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A Afro-Asiatic Ainu Alacalufan Algic Altaic Andoke Anem Arauan Araucanian Arawakan Atakapa Australian Austro-Asiatic Austronesian Awin-Pare Aymaran B Baining-Taulil Barbacoan Basque Beothuk Betoi Bilua Border Bosavi Bulaka River Burushaski C Cacua-Nukak Caddoan Cahuapanan Camsá Candoshi Cariban Cayuvava Chapacura-Wanhan Chibchan Chimakuan Chimila Chimúan Chiquito Chitimacha Choco Cholon Chon Chukotko-Kamchatkan Chumash Coahuiltecan Cofán Comecrudan Cuitlatec D Dagan Dravidian E East Bird's Head East Bougainville East Geelvink Bay East Strickland Eleman Eskimo-Aleut Esselen G Gapun Gogodala-Suki Great Andamanese Guahiban Guaicuruan H Hadza Haida Harakmbet Hmong-Mien Hokan Huarpe Huavean

Huitotoan I Indo-European Iroquoian Itonama J Jabutí Japanese Jirajaran Jivaroan K Kadugli Kalapuyan Karankawa Karkar-Yuri Karok Kartvelian Katukinan Kaure Kayagar Keresan Khoisan Kiowa-Tanoan Kiwaian Kolopom Korean Kunza Kuot Kusunda Kutenai Kwaza Kwerba L Laal Lakes Plain Lavukaleve Lower Mamberamo Lower Sepik-Ramu Lule M Macro-Ge Máku Marind Mascoian Matacoan Mayan Misumalpan Mixe-Zoque Mombum Monumbo Morehead and Upper Maro Rivers Morwap Mosetenan Movima Mura Muskogean N Na-Dene Nahali Nakh-Daghestanian Nambikuaran Natchez Niger-Congo Nilo-Saharan Nimboran Nivkh Northwest Caucasian O Oksapmin Oregon Coast o other Oto-Manguean P Páezan Panoan Peba-Yaguan Penutian Puinave

Puquina Q Quechuan R Reef Islands - Santa Cruz S Sáliban Salinan Salishan Savosavo Senagi Sentani Sepik Sino-Tibetan Siouan Sko South Andamanese Sulka T Tacame Tacanan Tai-Kadai Takelma Tarascan Tasmanian Taushiro Teberan-Pawaian Tequistlatecan Ticuna Timote-Cuica Timucua Tol Tonkawa Tor-Orya Torricelli Totonacan Trans-New Guinea Trumai Tucanoan Tunica Tupian Turama-Kikorian U Upper Yuat Uralic Urarina Uru-Chipaya Uto-Aztecan V Vaupés-Japurá W Wakashan Waorani Wappo-Yukian Warao Washo West Bomberai West Bougainville Western Fly West Papuan Y Yale Yámana Yanomam Yareban Yaruro Yawa Yele Yeniseian Yuchi Yukaghir Yuracare Yurimangí Z Zamucoan Zaparoan Zuni

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	Africa
A Algeria Angola B Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi C Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Islands Congo Côte d'Ivoire D Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti E Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia	G Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau K Kenya L Lesotho Liberia Libya M Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Morocco Mozambique N Namibia	Niger Nigeria R Rwanda S Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland São Tomé e Príncipe T Tanzania Togo Tunisia U Uganda Z Zambia Zimbabwe
	Asia
A Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan B Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan C Cambodia China E East Timor G Georgia I India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel J Japan	Jordan K Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan L Laos Lebanon M Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar N Nepal North Korea O Oman P Pakistan Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Philippines	Q Qatar S Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Syria T Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan U Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan V Vietnam Y Yemen
	Australia & Oceania
A American Samoa Australia F Fiji French Polynesia G Guadeloupe Guam K Kiribati M Marshall Islands	Micronesia N Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands P Palau Papua New Guinea S Samoa	Solomon Islands T Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu V Vanuatu W Wallis and Futuna
	Eurasia
R Russia	T Turkey
	Europe
A Albania Austria B Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria C Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic D Denmark E Estonia F Finland France	G Germany Greece Greenland H Hungary I Iceland Ireland Italy L Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg M Macedonia Malta Moldova	N Netherlands Norway P Poland Portugal R Romania S Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland U United Kingdom
	North America
B Belize C Canada Costa Rica D Dominica E El Salvador G Grenada	Guatemala H Haiti Honduras J Jamaica M Martinique Mexico	N Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua S St. Lucia T Trinidad and Tobago U United States
	South America
A Argentina B Bolivia Brazil C Chile Colombia	E Ecuador F French Guiana G Guyana P Panama Paraguay	Peru S Suriname V Venezuela