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136. Although
the vast constellation of small islands that dot the South Pacific has a
population of only a few million people, it is home to about a sixth of the
world's 6,000 or so languages.

A. pacific has a
population of only a few million people, it
                is

B. Pacific has a
population of only a few million people, they are

C. Pacific is
populated by only a few million people, and it is

D. Pacific,
having a population of only a few million people, is nonetheless

E. Pacific,
populated by only a few million people, yet they are