Region names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.
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Estimated Living Languages Northern Australia
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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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