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Languages written names every language a given script is actually used to write. Wikipedia notes the Latin script "is used to write over 3,000 languages, spoken by about 70% of the global population," by far the widest reach of any writing system. This dimension shows how many separate languages one script actually serves.

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1450 BCE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Linear B
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The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examples dating to around 1450 BC.
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