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[My mother tongue is] Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.

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Mother Teresa
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 5
Religious Sister
Saint
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Calcutta
Fluent
Equally
Tongue
English
Language
Mother
Albanian
Bengali

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