Language kind sorts languages by their branch classification, such as Romance, Germanic or Slavic. Wikipedia calls Spanish "the world's most widely spoken Romance language," a kind it shares with French, Italian and Portuguese despite their differences. This dimension groups languages that share the same broad linguistic branch.
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Estimated Speakers (Millions) Language Kind
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1. Wikipedia: Austronesian Languages
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They are spoken by approximately 386 million people (4.4% of the world population).
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