English language
English (ISO 639-3 code eng) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in 34 countries. It has about 1,500,000,000 speakers.
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Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | eng |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | stan1293 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Africa, Eurasia, South America |
| Countries | Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Belize, Canada, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, Christmas Island, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Ireland, Isle of Man, British Indian Ocean Territory, Jersey, Cayman Islands, Liberia, Mexico, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, Suriname, U.S. Outlying Islands, United States, Venezuela, South Africa |
| Speakers (estimate) | 1,500,000,000 |
English words
- a
- abate
- about
- above
- absolute
- abstract
- accent
- account
- ace
- act
- action
- address
- advance
- age
- air
- anchor
- Antioch
- appeal
- apple
- approach
- arm
- as
- at
- attack
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Dutch30,000,000 speakers
- Afrikaans17,000,000 speakers
- Piemontese2,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Balkan Romani611,800 speakers
- Welsh562,016 speakers
- Carpathian Romani472,470 speakers
- Ladino400,000 speakers
- Sinte Romani318,920 speakers
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Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.