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  1. Using the information found in the Ethnologue database at http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp, answer the following questions:
    1. How many languages are listed for the following countries?
      Australia
      Brazil
      Canada
      China
      Germany
      Guatemala
      India
      Indonesia
      Japan
      Kenya
      South Africa
      United Kingdom
      United States
    2. Of the top ten languages spoken by the world's population (listed in Table 7.1 in the text and below), how many countries claim that language is spoken in their country? Use the Ethnologue database at http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp.
      English
      Chinese, Mandarin
      Hindi (look up Hindi & Urdu)
      Spanish
      Bengali
      Portuguese
      Malay-Indonesian (look up Malay & Indonesian)
      Russian
      German
      Japanese





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