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Code (ISO-3) eng
Code (ISO-2) en
Self name English
Words in dictionary 3,799,170
Sentences 3,249,889

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Text direction Left-to-right
Alphabet Latin
Characters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
vowels aeiouyé
consonants bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz
Numbers 0123456789
punctuation !""#$%&'()*+,-./:;;=?@[\]^_`{|}~«°»
EocMarkers !.?
EosMarkers !,.;?
Word delimitation Space
Stop words 1st, a's, able, about, above, according, accordingly, across, actually, after, afterwards, again, against, ago, ain't, all, almost, alone, along, already, also, alt, although, always, am, among, amongst, an, and, ans, any, anybody, anyhow, anyone, anything, anyway, anyways, anywhere, apart, apr, april, are, aren't, around, as, aside, at, aug, august, away, bakom, be, became, because, become, becomes, becoming, been, before, beforehand, behind, being, believe, below, beside, besides, best, better, between, beyond, big, both, but, by, c'mon, c's, came, can, can't, cannot, cant, certain, certainly, clearly, close, co, come, contain, contains, copy, could, couldn't, Därefter, de, dec, december, did, didn't, different, div, do, does, doesn't, doing, don't, done, down, dr, during, each, eg, eight, either, else, elsewhere, emot, en, end, enough, et, etc, even, ever, every, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, except, feb, february, few, fifth, first, five, for, forth, four, friday, from, gav, ge, get, gif, gives, gjorde, go, goes, going, gone, got, gotten, had, hadn't, han, has, hasn't, have, haven't, having, he, he's, he've, hence, her, here, here's, hereafter, hereby, herein, hereupon, hers, herself, hi, him, himself, his, how, however, href, html, http, i'd, i'll, i'm, i've, ie, if, ii, img, in, inasmuch, including, indeed, insofar, instead, intill, into, inward, is, isn't, it, it'd, it'll, it's, its, itself, jan, january, jul, july, jun, june, just, keep, kept, KNOW, Known, Knows, last, lately, latter, least, less, lest, let, let's, li, ligger, like, likely, little, mainly, make, many, mar, march, may, maybe, me, mean, meanwhile, merely, might, mine, mm, monday, more, moreover, most, mostly, much, must, my, myself, near, nearly, need, needed, neither, never, new, next, nine, no, nobody, non, none, noone, not, note, nothing, nov, november, now, nowhere, oct, october, of, off, often, oh, ok, old, on, once, one, one's, ones, only, onto, or, other, others, otherwise, ought, our, ours, ourselves, out, outside, over, overall, perhaps, probably, qu, quite, rather, re, really, regarding, regardless, regards, relatively, right, same, saturday, say, second, seem, seems, seen, self, selon, sep, september, several, shall, she, she's, shell, should, shouldn't, since, six, so, some, somebody, somehow, someone, something, sometime, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, soon, src, still, stod, such, sunday, sure, t's, take, taken, target, than, that, that's, thats, the, their, theirs, them, themselves, then, thence, there, there's, thereafter, thereby, therefore, therein, theres, thereupon, these, they, they'd, they'll, they're, they've, third, this, thorough, thoroughly, those, though, thought, three, through, thru, thursday, thus, till, to, too, top, toutes, toward, towards, tredje, truly, tuesday, twice, two, un, under, unless, unlikely, until, unto, up, upon, us, use, used, using, usually, various, very, Ville, vs, want, was, wasn't, way, we, we'd, we'll, we're, we've, wednesday, well, went, were, weren't, what, what's, whatever, when, whence, whenever, where, where's, whereafter, whereas, whereby, wherein, whereupon, wherever, whether, which, while, whither, who, who's, whoever, whole, whom, whose, why, will, with, within, without, won't, would, wouldn't, www, yet, you, you'd, you'll, you're, you've, your, yours, yourself, yourselves,

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History Jump to the top of the page

English is the dominant language of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and a number of other countries. It is extensively used as a second language and as an official language in many other countries, and is the most widely taught and understood language in the world. An estimated 300-500 million people speak English as their first language. One recent estimate is that 1.9 billion people, nearly a third of the world's population, have a basic proficiency in English. English is the dominant international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy and the internet. English is well on the way to becoming the first genuine world language[neutrality disputed]. It has been one of the official languages of the United Nations since its founding in 1945.

