Alternative Names: CATALONIAN, Bacavès, Català, Catalán, Catalonian
Population: 11,200,000 in Spain (2006). Population total all countries: 11,530,160.
Region: Northeast, around Barcelona; Catalonia, Valencia provinces, Balearic Islands; Carche region, Murcia Province. Menorquin is Menorca. Pallarese, in Pallars. Ribagorçan from Aran Valley to south of Tamarit, and from Noguera Ribagorçana to border with Aragonese. Also in Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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Alternative Names: CHAMORRO, Tjamoro
Population: 62,500 in Guam (Bender and Rehg 1991). Population total all countries: 92,700.
Region: Also in Northern Mariana Islands, United States.
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Alternative Names: CHECHEN, Galancho, Nokchiin Muott, Nokhchiin
Population: 1,330,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). 233,216 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 1,341,000. Ethnic population: 1,360,253.
Region: Chechnya, north Caucasus. 63% in rural areas. Also in Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Turkey (Asia), Uzbekistan.
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Alternative Names: CHUKCHI, Chuchee, Chukcha, Chukchee, Chukot, Luoravetlan
Population: 7,740. Ethnic population: 15,767 (2002 Russian census).
Region: Northeast Siberia, Chukchi Peninsula, Chukot and Koryak National Okrug.
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Alternative Names: CHUVASH, Bulgar
Population: 1,640,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 1,674,420.
Region: Chuvashia, east of Moscow, near Volga River. About half live in towns (1995). Also in Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
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Alternative Names: CROATIAN, Hrvatski
Population: 3,980,000 in Croatia (2001 census). Population total all countries: 5,546,590.
Region: Also in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States.
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Alternative Names: CZECH, Bohemian, Cestina
Population: 9,250,000 in Czech Republic (2001 census). Population total all countries: 9,490,840.
Region: West: Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia. Also in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States.
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