english(eng) - Английский язык
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English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
Introduction
It is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several sovereign states, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations; and it is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states.
As a First Language
English is the third-most-common native language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
Third-most-common native language
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It is widely learned as a second language and is an official language of the European Union, many Commonwealth countries and the United Nations, as well as in many world organisations.
English as a Second Language
Historically, English originated from the fusion of closely related dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to the eastern coast of Great Britain by Germanic settlers (Anglo-Saxons) by the 5th century.
History
The word English is derived from the name of the Angles, and ultimately from their ancestral region of Angeln(in what is now Schleswig-Holstein).
History
The language was also influenced early on by the Old Norse language through Viking invasions in the 9th and 10th centuries.
History
Native Speakers
L1: 430 million people speak English as their first language (2013)L2: 950 million people speak English as their second language (2013)
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Native Speakers
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Language Family
Germanic
Ingvaeonic
Anglo-Frisian
Anglic
English
Indo-European
Early Forms
Middle English
Early Modern English
English
Old English
Writing System
WRITING SYSTEM LATIN SCRIPT (ENGLISH ALPHABET)
ENGLISH BRAILLE
SIGNED FORM(S) MANUALLY CODED ENGLISH(MULTIPLE SYSTEMS)
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Official Language
Countries where English is an official or de facto official language, or national language, and is spoken natively by the majority of the population
Countries where it is an official but not primary language
Countries where English is a major language
Countries where English is spoken natively by the majority of the population.
English as a global language
Percent of national populations with knowledge of English 80-100% 60-80% 40-60% 20-40% 0-20%
English as a global language
Because English is so widely spoken, it has often been referred to as a "world language", the lingua franca of the modern era, and while it is not an official language in most countries, it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language.
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English as a global language
English is studied most often in the European Union, and the perception of the usefulness of foreign languages among Europeans is 67% in favour of English ahead of 17% for German and 16% for French (as of 2012).
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