Thunder

//ˈθʌndə//

Synonyms for "thunder" (198 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (40)

boom awake the dead bang bark bawl bedlam bedlam let loose bellow big h blare blare forth blast blast the ear blat blaze blaze abroad blazon blazon about blubber bobbery

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booming brawl bray breathe brouhaha buzz cackle celebrate chant charivari chirm chirp clamor clangor clap clatter commotion

Noun(2 words)

big h boom

Verb(1 words)

boom

Strong matches (59)

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

8 entries

diacetylmorphine heroin howl move noise roar shout sound

Antonyms

6 entries

lightening lighting lightning quiet quit silence

Synonyms

2 entries

big h boom

Related terms

2 entries

lightning thundering

capable of

4 entries

happens when raining roll across valley sound like kettle drums surprise people

defined as

2 entries

result of lighning strike result of lightning

derived

83 entries

Chad Thundercock Thunderdome black as thunder black thunder blood and thunder by thunder castle thunder face like thunder heat thunder in thunder outthunder rethunder steal someone's thunder thunder and lightning thunder beast thunder cloud

Showing 16 of 83 words.

distinct from

3 entries

lightening lighting lightning

entails

1 entries

storm

etymologically related_to

4 entries

astonish astound stun thor

has property

3 entries

loud loud and frightening possible characteristic of weather

is a

5 entries

extreme form of weather loud noise loud sound low pitched noise noise

manner of

3 entries

move roar shout

receives action

1 entries

caused by lightning

related to

306 entries

accompanies accompanies lightening accompaniment activity after after lightening after lightning afterward again air air collapsing airplane and lightening and lightning angels angels bowling

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Translations

438 translations across 200 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

aдыд noun (sound caused by lightning)

Adyghe

1 entries

шыблэ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Albanian

3 entries

bubullimë noun (sound caused by lightning)
mumurimë noun (sound caused by lightning)
ushton verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Ao

1 entries

tsüngmok (Chungli) noun (sound caused by lightning)

Arabic

4 entries

سورة الرعد name (13th sura of the Qur'an)
رعد noun (sound caused by lightning)
رعد noun (sound caused by lightning)
رعد noun (sound caused by lightning)

Aramaic

2 entries

ܪܥܡܐ noun (sound caused by lightning)
ܪܥܡ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Armenian

3 entries

որոտ noun (sound caused by lightning)
որոտ noun (sound resembling thunder)
որոտալ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Assamese

2 entries

ঢেৰেক noun (sound caused by lightning)
ঢেৰেকনি noun (sound caused by lightning)

Asturian

4 entries

renuberu noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronabríu noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronada noun (sound caused by lightning)
troníu noun (sound caused by lightning)

Atayal

2 entries

matus bisuw noun (sound caused by lightning)
mu’ bicyu verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

göy gurultusu noun (sound caused by lightning)
ildırım noun (sound caused by lightning)

Balinese

1 entries

grudug noun (sound caused by lightning)

Belarusian

2 entries

гром noun (sound caused by lightning)
грымо́ты noun (sound caused by lightning)

Bengali

1 entries

বজ্রধ্বনি noun (sound caused by lightning)

Bikol Central

2 entries

daguldol noun (sound caused by lightning)
dalugdog noun (sound caused by lightning)

Breton

4 entries

ober kurun verb (to make a noise like thunder)
taranal verb (to make a noise like thunder)
taranal verb (to talk with a loud, threatening voice)
taraniñ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

guruh noun (sound caused by lightning)

Bulgarian

4 entries

грохот noun (deep, rumbling noise)
гръм noun (sound caused by lightning)
гръмоте́вица noun (sound caused by lightning)
гърме́ж noun (sound resembling thunder)

Burmese

1 entries

မိုးကြိုး noun (sound caused by lightning)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

грум noun (sound caused by lightning)

Catalan

2 entries

tro noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronar verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Cebuano

1 entries

dalugdog noun (sound caused by lightning)

