English Language

 

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early Medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world.                    

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.                                                     

 It is the third-most-common native language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

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

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