English originated in England, and is a West Germanic language which developed from Old English, the language of the Anglo-Saxons. As a result of the Norman Conquest and other events in English history, it has been heavily influenced, more than other Germanic languages, by French and Latin. From England it spread to the rest of the British Isles, then to the colonies and territories of the British Empire (both outside and inside the current Commonwealth of Nations) such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and others, particularly those in the Anglophone Caribbean. As a result of these historical developments English is the official language (sometimes one of several) in many countries formerly under British or American rule, such as India, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Philippines.

Only Chinese and Hindi have more native speakers. English is also the most widely spoken of the Germanic languages. English was spread to many parts of the world through the expansion of the British Empire, but it did not acquire a lingua franca status in other parts of the world until the late 20th century. Following World War II the economic and cultural influence of the United States increased dramatically and English permeated other cultures, chiefly through the development of telecommunications technology. Because a working knowledge of English is required in many fields and occupations, education ministries around the world mandate the teaching of English to at least a basic level (see English as an additional language).

Regions used Jump to the top of the page

Country Native speaker population
United States 220,000,000
Pakistan 159,196,336
United Kingdom 55,000,000
Tanzania, United Republic of 36,588,225
Kyrgyzstan 32,021,856
Uganda 26,404,543
Ghana 20,757,032
Australia 18,000,000
Canada 17,100,000
Cambodia 13,363,421
Somalia 8,304,601
Sierra Leone 5,883,889
Eritrea 4,447,307
South Africa 3,457,467
New Zealand 3,213,000
Jamaica 2,713,130
Ireland 2,600,000
Lesotho 1,865,040
Botswana 1,561,973
Malaysia 1,294,000
Swaziland 1,169,241
India 1,000,000
Solomon Islands 523,617
Zimbabwe 375,490
Belize 272,945
Singapore 227,000
Saint Lucia 158,178
Antigua and Barbuda 125,244
Tonga 110,237
Israel 100,000
Puerto Rico 82,000
Kenya 80,000
Northern Mariana Islands 78,252
Sri Lanka 74,170
China 59,000
Bermuda 58,800
Papua New Guinea 50,000
Bahamas 49,331
Zambia 41,434
Philippines 32,802
Honduras 31,500
Namibia 29,400
Guam 28,800
Palau 20,016
Nigeria 20,000
Cayman Islands 20,000
Malawi 16,000
Barbados 13,000
Dominica 10,000
Virgin Islands, U.S. 8,414
Liberia 8,100
Dominican Republic 8,000
Brunei Darussalam 8,000
Saint Helena 5,400
Micronesia, Federated States of 5,341
Fiji 4,929
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,500
Gibraltar 3,300
Aruba 3,000
Mauritius 3,000
Trinidad and Tobago 2,600
Malta 2,400
Virgin Islands, British 2,000
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1,991
Ethiopia 1,986
Vanuatu 1,900
Netherlands Antilles 1,800
Norfolk Island 1,678
Seychelles 1,601
Tokelau 1,458
American Samoa 1,248
Gambia 1,000
Anguilla 946
Turks and Caicos Islands 920
Grenada 750
Nauru 714
Marshall Islands 600
Kiribati 492
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 400
Saint Kitts and Nevis 200
Guadeloupe 200
Samoa 200
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 188
Montserrat 100
Niue 78
Pitcairn 46
Total 638,716,757

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The name of this language in other languages:
Catalan anglès
Chinese 英文
English English
Finnish englanti
French anglais
German Englisch
Greek Αγγλικά
Indonesian Inggris
Irish Béarla
Italian inglese
Japanese 英語
Korean 영어
Maltese Ingliż
Polish angielski
Portuguese inglês
Russian английский
Serbian Енглески
Spanish inglés
Swedish engelska
Thai อังกฤษ
Vietnamese Tiếng Anh

Numbers Jump to the top of the page

Number -1,234,567,890.123
Number -1,234,567,890
Percent 1,235%
Currency (¤1,234,567,890.12)

Dates and times Jump to the top of the page

Date
  • 5/20/12
  • May 20, 2012
  • May 20, 2012
  • Sunday, May 20, 2012
Time
  • 1:59 AM
  • 1:59:31 AM
  • 1:59:31 AM GMT+00:00
  • 1:59:31 AM GMT+00:00
Date and time
  • 5/20/12 1:59 AM
  • May 20, 2012 1:59:31 AM
  • May 20, 2012 1:59:31 AM GMT+00:00
  • Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:59:31 AM GMT+00:00

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Currency null
Currency symbol ¤
Decimal separator .
Grouping ("thousand") separator ,
Infinity
International currency symbol XXX
Minus sign -
Monetary decimal separator .
NaN (non-a‑number) Symbol NaN
Percent sign %
Per mille sign
Zero digit 0

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