Chamicuro

1 entries

tswali noun (sound caused by lightning)

Chechen

1 entries

къовкъа noun (sound caused by lightning)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᏍᎬ noun (sound caused by lightning)
ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᎠ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Chichewa

1 entries

bingu noun (sound caused by lightning)

Chinese

3 entries

雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷公 noun (sound caused by lightning)
霆雷公 verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷聲 /雷声 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷鳴 /雷鸣 noun (sound caused by lightning)
行雷 verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

轟鳴 /轰鸣 noun (sound resembling thunder)
雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷聲 /雷声 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷鳴 /雷鸣 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Church Slavic

1 entries

громъ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Chuvash

1 entries

аслати noun (sound caused by lightning)

Czech

4 entries

dunění noun (deep, rumbling noise)
hrom noun (sound caused by lightning)
hromová rána noun (sound resembling thunder)
hřmění noun (sound resembling thunder)

Dalmatian

2 entries

tun noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonur verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Danish

1 entries

torden noun (sound caused by lightning)

Dutch

4 entries

donder noun (sound caused by lightning)
gedonder noun (sound resembling thunder)
gerommel noun (deep, rumbling noise)
donderen verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Dzongkha

1 entries

འབྲུག་སྐད noun (sound caused by lightning)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

кӱдырчӧ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

雷公 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Erzya

1 entries

пурьгине noun (sound caused by lightning)

Esperanto

3 entries

fulmsono noun (sound caused by lightning)
tondro noun (sound caused by lightning)
tondri verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Estonian

1 entries

kõu noun (sound caused by lightning)

Even

1 entries

агди noun (sound caused by lightning)

Evenki

1 entries

агды noun (sound caused by lightning)

Faroese

1 entries

tora noun (sound caused by lightning)

Finnish

4 entries

jylinä noun (deep, rumbling noise)
jyrinä noun (sound caused by lightning)
jyrinä noun (sound resembling thunder)
jyrinä noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries

tonêrro noun (sound caused by lightning)

French

4 entries

tonnerre noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonitruer verb (to talk with a loud, threatening voice)
tonitruer verb (transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice)
tonner verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Friulian

3 entries

ton noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonade noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonâ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Galician

4 entries

abousamento noun (deep, rumbling noise)
balbordo noun (sound resembling thunder)
balbordo noun (deep, rumbling noise)
bruiamento noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Georgian

2 entries

ქუხილი noun (sound caused by lightning)
ჭექა-ქუხილი noun (sound caused by lightning)

German

4 entries

Donner noun (sound caused by lightning)
Donnern noun (sound resembling thunder)
Donnern noun (deep, rumbling noise)
Dunner noun (sound caused by lightning)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Greek

2 entries

βροντή noun (sound caused by lightning)
κεραυνός noun (sound resembling thunder)

Greenlandic

1 entries

kalleq noun (sound caused by lightning)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

loray noun (sound caused by lightning)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries

雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷公 noun (sound caused by lightning)
打雷公 verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Hamer-Banna

1 entries

gimbát noun (sound caused by lightning)

Hausa

1 entries

tarnatsa noun (sound caused by lightning)

Hebrew

2 entries

רַעַם noun (sound caused by lightning)
רעם verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Higaonon

1 entries

lugung noun (sound caused by lightning)

Hindi

4 entries

गड़गड़ाहट noun (sound caused by lightning)
गरज noun (sound caused by lightning)
गर्जन noun (sound caused by lightning)
राद noun (sound caused by lightning)

Hungarian

4 entries

dörgés noun (sound resembling thunder)
mennydörgés noun (sound caused by lightning)
robaj noun (deep, rumbling noise)
égzengés noun (sound caused by lightning)

Icelandic

2 entries

þruma noun (sound caused by lightning)
þrymja verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Ido

2 entries

tondro noun (sound caused by lightning)
tondrar verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Indonesian

