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1
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1592
2709
1998
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1608
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Cantonese
1892
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Mandarin
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Italian
1892
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1955
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Italian
1892
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2000
1
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Bengali
1892
2709
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1
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Italian
1749
2709
1963
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Italian
1892
2709
1967
1
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Serbo-Croatian
1749
2709
1963
2
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Swedish
1767
2709
1996
2
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English
1892
2709
1994
1
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French
1892
2709
1957
1
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1892
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2005
1
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1892
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1991
1
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Arabic
1892
2709
1939
1
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German
1892
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1938
1
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German
1106
2709
1999
8
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French
1749
2709
2006
2
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Italian
1892
2709
2002
1
Italy
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1749
2709
2006
2
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Russian
1892
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1953
1
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Spanish
1892
2709
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1
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Kabuverdianu
1892
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1892
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1892
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1892
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1892
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1892
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Persian
1892
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1
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Korean
1892
2709
1964
1
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French
1892
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1
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Serbo-Croatian
1892
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1995
1
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German
1892
2709
1991
1
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Turkish
1892
2709
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1
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Polish
1698
2709
1929
3
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French
1892
2709
1951
1
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French
1892
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1
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Cantonese
1892
2709
1997
1
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French
1892
2709
1955
1
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English
1856
2709
1998
2
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1892
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1992
1
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Finnish
1760
2709
1983
2
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1892
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1991
1
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Polish
1892
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1998
1
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1892
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1892
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1
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French
1592
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2002
3
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1892
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1959
1
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English
1892
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1938
1
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French
1892
2709
1948
1
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Swedish
1774
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1999
2
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English
1892
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1995
1
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Kazakh
1892
2709
1934
1
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French
1892
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2004
1
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Greek
1892
2709
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1
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Persian
1892
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1
Italy
English
1749
2709
2008
2
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1592
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3
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1892
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2004
1
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Russian
1892
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1935
1
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1892
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1997
1
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English
1892
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1
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1892
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1981
1
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1892
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1991
1
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1892
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1
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French
1892
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1991
1
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Spanish
1892
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1974
1
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Persian
1892
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1
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Portuguese
1892
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1995
1
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1749
2709
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Polish
1892
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1938
1
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Japanese
1892
2709
1960
1
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1892
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1
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French
1892
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2002
1
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Italian
1892
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1
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Russian
1594
2709
1961
3
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1892
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1
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Italian
1892
2709
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1
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Taiwanese
1892
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1
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Italian
1889
2709
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2
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Swedish
1892
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1892
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Mandarin
1892
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1889
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Spanish
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1
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Mandarin
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1892
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1892
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2008
1
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1749
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2
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1781
2709
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2
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1892
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1
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Cantonese
1892
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1749
2709
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Filipino
1749
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Mandarin
1892
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1
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1892
2709
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1
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Persian
1767
2709
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Cantonese
1749
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1892
2709
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1
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French
