Need help reading or listening to Dewis Cymru?
About ReachDeck
Getting started with ReachDeck
Getting ReachDeck to read the site to me
Using ReachDeck to translate Dewis Cymru into another language
Using ReachDeck to read to you in another language
Using Reachdeck to make Dewis Cymru easier to read
Further information
Glossary
About ReachDeck
As part of our commitment to make Dewis Cymru as accessible as we can, we’ve added something called ReachDeck, which helps people who might find it difficult to read the information on Dewis Cymru. This might include people with dyslexia, people with literacy difficulties, people for whom English is not their first language, or people with mild visual impairments.
ReachDeck has lots of useful functions to make it easier to use Dewis Cymru, but the most important things it can do are:
- It can read the website to you, in over 30 different languages;
- It can translate the website into over 70 languages; and
- It works on smartphones, tablets, PCs and Macs.
Getting started with ReachDeck
To open ReachDeck, click on the orange symbol, which appears in the top right of every page:
When you click on it, a grey menu bar with some more symbols appear, like this:
All the things ReachDeck can do are controlled by these symbols.
Getting ReachDeck to read the site to me
ReachDeck reads website content out loud in a high quality, human-sounding voice.
No matter what page of the website you are on, just click on the pointing finger in the grey menu bar, and ReachDeck will start reading that page to you, and it will highlight the text it’s reading.
Like this:
Or, if you prefer, you can use your mouse pointer to highlight some text, then click on the triangle and ReachDeck will just read that bit of text.
You can also tell ReachDeck to display the text it’s reading in a larger font: just click on the magnifying glass with the letter ‘A’ in the middle:
The sentence being read aloud then appears at the top of the screen like this:
Links to other websites
Dewis Cymru includes lots of links to other websites, to help people find the information they need as easily as possible. However, if you’re using Dewis Cymru with ReachDeck and you use a link to get to another website, Reachdeck will not be able to translate or read that website to you.
Using ReachDeck to translate Dewis Cymru into another language
If you want to read Dewis Cymru in a different language, click on the planet Earth logo and select the language you want. There are over 70 to choose from!
When you move to a different page, the language may go back to English at first. But ReachDeck will translate it into the language you’ve selected within seconds!
Using ReachDeck to read to you in another language
ReachDeck can translate text into over 70 other languages. For over 30 of these, Browsealoud can read the translated text to you as well! Just select the language you want then follow the instructions detailed in 'Getting Reachdeck to read the site to me'.
ReachDeck translation is available in a number of languages as shown below.
Translation with accompanying voice
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English
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Afrikaans
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Arabic
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Chinese
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Czech
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Dutch
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Finnish
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French Canadian
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French
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German
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Greek
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Norwegian
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Polish
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Brazilian
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Slovakian
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Basque Spanish
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Catalan Spanish
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Columbian Spanish
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Galician Spanish
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European Spanish
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Mexican Spanish
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Swedish
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Thai
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Turkish
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Welsh
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Translation only
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Albanian
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Armenian
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Azerbaijani
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Belarusian
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Bengali
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Bosnian
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Bulgarian
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Cebuano
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Croatian
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Danish
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Esperanto
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Estonian
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Filipino
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Georgian
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Gujarati
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Haitian
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Hebrew
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Hindi
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Hmong
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Icelandic
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Irish
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Javanese
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Kannada
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Khmer
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Lao
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Latin
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Latvian
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Lithuanian
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Macedonian
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Malay
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Maltese
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Marathi
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Persian
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Serbian
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Slovenian
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Swahili
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Tamil
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Telugu
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Ukranian
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Urdu
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Vietnamese
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Yiddish
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Using Reachdeck to make Dewis Cymru easier to read
We’ve worked hard to make the appearance of Dewis as simple and clutter-free as we can. But we understand some people will still find it a bit too cluttered. So ReachDeck has two tools that can help.
‘Screenmask’ will highlight the text you’re reading by making the rest of the page darker. Click on the ‘screenmask’ link:
Then you can move your mouse pointer down the screen and it’ll make the bit you’re reading stand out more.
