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14. Danish, English, Norwegian, Yiddish, Swedish,
                    Dutch,German, Icelandic, among others, are part
                    of the Germanic family of languages.
                15. French, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian,
                    among others, make up the Romance languages.
                16. Slavic languages are composed of Russian, Polish,
                    Ukrainian, Slovak, Belarusian, Czech, Slovenian,
                    Macedonian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian,
                    and others.
                17. The Latin alphabetis used in most European
                    languages, but the Cyrillic alphabet is used in some
                    Slavic languages. Georgian, Armenian,Greek and
                    Yiddish use their own alphabet.
                18. Almost all of the countries in Europe have several
                    regional languages or dialects – some of which are
                    officially  ecognized.
                19. In Europe, the most widely-used non-European
                    languages are Arabic, Chinese and Hindi, each has
                    its own system for writing.
                20. There are between 130 and 200 languages spoken,
                    depending on the criteria, in Russia. It has, by far, the
                    most native languages spoken in its territory.
                21. Because of the number of refugees and migrants
                    arriving, Europe has become a multilingual






















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