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The secret of dialects

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A huge globe at the site which will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, 02 October 2017. EPA/SASCHA STEINBACH Source: AAP

While the number of languages in the world is estimated to be more than 7000, there could be millions of dialects.



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