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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Say hello in 40 languages and more – in pictures

Languages: 1 say hello
Nearly 7,000 languages are spoken in the world. Some languages have many millions of speakers wheras some have fewer than ten! Here we teach you how to say hello in forty languages from around the world! Photograph: Hachette Children's books
Languages: 2 language tree
The larger language families have their own family trees, which are split into smaller groups of languages called branches. Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 3 speak German
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 4 speak French
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 5 Dutch greetings
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 6 speak Spanish
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 7 speak Italian
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 8 speak Polish
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 9 speak Turkish
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
Languages: 10 speak sign
Photograph: Hatchette Children's Books
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