This dimension links a dialect or variety back to the single language it belongs to. Wikipedia describes American English as "the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States," a phrase that ties the variety to its parent language in one line. Browsing by parent language gathers every recognized variety of one language in a single place.
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Estimated Speakers (Millions) Parent Language
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1. Wikipedia: Spanish Language
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Today, it is a global language with 519 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 636 million speakers total, including second-language speakers.
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