Status records how vital a language currently is, from thriving to endangered or extinct. Wikipedia notes Spanish is "the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese," about as far from endangered as a language can be. This dimension separates languages still growing from those quietly disappearing.
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Estimated Speakers (Millions) Status
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1. Wikipedia: Indo-Aryan Languages
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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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