English-speaking world
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the Anglosphere. Over two billion people speak English as of the 2000s, making English the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers.
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- enSpeakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the Anglosphere. Over two billion people speak English as of the 2000s, making English the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers.
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- enSpeakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the Anglosphere. Over two billion people speak English as of the 2000s, making English the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers. England and the Scottish Lowlands, countries of the United Kingdom, are the birthplace of the English language, and the modern form of the language has been being spread around the world since the 17th century, first by the worldwide influence of England and later the United Kingdom, and then by that of the United States. Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional contexts such as science, navigation and law. The United Kingdom remains the largest English-speaking country in Europe. The United States and India have the most total English speakers, with 283 million and 125 million, respectively. There are also 108 million in Pakistan, 79 million in Nigeria, and 64 million in the Philippines. When those who speak English as a second-language are included, estimates of the number of Anglophones vary greatly, from 470 million to more than 2 billion. David Crystal calculates that as of 2003 non-native speakers outnumbered native speakers by a ratio of 3:1. As of 2012, India claimed to have the world's second-largest English-speaking population: the most reliable estimate is around 10% of its population (125 million people), a number that is expected to have quadrupled by 2022. When native and non-native speakers are combined, English is the most widely spoken language worldwide. Besides the major varieties of English, such as American English, British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and their sub-varieties, countries such as South Africa, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago also have millions of native speakers of dialect continua ranging from English-based creole languages to Standard English. Other countries, such as Ghana and Uganda, also use English as their primary official languages.
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- American English
- American Samoa
- Anglosphere
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Australian English
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Bay Islands Department
- Belize
- Botswana
- British colonization of the Americas
- British English
- British Raj
- Brunei
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Canadian English
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- Category:English language
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Core Anglosphere
- Countries of the United Kingdom
- Cyprus
- David Crystal
- Denmark
- Dependent territory
- Dialect continuum
- Dominica
- England
- English as a lingua franca
- English-based creole languages
- English language
- Eswatini
- Europe
- European Union
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
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- Filipino language
- Foreign language
- French language
- Germany
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- India
- Indian English
- Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
- International Space Station
- Irish English
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Language death
- Language shift
- Law
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lingua franca
- Linguistic imperialism
- List of countries by English-speaking population
- List of dialects of the English language
- List of IOC country codes
- List of languages by number of native speakers
- List of languages by total number of speakers
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Modern English
- Mosquito Coast
- Namibia
- Navigation
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- New Zealand English
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Official language
- Pakistan
- Pakistani English
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Protectorate
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of Ireland
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Andrés y Providencia
- Science
- Science Citation Index
- Second-language
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sinhala language
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South African English
- South Sudan
- Spanish language
- Sri Lanka
- Standard English
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Tamil language
- Tanzania
- The Bahamas
- The Gambia
- The Guardian
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United States
- United States nationality law
- United States Virgin Islands
- Urdu
- US state
- World language
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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- 57TFd
- Anglalingvio
- Anglicky hovoriaci svet
- Anglofón
- Anglofonia
- Anglofonia
- Anglofonía
- Anglofonía
- Anglofonía
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- English-speaking world
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- 영어권
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