Deleting Many Duplicate Contacts from iPhone 5

Is there an easier way to delete many (hundreds) of duplicate contact from my iPhone 5? My wireless carrier accidentally caused this situation when transfering contacts from one phone to another. I would like to avoid having to delete each duplicate one by one. Deleting all contacts and starting over sounds too traumatic.
Thank you.

If you have a recent back up that was made before the issue started then simply restore from that back up and it should resolve the issue.
Also if you are using iCloud on the iPhone this article may help you out: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4147
All the best

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