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1591
2708
1998
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1607
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Cantonese
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Mandarin
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1955
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1891
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2000
1
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Bengali
1891
2708
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Italian
1748
2708
1963
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Italian
1891
2708
1967
1
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Serbo-Croatian
1748
2708
1963
2
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Swedish
1766
2708
1996
2
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English
1891
2708
1994
1
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French
1891
2708
1957
1
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2708
2005
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1891
2708
1991
1
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Arabic
1891
2708
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1
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German
1891
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1938
1
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German
1105
2708
1999
8
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French
1748
2708
2006
2
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Italian
1891
2708
2002
1
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Italian
1748
2708
2006
2
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Russian
1891
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1953
1
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Spanish
1891
2708
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Kabuverdianu
1891
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1891
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Korean
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Persian
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2708
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Korean
1891
2708
1964
1
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French
1891
2708
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1
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Serbo-Croatian
1891
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1995
1
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German
1891
2708
1991
1
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Turkish
1891
2708
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1
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Polish
1697
2708
1929
3
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French
1891
2708
1951
1
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French
1891
2708
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1
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Cantonese
1891
2708
1997
1
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French
1891
2708
1955
1
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English
1855
2708
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2
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1891
2708
1992
1
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Finnish
1759
2708
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2
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Portuguese
1891
2708
1991
1
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Polish
1891
2708
1998
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1891
2708
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1891
2708
2002
1
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French
1591
2708
2002
3
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Italian
1891
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1959
1
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English
1891
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1938
1
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French
1891
2708
1948
1
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Swedish
1773
2708
1999
2
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English
1891
2708
1995
1
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Kazakh
1891
2708
1934
1
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French
1891
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2004
1
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Greek
1891
2708
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1
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Persian
1891
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English
1748
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1591
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1891
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2004
1
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Russian
1891
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1935
1
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1891
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English
1891
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1
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Polish
1891
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1981
1
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1891
2708
1991
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1891
2708
1991
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Spanish
1891
2708
1974
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Persian
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Portuguese
1891
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1995
1
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Dutch
1748
2708
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Polish
1891
2708
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1
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1891
2708
1960
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1891
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French
1891
2708
2002
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Italian
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1
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Russian
1593
2708
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3
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1891
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Italian
1891
2708
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1
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Taiwanese
1891
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1888
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1891
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Mandarin
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1748
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1780
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1891
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1
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Cantonese
1891
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1748
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Mandarin
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1891
2708
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1
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Persian
1766
2708
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1748
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1891
2708
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1
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French
1891
2708
2010
1
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1591
2708
2015
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1891
2708
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1
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1891
2708
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1
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1891
2708
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1
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1748
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Mandarin
1891
2708
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2708
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1
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English
1773
2708
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2
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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1891
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1748
2708
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2
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1891
2708
2014
1
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2708
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1
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1591
2708
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1748
2708
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2
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1891
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Mandarin
1748
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Mandarin
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1891
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1
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1748
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Italian
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2
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Polish
1891
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1748
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1891
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French
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French
1891
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Mandarin
1891
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French
1891
2708
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1
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Mandarin
1891
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2025
1
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Italian
1891
2708
2025
1
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Mandarin
1892
2709
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Filipino
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2709
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1
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English
1892
2709
2007
1
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English
1892
2709
2020
1
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English
1892
2709
2025
1
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Hindi
1893
2710
1995
1
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French
1774
2710
1960
2
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English
1893
2710
1994
1
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Italian
1893
2710
1993
1
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Italian
1893
2710
1978
1
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Hebrew
1893
2710
1961
1
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French
1893
2710
1962
1
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English
1893
2710
1999
1
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German
1893
2710
1996
1
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Slovak
1893
2710
1971
1
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English
1893
2710
1963
1
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English
1893
2710
1961
1
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Greek
1893
2710
1965
1
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French
1893
2710
1972
1
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English
1893
2710
1970
1
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English
1893
2710
1971
1
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English
1893
2710
2001
1
