
Given the following passage

"The exact number of speakers of Somali is unknown. One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 12.65 million speakers globally. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora.",

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Question: What is a hypothesis regarding speakers in general? 

One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 12.65 million speakers globally
