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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)
460 1
Script Used
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1. Wikipedia: Semitic Languages
WikipediaLead section, first paragraph
Quote, Lead section, first paragraph
They are spoken by more than 460 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia.
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