2 entries

guntur noun (sound caused by lightning)
guruh noun (sound caused by lightning)

Ingrian

4 entries

jyrinä noun (sound caused by lightning)
jyry noun (sound caused by lightning)
ukko noun (sound caused by lightning)
ukonjyry noun (sound caused by lightning)

Interlingua

1 entries

tonitro noun (sound caused by lightning)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

تُنْدَر noun (sound caused by lightning)
تُنْدُر noun (sound caused by lightning)
رَعْد noun (sound caused by lightning)

Iranun

1 entries

dalendeg noun (sound caused by lightning)

Irish

2 entries

toirneach noun (sound caused by lightning)
tormán noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Isoko

1 entries

egbrara noun (sound caused by lightning)

Italian

4 entries

boato noun (sound resembling thunder)
fragore noun (deep, rumbling noise)
frastuono noun (deep, rumbling noise)
rombo noun (sound resembling thunder)

Japanese

4 entries

轟音 noun (deep, rumbling noise)
雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷音 noun (sound caused by lightning)
雷鳴 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Javanese

2 entries

bledhèg noun (sound caused by lightning)
gludhug noun (sound caused by lightning)

Kalmyk

2 entries

лу noun (sound caused by lightning)
күрҗңнх verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Kazakh

2 entries

күн күркіреу noun (sound caused by lightning)
күркіреу noun (sound caused by lightning)

Khmer

1 entries

ផ្គរ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Kituba

1 entries

duma verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Klamath-Modoc

1 entries

lmeys noun (sound caused by lightning)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

гым noun (sound caused by lightning)

Korean

4 entries

우레 noun (sound caused by lightning)
천둥 noun (sound caused by lightning)
고함치다 verb (to talk with a loud, threatening voice)
천둥이 울리다 verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Kott

2 entries

ajak noun (sound caused by lightning)
ajak noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

күркүрөө noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lao

1 entries

ຟ້າຮ້ອງ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Latgalian

1 entries

pārkiuņs noun (sound caused by lightning)

Latin

4 entries

tonitrus noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonitruum noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonus noun (sound caused by lightning)
tono verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Latvian

1 entries

pērkons noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lepcha

1 entries

ᰠᰌᰬᰲ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lezgi

1 entries

гугрум noun (sound caused by lightning)

Limburgish

1 entries

dónder noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lithuanian

1 entries

griaustinis noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lokono

1 entries

kulakani noun (sound caused by lightning)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

grom noun (sound caused by lightning)
grimaś verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

Dimmer noun (sound caused by lightning)
Donner noun (sound caused by lightning)
donneren verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Macedonian

2 entries

грмотевица noun (sound caused by lightning)
гром noun (sound caused by lightning)

Maguindanao

1 entries

dalendeg noun (sound caused by lightning)

Malagasy

1 entries

ampy noun (sound caused by lightning)

Malay

2 entries

guntur noun (sound caused by lightning)
guruh noun (sound caused by lightning)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇടി noun (sound caused by lightning)

Maltese

1 entries

ragħad noun (sound caused by lightning)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠠᡴᠵᠠᠨ noun (sound caused by lightning)
ᠠᡴᠵᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Mansaka

1 entries

rugung noun (sound caused by lightning)

Manx

1 entries

taarnagh noun (sound caused by lightning)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

guguma noun (sound caused by lightning)

Maranao

2 entries

dalendeg noun (sound caused by lightning)
rogong noun (sound caused by lightning)

Marathi

3 entries

गडगडाट noun (sound caused by lightning)
गर्जना noun (sound caused by lightning)
डरकाळी noun (sound caused by lightning)

Mon

1 entries

ဓဂဵု noun (sound caused by lightning)

Mongolian

1 entries

аянга noun (sound caused by lightning)

Māori

1 entries

whaitiri noun (sound caused by lightning)

Nanai

1 entries

агди noun (sound caused by lightning)

