Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Both the French and the Spanish languages use the same basic 26 letters
from the Latin alphabet, although the letters within the alphabet are used
to create different words and sounds for each language. Both languages
feature accent marks, two of which are the same marks. While both
languages are two of the most popular in the world, estimates suggest
that Spanish is spoken by 570 million people in total whereas French is
spoken by less than half that many.
Which organizational structure did the author use?
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order of importance
space order
comparison and contrast
time order

comparison and contrast