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China

China (traditional Chinese: 中國; simplified Chinese: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó (help·info); Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguó; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung¹kuo²) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in...
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Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; simplified Chinese: 华语; traditional Chinese: 華語; pinyin: Huáyǔ; simplified Chinese: 中国话; traditional Chinese: 中國話; pinyin: Zhōngguóhuà; or Chinese:...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • chi

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • zho

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • zh

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Esperanto Language

Esperanto is the most widely-spoken constructed international auxiliary language.  The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof first published Unua Libro (First Book), the first book describing...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • epo

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  • epo

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  • eo

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Nepali Language

Nepali (नेपाली) is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar (Burma). In India, it is one...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • nep

Rosetta Project Code:

  • nep

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • nep

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • ne

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Korean Language

Korean (한국어/조선말, see below) is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers. It was formerly...

Language Family:

ISO 639-2 Code:

  • kor

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • kor

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • ko
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