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Language
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Native Speakers
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How to say, "Hello"
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Origin
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Western Romance
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Spanish
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486,000,000
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Hola
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Central and Northern Spain
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Portuguese
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234,000,000
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Olá
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Western Iberian Peninsula
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French
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77,000,000
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Bonjour
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Northern France
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Catalan
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4,100,000
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Hola
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Eastern Spain and Andorra
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Galician
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2,400,000
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Ola
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Northwestern Spain
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Occitan
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150,000
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Bonjorn
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Southern France
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Aragonese
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10,000
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Ola
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Northern Spain
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Asturian
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100,000
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Hola
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Northern Spain
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Leonese
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25,000
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Hola
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Northwestern Spain
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Mirandese
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15,000
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Oulá
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Northeastern Portugal
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Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
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60,000
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Bonjou
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Eastern France and Switzerland
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Gallo-Romance
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Walloon
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350,000
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Bondjoû
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Belgium
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Picard
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100,000
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Bonjorn
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Northern France
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Norman
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80,000
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Boujou
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Normandy
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Gallo
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200,000
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Bonjorn
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Brittany France
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Poitevin-Saintongeais
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150,000
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Bonjorn
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Western France
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Italo-Dalmatian
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Italian
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64,000,000
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Ciao
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Italy
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Neapolitan
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5,700,000
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Ciao
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Southern Italy
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Sicilian
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4,700,000
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Ciau
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Sicily
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Venetian
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2,200,000
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Ciao
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Northeastern Italy
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Lombard
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3,500,000
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Ciao
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Northern Italy
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Piedmontese
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2,000,000
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Ciau
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Northwestern Italy
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Ligurian
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1,200,000
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Ciao
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Northwestern Italy
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Emilian-Romagnol
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700,000
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Ciao
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Northern Italy
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Corsican
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150,000
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Bonghjornu
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Corsica
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Romanesco
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1,000,000
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Ciao
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Rome
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Eastern Romance
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Romanian
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24,000,000
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Bună
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Romania and Moldova
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Aromanian
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250,000
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Bunã
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Balkans
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Megleno-Romanian
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5,000
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Bunã
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Greece and North Macedonia
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Istro-Romanian
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500
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Bună
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Croatia
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Southern Romance
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Sardinian
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1,000,000
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Salude
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Sardinia
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Sassarese
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100,000
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Ciao
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Northern Sardinia
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Gallurese
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100,000
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Ciao
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Northeastern Sardinia
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Romance Creole
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Haitian Creole
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11,500,000
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Bonjou
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Haiti
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Cape Verdean Creole
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1,000,000
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Oi
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Cape Verde
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Papiamento
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300,000
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Bon dia
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Caribbean
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Chavacano
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700,000
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Buenas
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Philippines
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Mauritian Creole
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1,300,000
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Bonzur
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Mauritius
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Seychellois Creole
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95,000
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Bonzour
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Seychelles
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Louisiana Creole
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10,000
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Bonjou
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Louisiana
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