If this doesn’t help, you can also try ‘simplify’.
This removes all graphics, pictures, and colour, so that you just see the words, in black and white.
You can change the colour of the text or make the text bigger so that it’s easier to read.
Further information
The guidance above has been produced by the Dewis Cymru Team, and tries to provide simple instructions about how to use the main features of Dewis Cymru.
For further information or detailed guidance please contact ReachDeck:
Web: https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/reachdeck/
https://support.texthelp.com/help/contact-feedback
If you’d like more information about Dewis Cymru then please visit ‘About Dewis’ or if you have a question please get in touch by using the ‘Contact us’ button on the homepage.
Glossary
Translation with accompanying voice
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Language
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Displayed on screen
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Arabic
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العربية
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Basque Spanish
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euskara
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Brazilian Portuguese
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Português
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Catalan Spanish
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català
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Chinese (Simplified)
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中文
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Colombian (Spanish)
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Español
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Czech
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český jazyk
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Dutch
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Nederlands
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English AU
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English AU
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English CY
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English CY
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English IE
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English IE
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English IN
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English IN
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English SC
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English SC
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English UK
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English UK
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English US
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English US
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English/Afrikaans
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Afrikaans
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European French
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Français
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European Spanish
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Español
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Finnish
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Suomi
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French Canadian
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Français
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Galician Spanish
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galego
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German
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Deutsch
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Greek
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ελληνικά
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Hindi
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हिन्दी
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Hungarian
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magyar
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Indonesian
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Indonesia
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Italian
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Italiano
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Japanese
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日本語
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Korean
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한국어
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Mexican Spanish
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Español
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Norwegian
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Norsk
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Polish
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Polski
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Portuguese
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Português
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Romanian
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limba română
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Russian
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русский язык
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Slovakian
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slovenčina
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Swedish
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Sverige
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Thai
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ไทย
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Turkish
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Türkçe
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Welsh
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Cymraeg
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Translation only
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Language
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Displayed on screen
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Albanian
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shqipe
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Armenian
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Հայերեն
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Azerbaijani
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azərbaycan dili
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Belarusian
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беларуская мова
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Bengali
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বাংলা
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Bosnian
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bosanski jezik
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Bulgarian
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български език
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Cebuano
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Cebuano
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Chichewa
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Chichewa
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Croatian
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hrvatski jezik
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Danish
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Dansk
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Esperanto
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Esperanto
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Estonian
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eesti
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Filipino
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Filipino
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Georgian
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ქართული
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Gujarati
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ગુજરાતી
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Haitian
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Kreyòl ayisyen
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Hausa
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Harshen hausa
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Hebrew
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עברית
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Hmong
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Hmong
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Icelandic
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Íslenska
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Igbo
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asụsụ Igbo
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Irish
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Gaeilge
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Javanese
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base Jawa
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Kannada
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ಕನ್ನಡ
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Kazakh
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Қазақ
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Khmer
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ខ្មែរ
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Lao
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Lao
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Latin
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latine
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Latvian
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latviešu valoda
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Lithuanian
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lietuvių kalba
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Macedonian
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македонски јазик
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Malagasy
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Malagasy
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Malay
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bahasa Melayu
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Malayalam
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മലയാളം
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Maltese
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Malti
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Maori
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Maori
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Marathi
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मराठी
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Mongolian
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Монгол
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Nepali
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नेपाली
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Persian
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فارسی
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Punjabi
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ਪੰਜਾਬੀਦੇ
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Serbian
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српски језик
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Sesotho
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Sesotho
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Sinhala
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සිංහල
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Slovenian
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slovenski jezik
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Somali
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Soomaali
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Sudanese
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Basa Sunda
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Swahili
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Kiswahili
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Tajik
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Тоҷикистон
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Tamil
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தமிழ்
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Telugu
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తెలుగు
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Ukranian
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українська мова
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Urdu
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اردو
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Uzbek
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O'zbek
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Vietnamese
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Tiếng Việt
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Yiddish
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ייִדיש
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Yoruba
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Ede Yoruba
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Zulu
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isiZulu
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