, making it the ninth most widely spoken language...
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Farsi language history
Farsi, also known as Persian Language, is the most widely spoken member of...
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Thai language history
Approximately 50 million people speak Thai worldwide. It is used by about 85% of the population in...
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