Navajo

1 entries

iiʼniʼ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

munti noun (sound caused by lightning)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

birûsk noun (sound caused by lightning)

Northern Sami

1 entries

baján noun (sound caused by lightning)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨼ᩶ᩣᩁᩬ᩶ᨦ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Norwegian

1 entries

tordne verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

torden noun (sound caused by lightning)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tore noun (sound caused by lightning)

Nyunga

1 entries

koondarnangor noun (sound caused by lightning)

Occitan

3 entries

tron noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronada noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronar verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Odia

1 entries

ଗର୍ଜନ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

громъ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Old English

1 entries

þunor noun (sound caused by lightning)

Old High German

1 entries

donar noun (sound caused by lightning)

Old Norse

1 entries

þórr noun (sound caused by lightning)

Old Tupi

3 entries

amãsununga noun (sound caused by lightning)
tupã noun (sound caused by lightning)
tupãsununga noun (sound caused by lightning)

Oromo

1 entries

bakakkaa noun (sound caused by lightning)

Ossetian

1 entries

ӕрвнӕрын noun (sound caused by lightning)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

гром noun (sound caused by lightning)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Donna noun (sound caused by lightning)

Polabian

1 entries

gramăt verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Polish

4 entries

grom noun (sound caused by lightning)
grzmot noun (sound caused by lightning)
grzmot noun (sound resembling thunder)
grzmot noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Portuguese

4 entries

estrondo noun (deep, rumbling noise)
trovoada noun (sound resembling thunder)
trovão noun (sound caused by lightning)
trovejar verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Quechua

1 entries

q'aqya noun (sound caused by lightning)

Romagnol

1 entries

tràun noun (sound caused by lightning)

Romanian

4 entries

tunet noun (sound caused by lightning)
tuna verb (to make a noise like thunder)
tuna verb (to talk with a loud, threatening voice)
tuna verb (transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice)

Romansch

4 entries

tun noun (sound caused by lightning)
tung noun (sound caused by lightning)
tunar verb (to make a noise like thunder)
tuner verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Russian

4 entries

гро́хот noun (sound resembling thunder)
гром noun (sound caused by lightning)
гром noun (sound resembling thunder)
ро́кот noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Samoan

2 entries

fai'titili noun (sound caused by lightning)
ta'alili noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sanskrit

2 entries

गर्जन noun (sound caused by lightning)
स्तनति verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Sardinian

3 entries

tronu noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronai verb (to make a noise like thunder)
tronare verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Scots

1 entries

thunner noun (sound caused by lightning)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

tàirneanach noun (sound caused by lightning)
tàirneanach noun (sound resembling thunder)
tàirneanach noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

grȏm noun (sound caused by lightning)
gr̀mljavina noun (sound caused by lightning)
tutanj noun (sound resembling thunder)
tutnjava noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Shan

1 entries

ၽႃႉလင် noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sicilian

1 entries

tronu noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sidamo

1 entries

banqo noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sinhalese

1 entries

විදුලි කෙටීම noun (sound caused by lightning)

Slovak

3 entries

hrom noun (sound caused by lightning)
hrmieť verb (to make a noise like thunder)
zahrmieť verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Slovene

4 entries

grmenje noun (sound caused by lightning)
grmenje noun (sound resembling thunder)
grmenje noun (deep, rumbling noise)
grom noun (sound caused by lightning)

Solos

1 entries

pina noun (sound caused by lightning)

Somali

1 entries

onkod noun (sound caused by lightning)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кӱркӱреш noun (sound caused by lightning)

Spanish

4 entries

estruendo noun (deep, rumbling noise)
fragor noun (deep, rumbling noise)
trueno noun (sound caused by lightning)
tronar verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries

dondru noun (sound caused by lightning)
dondru verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Sumerian

1 entries

𒅗𒀭𒉌𒋛 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sundanese

1 entries

guludug noun (sound caused by lightning)

Swahili

1 entries

radi noun (sound caused by lightning)

