abjad anglophone anglosphere arab world australia border canada chinese language commonwealth of independent states continent denmark dialect dialect continuum dutch language union estonia faroe islands finland francophone francophonie geographic distribution of portuguese german-speaking europe german language germanic europe hispanophone iceland india ireland language language family latin europe lingua franca linguistics literary arabic lusophone malay world new zealand norway pluricentric language portuguese language russia russian language scandinavia sinosphere south africa south america spanish language sprachbund sweden switzerland united kingdom united states varieties of arabic world language