1892
2709
2010
1
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1592
2709
2015
3
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Italian
1892
2709
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1
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1892
2709
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1
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1892
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1
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1749
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2
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Mandarin
1892
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1
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1892
2709
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1
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English
1774
2709
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2
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1892
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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2013
1
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1892
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1
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Greek
1749
2709
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2
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Italian
1892
2709
2014
1
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1749
2709
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French
1749
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2
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1892
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1
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2014
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Mandarin
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2015
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1892
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2016
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2016
1
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Italian
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2016
1
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1592
2709
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3
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French
1749
2709
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2
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French
1892
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2017
1
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1
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Mandarin
1749
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English
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English
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Portuguese
1892
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Mandarin
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German
1892
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Marathi
1892
2709
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1
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1749
2709
2021
2
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Italian
1749
2709
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2
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Polish
1892
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1
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Italian
1749
2709
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2
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English
1892
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2021
1
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Russian
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1892
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Polish
1892
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1752
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Ukrainian
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1892
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German
1892
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Italian
1892
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2024
1
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French
1892
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1
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French
1892
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1
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Mandarin
1892
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2024
1
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French
1892
2709
2024
1
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Mandarin
1892
2709
2025
1
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Italian
1892
2709
2025
1
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Mandarin
1893
2710
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1
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Filipino
1893
2710
2007
1
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English
1893
2710
2007
1
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English
1893
2710
2020
1
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English
1893
2710
2025
1
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Hindi
1894
2711
1995
1
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French
1775
2711
1960
2
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English
1894
2711
1994
1
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Italian
1894
2711
1993
1
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Italian
1894
2711
1978
1
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Hebrew
1894
2711
1961
1
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French
1894
2711
1962
1
UK
English
1894
2711
1999
1
Germany
German
1894
2711
1996
1
Czech Republic
Slovak
1894
2711
1971
1
UK
English
1894
2711
1963
1
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English
1894
2711
1961
1
Greece
Greek
1894
2711
1965
1
Italy
French
1894
2711
1972
1
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English
1894
2711
1970
1
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English
1894
2711
1971
1
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English
1894
2711
2001
1
USA
English
1894
2711
1991
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1894
2711
1996
1
Italy
Italian
1769
2711
1985
2
UK
English
1894
2711
1973
1
France
French
1894
2711
1977
1
USA
English
1894
2711
1988
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1894
2711
1970
1
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English
1894
2711
1970
1
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English
1769
2711
1985
2
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English
1894
2711
2005
1
USA
English
1894
2711
1998
1
Netherlands
Dutch
1894
2711
1971
1
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English
1894
2711
1957
1
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French
1859
2711
1994
2
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German
1894
2711
1971
1
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English
1894
2711
1964
1
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Spanish
1894
2711
1960
1
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German
1894
2711
2010
1
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English
1894
2711
2010
1
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Russian
1894
2711
2015
1
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French
1894
2711
2015
1
Finland
Estonian
1894
2711
2016
1
France
French
1783
2711
2020
2
USA
English
1895
2712
1969
1
Egypt
Arabic
1779
2713
2014
2
Canada
English
1896
2713
2018
1
Taiwan
Mandarin
1896
2713
2021
1
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Indonesian
1896
2713
2022
1
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English
1896
2713
2024
1
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Spanish
1896
2713
2023
1
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Portuguese
1896
2713
2025
1
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Spanish
1896
2713
2021
1
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German
1896
2713
2022
1
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Spanish
1897
2714
2000
1
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Cantonese
1897
2714
1999
1
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English
1897
2714
2000
1
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Icelandic
1897
2714
2004
1
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English
1897
2714
2003
1
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English
1897
2714
2007
1
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Tarahumara
1897
2714
2007
1
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Tarahumara
1897
2714
2009
1
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Konkani
1897
2714
2010
1
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English
1897
2714
2011
1
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Swedish
1897
2714
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1
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Swedish
1897
2714
2012
1
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English
1897
2714
2013
1
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English
1897
2714
2013
1
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1897
2714
2014
1
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French
1897
2714
2015
1
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1897
2714
2015
1
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Dutch
1897
2714
2015
1
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Slovak
1897
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1
