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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1. Wikipedia: Semitic Languages
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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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