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ISO 639-3 · engeng
Indo-European family · macrolanguage

English

English is a macrolanguage of the Anglic branch (Indo-European), spoken in The Gambia, Cameroon, Lesotho and Liberia and 92 more countries. Wikidata counts 379 m first-language speakers (2019) and 753.4 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “West Germanic language”.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
eng
ISO 639-1
en
Glottocode
stan1293
Centre point
51.00, 0.00
Wikipedia
396 language editions
379 mfirst-language speakers
753.4 msecond-language speakers
96countries
4scripts
5levels in the tree
0EGIDS level

Facts

NameEnglish
Also calledEnglish language, English (language)
L1 speakers379,007,140 (2019)
L2 speakers753,359,540 (2019)
All speakers1,132,366,680 (2019)
Written inEnglish alphabet, Unified English Braille, Deseret alphabet, Shavian alphabet
Official inThe Gambia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Eswatini, Kenya, Ghana, United Kingdom, Canada, Malta, Belize, Curaçao, South Africa, Sint Maarten, Cook Islands, Ireland, Singapore, Niue, Australia, New Zealand, India, Tuvalu, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Grenada, The Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Pakistan, Tanzania, Philippines, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea
Grammatical cases3 listed in Wikidata
Grammatical genders3 listed in Wikidata
Kindmacrolanguage

Vitality

EGIDS 0 International0

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Indo-European to English

The branches above English, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

414Indo-Europeanfamily60Germanicbranch54West Germanicbranch12Anglo-Frisianbranch8AnglicbranchengEnglishlanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where English is spoken
Map: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Gambiaofficial · 10 languages in the indexCameroonofficial · 243 languages in the indexLesothoofficial · 4 languages in the indexLiberiaofficial · 21 languages in the indexMalawiofficial · 14 languages in the indexMauritiusofficial · 5 languages in the indexNamibiaofficial · 26 languages in the indexNigeriaofficial · 415 languages in the indexUgandaofficial · 49 languages in the indexRwandaofficial · 4 languages in the indexSeychellesofficial · 3 languages in the indexSierra Leoneofficial · 22 languages in the indexSudanofficial · 73 languages in the indexEswatiniofficial · 3 languages in the indexKenyaofficial · 68 languages in the indexGhanaofficial · 75 languages in the indexUnited Kingdomofficial · 25 languages in the indexCanadaofficial · 112 languages in the indexMaltaofficial · 4 languages in the indexBelizeofficial · 6 languages in the indexCuraçaoofficial · 3 languages in the indexSouth Africaofficial · 30 languages in the indexSint Maartenofficial · 4 languages in the indexCook Islandsofficial · 5 languages in the indexIrelandofficial · 5 languages in the indexSingaporeofficial · 21 languages in the indexNiueofficial · 3 languages in the indexAustraliaofficial · 351 languages in the indexNew Zealandofficial · 9 languages in the indexIndiaofficial · 395 languages in the indexTuvaluofficial · 2 languages in the indexTongaofficial · 3 languages in the indexSamoaofficial · 2 languages in the indexSolomon Islandsofficial · 70 languages in the indexVanuatuofficial · 113 languages in the indexPapua New Guineaofficial · 630 languages in the indexPalauofficial · 5 languages in the indexNauruofficial · 4 languages in the indexFederated States of Micronesiaofficial · 18 languages in the indexMarshall Islandsofficial · 2 languages in the indexKiribatiofficial · 2 languages in the indexFijiofficial · 13 languages in the indexGuyanaofficial · 17 languages in the indexTrinidad and Tobagoofficial · 4 languages in the indexSaint Luciaofficial · 2 languages in the indexSaint Kitts and Nevisofficial · 2 languages in the indexJamaicaofficial · 4 languages in the indexGrenadaofficial · 2 languages in the indexThe Bahamasofficial · 3 languages in the indexAntigua and Barbudaofficial · 3 languages in the indexDominicaofficial · 3 languages in the indexPakistanofficial · 71 languages in the indexTanzaniaofficial · 117 languages in the indexPhilippinesofficial · 154 languages in the indexZambiaofficial · 37 languages in the indexZimbabweofficial · 24 languages in the indexSouth Sudanofficial · 63 languages in the indexBotswanaofficial · 30 languages in the indexBurundiofficial · 5 languages in the indexEritreaofficial · 14 languages in the indexAmerican Samoa3 languages in the indexAnguilla2 languages in the indexAruba4 languages in the indexBahrain8 languages in the indexBhutan23 languages in the indexBritish Virgin Islands3 languages in the indexBrunei18 languages in the indexCambodia21 languages in the indexEthiopia83 languages in the indexGibraltar2 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the indexGuernsey2 languages in the indexIsle of Man2 languages in the indexIsrael30 languages in the indexJersey2 languages in the indexLebanon8 languages in the indexMadagascar15 languages in the indexMalaysia113 languages in the indexMaldives2 languages in the indexMontserrat2 languages in the indexOman17 languages in the indexPitcairn Islands2 languages in the indexSaint-Martin2 languages in the indexSri Lanka6 languages in the indexTokelau2 languages in the indexTurks and Caicos Islands3 languages in the indexUnited States Virgin Islands3 languages in the indexUnited Arab Emirates11 languages in the indexIndonesia691 languages in the index

Also spoken in The Gambia

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