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Lama is a Gur language spoken by the Lama and Nawdeba people of Togo, Benin and Ghana.
Lama is a Nungish language spoken in Myanmar.
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Lamaholot is a Timor language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Lamalera is a Timor language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Lamam is a language spoken in Cambodia.
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Lamang is a Chadic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Lamatuka is a Timor language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Lamba is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo..
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Lambadi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Lambadi and Banjari people of India,
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Lambicchong is a language spoken in parts of Nepal.
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Lamboya is a language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Lambya (Ichilambya, Lambia, Lambwa, Rambia, Iramba) is a Bantu language spoken in the south-west corner of Tanzania and across the border in Malawi.
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Lame is a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria.
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Lamenu is a language spoken in Vanuatu.
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Lamet is a language spoken in Laos and Thailand where it is known as Khamet.
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Lamja (Dengsa, Tola) is a language spoken in Nigeria.
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Lamkang is a language spoken in India and Myanmar.
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Lamma is a language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Lamnso' is a Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria.
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Lamogai is a Bibling language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Lampung is a language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Lamu-Lamu is a language spoken in Australia.
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Lanas Lobu is a Paitanic language spoken in Malaysia.
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Land Dayak is a group of languages spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Landoma is a Mel language spoken in Guinea.
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Langam is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Langbashe is an Ubangi language spoken in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Langi is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.
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Lango is a Nilotic language spoken in Sudan.
Lango is a Nilotic language spoken in Uganda.
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Language is a system for communication. Language is used for communication among humans and other animals, both verbally and non-verbally, and also to communicate with inanimate objects such as computers, in this sense a language being used to programme the device. The manner with which a language is spoken among a group of people is known as a dialect. A dialect can imply differences of pronounciation, and even the use of different words within the same language.
Mandarin Chinese has the most speakers, over one billion people speaking the language, but these are found mainly in China. English is one of the most universaly spoken languages, with over 500 million speakers worldwide, compared with 128 million speakers of French, and 128 million speakers of German. Spanish is also widely spoken with over 417 million speakers worldwide, and Portuguese with 191 million speakers. Arabic is unusual in having numerous regional variations which are generally only spoken, with standard Arabic being written. Throughout the world there are hundreds of language spoken by relatively small numbers of people. In China there are over 55 local languages, which one may colloquially describe as 'Chinese', while outside of Europe, including the USA, almost every tribe of people has its own language, some with perhaps just 100 or fewer members and speakers.
The ability to fluently speak more than one language is widespread throughout the more primitive peoples of the third world, for example over 93 per cent of the population of Tanzania in 1982 were fluent in both their own indigenous language and also in Swahili, enabling members of different tribes to communicate and trade with each other. By contrast, in the developed English speaking Western world (Britain and America) bilinguism is rare, though in non-English speaking European countries bilinguism in English is common, but not as common as bilinguism among people in the third-world.
Languedocien is an Italic language spoken in France.
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Lanoh is an Aslian language spoken in Malaysia.
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Lantanai is a Nasioi language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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