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1.1B speakers · Indo-European Germanic · Latin
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Written in the latin script. Uses SVO word order with fusional morphology.

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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article yes
Indef. article yes
Pro-drop no
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases no

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