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Swahili
1897
2714
2017
1
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Persian
1897
2714
2018
1
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English
1897
2714
2019
1
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English
1898
2715
1929
1
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English
1898
2715
2009
1
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French
1898
2715
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English
1898
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2011
1
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English
1898
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1
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English
1898
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1
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English
1642
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3
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English
1781
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2
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English
1899
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1
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English
1775
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2
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English
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2016
1
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English
1787
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2
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English
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1
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1
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English
1899
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1
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English
1781
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2
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English
1899
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2016
1
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Mandarin
1899
2716
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1
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Spanish
1899
2716
2018
1
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English
1787
2716
2020
2
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English
1899
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2018
1
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English
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1
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English
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1
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1
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English
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1899
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English
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1
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1899
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1
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English
1899
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English
1899
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1899
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1899
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English
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1
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English
1900
2717
1973
1
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Portuguese
1900
2717
2020
1
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French
1900
2717
2020
1
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French
1900
2717
1973
1
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German
1900
2717
1953
1
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Italian
1900
2717
1969
1
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German
1900
2717
1974
1
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German
1900
2717
1951
1
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Swedish
1900
2717
1969
1
Sweden
Swedish
1900
2717
1995
1
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Russian
1900
2717
1973
1
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English
1901
2718
2001
1
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Spanish
1830
2718
2000
2
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English
1901
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1
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English
1901
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English
1901
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2007
1
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English
1901
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2008
1
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English
1653
2718
2012
3
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English
1783
2718
2009
2
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English
1902
2719
1999
1
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English
1902
2719
2001
1
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English
1902
2719
2000
1
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Thai
1898
2720
1963
2
Italy
Italian
1903
2720
1952
1
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English
1904
2722
2006
1
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English
1905
2723
1997
1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian
1905
2723
2005
1
Singapore
Cantonese
1905
2723
2006
1
UK
English
1905
2723
2012
1
Germany
German
1905
2723
2015
1
Iceland
Icelandic
1905
2723
2020
1
Germany
German
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2005
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1998
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1984
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1971
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1999
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1985
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2000
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2003
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
1987
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1866
2725
2001
2
USA
English
1635
2725
2005
3
USA
English
1907
2725
1986
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1988
1
USA
English
1785
2725
2008
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1983
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
UK
English
1907
2725
2000
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2005
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2003
1
USA
English
1866
2725
1998
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1989
1
UK
English
1795
2725
2001
2
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1986
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1997
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1982
1
Japan
Mandarin
1907
2725
1997
1
Canada
English
1907
2725
2003
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1999
1
USA
English
1797
2725
2005
2
USA
English
1785
2725
1987
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1991
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1981
1
USA
English
1785
2725
2000
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1999
1
France
English
1903
2725
1975
2
USA
English
1642
2725
1999
3
USA
English
1907
2725
1996
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1993
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1992
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2003
1
UK
English
1907
2725
2003
1
UK
English
1907
2725
1997
1
USA
English
1903
2725
1996
2
India
Hindi
1907
2725
2001
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1992
1
France
English
1907
2725
1975
1
France
French
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2001
1
Iceland
Icelandic
1907
2725
1998
1
UK
English
1907
2725
1995
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
USA
English
1866
2725
2003
2
UK
English
1907
2725
1998
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1987
1
USA
English
1781
2725
1998
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1993
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1979
1
France
English
1907
2725
1984
1
USA
English
1785
2725
2009
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1991
1
USA
English
1826
2725
2000
3
France
French
1785
2725
2002
2
USA
English
1907
2725
2002
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1907
2725
1989
1
USA
English
1863
2725
1990
2
UK
English
1907
2725
1987
1
UK
English
1907
2725
1981
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1982
1
Canada
English
1283
2725
2012
6
USA
English
1907
2725
1991
1
UK
English
1907
2725
1997
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
Canada
English
1907
2725
1992
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
1993
1
France
German
1824
2725
1996
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1994
1
USA
English
1785
2725
2005
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1999
1
Iran
Persian
1907
2725
1971
1
Italy
Italian
1907
2725
1979
1
France
French
1907
2725
2002
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2005
1
USA
English
1788
2725
2007
2
UK
English
1907
2725
1990
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1988
1
USA
English
1790
2725
2003
2
Canada
English
1664
2725
1994
3
Canada
French
1907
2725
1997
1
UK
English
1907
2725
1996
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1995
1
Canada
English
1907
2725
2005
1
USA
English
1866
2725
1991
2
USA
English
1907
2725
1985
1
USA
English
1907
2725
2004
1
USA
English
1907
2725
1996
1
USA
English
