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Direction: Study the following table and answer the question:

The following table shows the number of first-language speakers (in millions) of the seven most widely spoken languages, namely, English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, French, Portugese and Arabic. There are 3800 known languages spoken worldwide, 1/7 are expected to die out over the next 40 years and 72.5% are predicted to die out in the next 100 years. As a first language, 3/7 of the world's population speaks the seven most widely spoken languages and a further 1.7 billion speak one of the seven languages as a second language. Based on the data in the table, answer the question.

Language-wise First Language Speakers

Most Widely Spoken Languages Number of First-Language Speakers (in millions)
English  1386
Chinese  1000
Spanish  280
Russian 270
French 220
Portugese 160
Arabic  140

Which suggested answer most closely represents the fraction of first-language speakers of the seven most widely spoken languages that speak Spanish or French? 

1
1/10th
2
1/7th
3
1/6th
4
1/5th

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