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67 Cards in this Set
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Akan
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Niger-Congo - Kwa - Ghana - Alive
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Akkadian
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Afro-Asiatic-Semitic- Babylon (dead)
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Amharic
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Afro-Asiatic- Semitic- Ethiopia (alive)
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Arabic
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Afro-Asiatic- Semitic - Saudi Arabia - Alive
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Aramaic
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Afro-Asiatic -Semitic - Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. -alive
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Bantu
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Niger/Congo - Mid & S. Africa - Alive
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Berber
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Afroasiatic - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali - Alive
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Bislama
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English Creole - Pacific - Vanuatu - alive
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Bodo (Boro)
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Sino-Tibetan - Tibeto-Burman - India - Alive
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Buganda
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Niger-Congo - Bantu - Uganda - Alive
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Burmese
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Sino-Tibetan - (Eastern) Tibeto-Burman, Myanmar, Alive
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Coptic (liturgical)
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Afroasiatic - Egyptian - extinct
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Chechen
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Caucasian- Nakh-Dagestian- Russia- (alive)
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Cambodian (Khmer)
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Austroasiatic - Mon-Khmer, Cambodia, Alive
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Cantonese
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, China, alive
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Chamic
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Austronesian - SE Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand) - alive
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Egyptian
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Afro-Asiatic - Central Semitic - Arabic - Egypt - Alive
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Fijian
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Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Fiji - Alive
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Fulani
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Niger/Congo - Atlantic - W. Africa - Alive
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Hakka
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, China, alive
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Hausa
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Afroasiatic - Chadic - Sudan and W. Africa - Alive
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Hawaiian
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Austronesian - E. Malayo-Polynesian - Oceanic - Alive
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Hebrew
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Afroasiatic - Semitic (NW) - Israel - Alive
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Hmong (Miao)
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Austroasiatic - Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) - China, Laos, Vietnam - Alive
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Igbo
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Niger/Congo - Kwa - Nigeria - Alive
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Javanese
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Austronesian - Java, Indonesia - alive
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Jinghpaw
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Sino-Tibetan - (Central) Tibeto-Burman, India, alive
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Khoisan
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Khoisan Family - Kalahari Desert, alive
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Kinyarwanda
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Niger Congo - Bantu - Rwanda/Burundi - Alive
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Kannada
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Dravidian - Southern - Karnataka
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Karbi
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Sino-Tibetan - (Central) Tibeto-Burman, India, alive
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Khmer
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Austroasiatic - E. Mon-Khmer - Cambodia
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Lao
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Austroasiatic - Tai-Kadai, Laos, alive
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Lolo
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Sino-Tibetan - (Eastern) Tibeto-Burman, China?, alive
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Malay-Indonesian
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Austronesian - W. Malayo-Polynesian - Sundic - ?
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Malayalam
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Dravidian - Southern - India - Alive
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Mande
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Niger-Congo - West Africa - Alive
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Maori
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Austronesian - E. Malayo-polynesian - New Zealand - Alive
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Mien
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Austroasiatic- hmong-mien
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Min
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, Taiwan
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Mizo (Kuki-Chin)
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Sino-Tibetan - (Central) Tibeto-Burman, India, alive
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Mlabri
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Austroasiatic - Mon-Khmer, Thailand, dead
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Mon
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Austroasiatic - Mon-Khmer, Myanmar, alive
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Munda
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Austroasiatic, India, alive
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Samoan
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Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Samoa - Alive
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Shan
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Austroasiatic - Tai-Kadai, Laos, alive
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Swahili
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Niger/Congo - Bantu - Kenya, Uganda, other east Africa - Alive
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Somali
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Afroasiatic - Cushitic - Somalia - Alive
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Sumerian
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Isolate - Iraq - Dead
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Tagalog
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Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Philippines - Alive
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Tahitian
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Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Polynesia - alive
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Taiwanese
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, Taiwan, alive
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Tamil
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Dravidian - South - India, Sri Lanka, Singapore - alive
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Telugu
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Dravidian -South Central - India - alive
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Thai
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Austroasiatic - Tai-Kadai, Thailand, alive
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Tibetan
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Sino-Tibetan - (Western) Tibeto-Burman, Tibet, alive
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Tigrinya
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Afro-Asiatic - Semitic - Eritrea - alive
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Tok Pisin
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English Creole - Pacific - Papua New Guinea - alive
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Tsou
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Austronesian, Formosan; Taiwan, alive
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Tuareg
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Afro-Asiatic - Berber - Algeria, Libya, Niger - alive
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Vietnamese
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Austroasiatic - Mon-Khmer - Vietnam alive
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Wolof
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Niger/Congo - Atlantic - W. Africa (Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania) - Alive
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Wu
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, China, alive
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Yi
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Sino-Tibetan -(Eastern) Tibeto-Burman, China, alive
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Yue
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Sino-Tibetan - Sinitic, China, alive
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Yoruba
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Niger-Congo - Kwa - Nigeria - alive
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Zulu
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Niger-Congo - Atlantic-Congo - South Africa - Alive
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