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Script Used

Script used links a language to the writing system it is set down in. Spanish is written in the Latin script, of which Wikipedia notes "this set of letters is the basis of the Latin script, the most widely used writing system in the world." This dimension groups languages that share the same everyday writing system.

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Estimated Speakers (Millions)
800 1
Script Used
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Arabic Script

Script Used
4 entries

Bengali-Assamese Script

Script Used
2 entries

Brahmi

Script Used
2 entries

Devanagari

Script Used
7 entries

Gujarati Script

Script Used
1 entry

Latin Script

Script Used
2 entries

Odia Script

Script Used
1 entry

'Phags-pa Script

Script Used
1 entry

Sinhala Script

Script Used
1 entry

Thaana Script

Script Used
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Indo-Aryan Languages
WikipediaLead section, first paragraph
Quote, Lead section, first paragraph
As of the early 21st century, there were 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus River in South Asia, spread across Eastern Pakistan, Northern India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.
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