Macro area names the broad world region where a language family is historically native. Wikipedia describes Indo-European languages as "native to the north of the Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and Greater Iran," a huge span before any modern colonial spread. This dimension groups language families that took root in the same broad part of the world.
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1. Wikipedia: Languages Of Australia
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Over 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact.
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