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   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2026-02-02 16:01, David Brown wrote:   
   > On 02/02/2026 15:36, James Kuyper wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I looked at the Wikipedia article on English (language), [...]   
   >   
   > I also got my numbers from Wikipedia.  I think there are a variety of   
   > numbers, depending on the dates and the source of the numbers.   
      
   In the past I occasionally inquired the CIA's "The World Factbook"   
   for actual numbers and other cultural, demographic, etc. details;   
   the data I retrieved from there appeared reliable and accurate (as   
   far as I could tell). - Just mentioning another public data source.   
      
   Janis   
      
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