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title="wmf:Home">Wikimedia Foundation Governance wiki</a>, too.</b> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="mp-subpanel" colspan="2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_languages">Other languages</h2></div> <div style="font-size:130%; padding-left:5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: left"> <b>5,000,000 articles or more</b><br /></div> <div style="font-size:90%; padding-left:7px; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left"> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="en:">English</a>  •  <a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ceb:">Cebuano (Cebuano)</a> </p> </div> <div style="font-size:125%; padding-left:5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: left"> <b>1,000,000 articles or more</b><br /></div> <div style="font-size:90%; padding-left:7px; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left"> <p><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ar:">العربية (Arabic)</a>  •  <a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="arz:">مصرى (Egyptian Arabic)</a>  •  <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="de:">Deutsch (German)</a>  •  <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="es:">español (Spanish)</a>  •  <a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fa:">فارسی (Persian)</a>  •  <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fr:">français (French)</a>  •  <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="it:">italiano (Italian)</a>  •  <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ja:">日本語 (Japanese)</a>  •  <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="nl:">Nederlands (Dutch)</a>  •  <a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pl:">polski (Polish)</a>  •  <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pt:">português (Portuguese)</a>  •  <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ru:">русский (Russian)</a>  •  <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sv:">svenska (Swedish)</a>  •  <a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="uk:">українська (Ukrainian)</a>  •  <a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="vi:">Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)</a>  •  <a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="war:">Winaray (Waray)</a>  •  <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh:">中文 (Chinese)</a> </p> </div> <div style="font-size:115%; padding-left:5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: left"> <b>500,000 articles or more</b><br /></div> <div style="font-size:90%; padding-left:7px; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left"> <p><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ca:">català (Catalan)</a>  •  <a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ce:">нохчийн (Chechen)</a>  •  <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="cs:">čeština (Czech)</a>  •  <a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fi:">suomi (Finnish)</a>  •  <a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hu:">magyar (Hungarian)</a>  •  <a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="id:">Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)</a>  •  <a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ko:">한국어 (Korean)</a>  •  <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="no:">norsk (Norwegian)</a>  •  <a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sr:">српски / srpski (Serbian)</a>  •  <a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="tr:">Türkçe (Turkish)</a>  •  <a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="tt:">татарча / tatarça (Tatar)</a> </p> </div> <div style="font-size:105%; padding-left:5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: left"> <b>100,000 articles or more</b><br /></div> <div style="font-size:90%; padding-left:7px; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left"> <p><b>Simple English</b>  •  <a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="af:">Afrikaans (Afrikaans)</a>  •  <a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ast:">asturianu (Asturian)</a>  •  <a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="az:">azərbaycanca (Azerbaijani)</a>  •  <a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="azb:">تۆرکجه (South Azerbaijani)</a>  •  <a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="be:">беларуская (Belarusian)</a>  •  <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="bg:">български (Bulgarian)</a>  •  <a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="bn:">বাংলা (Bangla)</a>  •  <a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="cy:">Cymraeg (Welsh)</a>  •  <a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="da:">dansk (Danish)</a>  •  <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="el:">Ελληνικά (Greek)</a>  •  <a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="eo:">Esperanto (Esperanto)</a>  •  <a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="et:">eesti (Estonian)</a>  •  <a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="eu:">euskara (Basque)</a>  •  <a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="gl:">galego (Galician)</a>  •  <a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="he:">עברית (Hebrew)</a>  •  <a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hi:">हिन्दी (Hindi)</a>  •  <a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hr:">hrvatski (Croatian)</a>  •  <a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hy:">հայերեն (Armenian)</a>  •  <a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ka:">ქართული (Georgian)</a>  •  <a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="kk:">қазақша (Kazakh)</a>  •  <a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="la:">Latina (Latin)</a>  •  <a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lld:">Ladin (Ladin)</a>  •  <a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lt:">lietuvių (Lithuanian)</a>  •  <a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lv:">latviešu (Latvian)</a>  •  <a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="min:">Minangkabau (Minangkabau)</a>  •  <a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="mk:">македонски (Macedonian)</a>  •  <a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ms:">Bahasa Melayu (Malay)</a>  •  <a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="my:">မြန်မာဘာသာ (Burmese)</a>  •  <a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="nn:">norsk nynorsk (Norwegian Nynorsk)</a>  •  <a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ro:">română (Romanian)</a>  •  <a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sh:">srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски (Serbo-Croatian)</a>  •  <a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sk:">slovenčina (Slovak)</a>  •  <a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sl:">slovenščina (Slovenian)</a>  •  <a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ta:">தமிழ் (Tamil)</a>  •  <a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="tg:">тоҷикӣ (Tajik)</a>  •  <a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="th:">ไทย (Thai)</a>  •  <a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ur:">اردو (Urdu)</a>  •  <a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="uz:">oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча (Uzbek)</a>  •  <a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh-yue:">粵語 (Cantonese)</a>  •  <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú (Minnan)</a> </p> </div> <div style="padding-right:10px; text-align: center; border-top:1px solid #e6d5ed;"> <p><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_language_Wikipedias_available" class="extiw" title="m:Complete list of language Wikipedias available">List of all Wikipedias</a></b> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Embassy" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Embassy">Languages working together</a></b> – <b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Language proposal policy">Start a Wikipedia for a new language</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=9020374">https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=9020374</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" 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hreflang="gsw" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch mw-list-item"><a href="https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Chamoru" data-language-local-name="Chamorro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chamoru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cr mw-list-item"><a href="https://cr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Cree" lang="cr" hreflang="cr" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ" data-language-local-name="Cree" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" 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