Variety kind sorts language varieties by the specific type of variation they represent, such as an accent, a dialect or a sociolect. Wikipedia notes that a widely neutral American accent "is known in linguistics as General American," a named kind distinct from a regional or ethnic variety. This dimension lets a visitor compare varieties that share the same kind of linguistic difference.
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1. Wikipedia: French Language
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It is estimated to have about 310 million speakers, of which about 74 million are native speakers; it is spoken as a first language (in descending order of the number of speakers) in France, Canada (Quebec), Belgium (Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region), western Switzerland (Romandy region), Luxembourg, and Monaco.
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