Official status records whether a government or body has formally recognized a language. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "is the official language of 21 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations," a formal standing well beyond how widely it is merely spoken. This dimension separates languages with formal recognition from those spoken without any official status.
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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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