Distribution of languages which use "to be" and "to have" as auxiliary verbs to form past perfect

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Many European languages use "to have" and "to be" as auxiliary verbs to form the past perfect.

I am familiar with the following languages that use both "to have" and "to be": French, German, Dutch, and Italian

And I have experience with these languages that use "to have" only: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish.

Unsurprisingly, there appears to be a geographical correlation.

Which other languages use one or both of these verbs to form the past perfect?

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