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Yes, Sharif! Thanks for bringing that up. The researchers make that clear right up front, and note despite it's diversity only a narrow set are featured prominently.

"In addition, while English itself is constituted of a number of distinct varieties around the world, including regional dialects, vernaculars, and Creoles, it is only a narrow set of

these that participate in this near monopoly, most prominently Standard American English and British English."

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