Alternative Names: SAAMI KILDIN, “Kildin Lappish” , “Lapp” , Saam, Saami
Population: 500 (2007). 1,900 Saami in the Russian Federation (1995 M. Krauss). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1995 M. Krauss).
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Alternative Names: SAAMI LULE, “Lapp” , Lule, Saami
Population: 1,500 in Sweden (Krauss 1995). Population total all countries: 2,000. Ethnic population: 6,000 in Sweden.
Region: Lapland, Gällivare and Jokkmokk, along Lule River. Also in Norway.
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Alternative Names: SAAMI SOUTH, “Lapp” , Southern Lapp
Population: 300 in Sweden (Krauss 1995). Population total all countries: 600. Ethnic population: 600 in Sweden.
Region: Lapland, Vilhelmina; Dalarna, Jämtland, Härjedalen, Idre. Also in Norway.
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Alternative Names: SELKUP, Ostyak Samoyed, Shöl Khumyt, Northern Selkups, Chumyl’ Khumyt, Central Selkups, Syusugulla, Shösh Gulla
Population: 1,640. Ethnic population: 4,249.
Region: Tomskaya Oblast, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Krasnoyarski Krai, and Tomskaya Oblast. Northern dialect in Krasnoselkup region, Ratta, Krasnoselkupskaya, Tolka, and Krasnoselkup villages, Kiki-Akki and Sidorovsk; Purovsk region, Tolka Purovskaya village; adjacent regions of Krasnoyarski Krai, Farkovo; Turukhan River basin and Baikha. Southern dialect in north Tomskaya Oblasta, range of villages.
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Alternative Names: SERBIAN, Montenegrin
Population: 4,500,000 in Serbia (2006). Population total all countries: 7,020,550.
Region: Also in Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Libya, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation (Europe), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Europe), Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Zambia.
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Alternative Names: SHOR, Aba, Kondoma Tatar, Kuznets Tatar, Mras Tatar, Shortsy, Tom-Kuznets Tatar
Population: 6,210. 50 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 13, 975.
Region: Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy.
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Alternative Names: SLOVAK, Slovakian
Population: 4,610,000 in Slovakia (2001 census). Population total all countries: 5,019,950.
Region: Western uplands, Bratislava area. Also in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, United States.
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Alternative Names: SLOVENE, Slovenian, Slovenscina
Population: 1,730,000 in Slovenia (1991 census). Population total all countries: 1,909,050.
Region: Carniola, south Styria and Carinthia. Lower Carniola in Dolenjsko; Upper Carniola in Gorenjska; Primorski in West Slovenia; Stajerski in Styria. Also in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, United States.
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Alternative Names: SORBIAN LOWER, Bas Sorabe, Delnoserbski, Lluzykie, Lower Lusatian, Lusatian, Luzycki, Niedersorbisch, Wendish
Population: 7,000 in Germany (1995). Population total all countries: 7,240. Ethnic population: 50,000.
Region: East, Niederlausitz (Dolna Luzica), Cottbus (Chósebuz) main town. Ethnic group has over 60 towns and villages. Also in United States.
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Alternative Names: SORBIAN UPPER, Haut Sorabe, Hornjoserbski, Hornoserbski, Obersorbisch, Upper Lusatian, Wendish
Population: 18,000 in Germany (1995). Population total all countries: 18,240. Ethnic population: 45,000.
Region: East, Upper Saxony state, Bautzen (Budysin), and Kamenz. Also in United States.
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Alternative Names: SPANISH, Castellano, Castilian, Español
Population: 28,200,000 in Spain (1986). Population total all countries: 328,518,810.
Region: Central, south; Canary Islands. Also in Andorra, Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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Alternative Names: SWEDISH, Ruotsi, Svenska
Population: 7,910,000 in Sweden. 5,000 speakers of Gutniska (1998 S. Håkansson), and 30,000 of Jamtska. Population total all countries: 8,311,739.
Region: The Göta dialect group south, including parts of Småland, south Swedish provinces, Värmland, Västergvtland; Svea in north, including Hälsingland, parts of Östergötland and Uppland, and Swedish-speaking parts of Finland; Southern Swedish in Skåne, Blekinge, southern Småland, southern Halland; Northern Swedish in northern Hälsingland and Jämtland and north; Jamtska mainly in Jämtland; Eastern Swedish in Finland, Estonia, and Gammalsvenskby, Ukraine; Gutnic southeast Isle of Gotland and Fårö. Also in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, United Arab Emirates, United States.
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