Swedish

4 entries

(åsk) smäll noun (sound caused by lightning)
dunder noun (sound caused by lightning)
dån noun (sound resembling thunder)
dån noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Tabasaran

1 entries

гугрум noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tagalog

1 entries

kulog noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪡ꫁ꪱꪵꪠ꫁ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tajik

2 entries

раъд noun (sound caused by lightning)
тундар noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tamil

1 entries

இடி noun (sound caused by lightning)

Taos

1 entries

nąłàcitʼə́otuna noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tarifit

1 entries

ajjaj noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tausug

1 entries

daugdug noun (sound caused by lightning)

Telugu

1 entries

ఉరుము noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tetum

1 entries

rai-tarutu noun (sound caused by lightning)

Thai

2 entries

ฟ้าร้อง noun (sound caused by lightning)
สายฟ้าฟาด verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Tibetan

2 entries

ལྡིར་སྒྲ noun (sound caused by lightning)
འབྲུག་སྐད་རྒྱག verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Turkish

2 entries

gök gürültüsü noun (sound caused by lightning)
yıldırım noun (sound caused by lightning)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýyldyrym noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tutelo

1 entries

tuhangrua noun (sound caused by lightning)

Tuvan

1 entries

диңмирээшкин noun (sound caused by lightning)

Udmurt

1 entries

гудыри noun (sound caused by lightning)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎗𐎓𐎚 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Ukrainian

4 entries

грім noun (sound caused by lightning)
грім noun (sound resembling thunder)
гу́ркіт noun (sound resembling thunder)
гу́ркіт noun (deep, rumbling noise)

Upper Sorbian

3 entries

hrimanje noun (sound caused by lightning)
hrom noun (sound caused by lightning)
hrimać verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Urdu

3 entries

رَعْد noun (sound caused by lightning)
گَرَج noun (sound caused by lightning)
گَڑْگَڑاہَٹ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Urhobo

1 entries

agbrara noun (sound caused by lightning)

Uyghur

1 entries

رەئد name (13th sura of the Qur'an)

Uzbek

1 entries

momaqaldiroq noun (sound caused by lightning)

Venetan

2 entries

ton noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonàre verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sấm noun (sound caused by lightning)

Volapük

1 entries

töt noun (sound caused by lightning)

Walloon

2 entries

tonire noun (sound caused by lightning)
tonoere noun (sound caused by lightning)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

dalugdog noun (sound caused by lightning)

Welsh

4 entries

taranau noun (sound caused by lightning)
trystau noun (sound caused by lightning)
tyrfau noun (sound caused by lightning)
taranu verb (to make a noise like thunder)

West Flemish

1 entries

dunder noun (sound caused by lightning)

West-Frisian

2 entries

tonger noun (sound caused by lightning)
daverje verb (to make a noise like thunder)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

ruɣung noun (sound caused by lightning)

Western Mari

1 entries

хӹдӹртӹш noun (sound caused by lightning)

Winnebago

1 entries

kʼoo noun (sound caused by lightning)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

ngurndabil noun (sound caused by lightning)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

雷 noun (sound caused by lightning)

Yakut

1 entries

этиҥ noun (sound caused by lightning)

Yámana

1 entries

kalaša noun (sound caused by lightning)

Zazaki

1 entries

gumlerz noun (sound caused by lightning)

Zhuang

1 entries

byajraez noun (sound caused by lightning)

Sample sentences

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We took cover from the thunder shower.

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I heard it thunder in the distance.

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Lightning precedes thunder.

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Lightning is usually followed by thunder.

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Abkhaz

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Aramaic

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Assamese

Asturian

Atayal

Azerbaijani

Balinese

Belarusian

Bengali

Bikol Central

Breton

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Bulgarian

Burmese

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Cebuano

Chamicuro

Chechen

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Chichewa

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Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Chuvash

Czech

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Danish

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Dzongkha

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Erzya

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Estonian

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Evenki

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Finnish

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French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

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