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1566:Languages of Guinea
1100:Immigrant languages
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335:Baga Sitemu
315:ĂŽles de Los
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275:Nunez River
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780:Ethnologue
762:Ethnologue
744:Ethnologue
726:Ethnologue
708:References
558:Vocabulary
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337:(properly
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252:Baga Pokur
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355:Rio Pongo
298:Baga Koba
229:Varieties
217:language
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44:Ethnicity
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1152:Japanese
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660:kəca
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