|Question 17Verbal

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The Austronesian language family comprises some 1,200 languages—including the _____ Tetum and Fijian, which are spoken by 800,000 and 640,000 speakers, respectively—and accounts for one-fifth of the world's languages, making it of keen interest to linguists like Diane Massam.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
languages,
A
languages:
B
languages
C
languages—
D