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English
1893
2710
1991
1
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Russian
1893
2710
1996
1
Italy
Italian
1768
2710
1985
2
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English
1893
2710
1973
1
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French
1893
2710
1977
1
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English
1893
2710
1988
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1893
2710
1970
1
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English
1893
2710
1970
1
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English
1768
2710
1985
2
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English
1893
2710
2005
1
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English
1893
2710
1998
1
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Dutch
1893
2710
1971
1
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English
1893
2710
1957
1
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French
1858
2710
1994
2
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German
1893
2710
1971
1
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English
1893
2710
1964
1
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Spanish
1893
2710
1960
1
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German
1893
2710
2010
1
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English
1893
2710
2010
1
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Russian
1893
2710
2015
1
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French
1893
2710
2015
1
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Estonian
1893
2710
2016
1
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French
1782
2710
2020
2
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English
1894
2711
1969
1
Egypt
Arabic
1778
2712
2014
2
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English
1895
2712
2018
1
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Mandarin
1895
2712
2021
1
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Indonesian
1895
2712
2022
1
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English
1895
2712
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1
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1895
2712
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1
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Portuguese
1895
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2025
1
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1895
2712
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1
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German
1895
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1
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Spanish
1896
2713
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1
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Cantonese
1896
2713
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1
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English
1896
2713
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1
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Icelandic
1896
2713
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1
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English
1896
2713
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1
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English
1896
2713
2007
1
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1896
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1
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1896
2713
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1
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Konkani
1896
2713
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1
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English
1896
2713
2011
1
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Swedish
1896
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1
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Swedish
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English
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1
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Dutch
1896
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1
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English
1896
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1897
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1641
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3
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1780
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2
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1898
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1
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2
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English
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1
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English
1786
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2
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English
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1
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1
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1
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1780
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English
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Mandarin
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1
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1786
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2
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English
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1
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1899
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1899
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French
1899
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2020
1
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French
1899
2716
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1
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German
1899
2716
1953
1
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Italian
1899
2716
1969
1
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German
1899
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German
1899
2716
1951
1
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Swedish
1899
2716
1969
1
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Swedish
1899
2716
1995
1
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Russian
1899
2716
1973
1
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English
1900
2717
2001
1
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Spanish
1829
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2000
2
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1900
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1900
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1
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1900
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1
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1652
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2012
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English
1782
2717
2009
2
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English
1901
2718
1999
1
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English
1901
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1
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English
1901
2718
2000
1
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Thai
1897
2719
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2
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Italian
1902
2719
1952
1
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English
1903
2721
2006
1
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English
1904
2722
1997
1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian
1904
2722
2005
1
Singapore
Cantonese
1904
2722
2006
1
UK
English
1904
2722
2012
1
Germany
German
1904
2722
2015
1
Iceland
Icelandic
1904
2722
2020
1
Germany
German
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2005
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1998
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1984
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1971
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1999
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1985
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2000
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2003
1
Spain
Spanish
1906
2724
1987
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1865
2724
2001
2
USA
English
1634
2724
2005
3
USA
English
1906
2724
1986
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1988
1
USA
English
1784
2724
2008
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1983
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
UK
English
1906
2724
2000
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2005
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2003
1
USA
English
1865
2724
1998
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1989
1
UK
English
1794
2724
2001
2
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1986
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1997
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1982
1
Japan
Mandarin
1906
2724
1997
1
Canada
English
1906
2724
2003
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1999
1
USA
English
1796
2724
2005
2
USA
English
1784
2724
1987
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1991
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1981
1
USA
English
1784
2724
2000
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1999
1
France
English
1902
2724
1975
2
USA
English
1641
2724
1999
3
USA
English
1906
2724
1996
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1993
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1992
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2003
1
UK
English
1906
2724
2003
1
UK
English
1906
2724
1997
1
USA
English
1902
2724
1996
2
India
Hindi
1906
2724
2001
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1992
1
France
English
1906
2724
1975
1
France
French
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2001
1
Iceland
Icelandic
1906
2724
1998
1
UK
English
1906
2724
1995
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
USA
English
1865
2724
2003
2
UK
English
1906
2724
1998
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1987
1
USA
English
1780
2724
1998
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1993
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1979
1
France
English
1906
2724
1984
1
USA
English
1784
2724
2009
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1991
1
USA
English
1825
2724
2000
3
France
French
1784
2724
2002
2
USA
English
1906
2724
2002
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1906
2724
1989
1
USA
English
1862
2724
1990
2
UK
English
1906
2724
1987
1
UK
English
1906
2724
1981
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1982
1
Canada
English
1282
2724
2012
6
USA
English
1906
2724
1991
1
UK
English
1906
2724
1997
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
Canada
English
1906
2724
1992
1
Spain
Spanish
1906
2724
1993
1
France
German
1823
2724
1996
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1994
1
USA
English
1784
2724
2005
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1999
1
Iran
Persian
1906
2724
1971
1
Italy
Italian
1906
2724
1979
1
France
French
1906
2724
2002
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2005
1
USA
English
1787
2724
2007
2
UK
English
1906
2724
1990
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1988
1
USA
English
1789
2724
2003
2
Canada
English
1663
2724
1994
3
Canada
French
1906
2724
1997
1
UK
English
1906
2724
1996
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1995
1
Canada
English
1906
2724
2005
1
USA
English
1865
2724
1991
2
USA
English
1906
2724
1985
1
USA
English
1906
2724
2004
1
USA
English
1906
2724
1996
1
USA
English
