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What percentage of the world's English speakers consider it their native language?
What percentage of the world's English speakers consider it their native language?
33%
What factors influence the popularity of a language?
What factors influence the popularity of a language?
utility and geographic location
What does the visualization from WordTips illustrate?
What does the visualization from WordTips illustrate?
the 100 most spoken languages in the world, the number of native speakers for each language, and the origin tree of each language
Where does the data for the visualization come from?
Where does the data for the visualization come from?
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How many living languages are detailed in the Ethnologue database?
How many living languages are detailed in the Ethnologue database?
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What is the purpose of the Ethnologue database?
What is the purpose of the Ethnologue database?
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What does the origin tree in the visualization represent?
What does the origin tree in the visualization represent?
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What percentage of the world's population does Ethnologue cover?
What percentage of the world's population does Ethnologue cover?
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What is the criteria used by researchers to measure languages?
What is the criteria used by researchers to measure languages?
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What does the term "native language" refer to?
What does the term "native language" refer to?
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