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Indo-European language have anywhere from 25 to 65 phonemes. (English has 40-48, depending on dialect; Most American English dialects have 44).

Most Semitic languages have 22 consonants and 5 vowels (A notable exception is Modern Standard Arabic which has 28 consonants and 6 vowels).

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