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English language
English
is a
West Germanic language
that was first spoken in
early medieval England
and is now a global
lingua franca
. It is an
official language
of
almost 60 sovereign states
, the most commonly spoken language in the
United Kingdom
, the
United States
,
Canada
,
Australia
,
Ireland
, and
New Zealand
, and a widely spoken language in countries in the
Caribbean
, Africa, and South Asia. It is the
third most common native language
in the world, after
Mandarin
and
Spanish
. It is the most widely learned
second language
and is an
official language of the United Nations
, of
the European Union
, and of many other world and regional international organisations.
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English-speaking world
Approximately 360–400 million people speak
English
as their
first language
. More than half of these (231 million) live in the
United States
, followed by some 60 million in the
United Kingdom
, the first place where English was spoken.
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