A Few Amazing Facts of English
AMAZING FACTS OF ENGLISH
English is a West Germanic Language. It spread with the growth of the British Empire, becoming the dominant language in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia. The growing global influence of the US has further increased the spread of English. Today English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world, with many people learning it as a second or foreign language, like me and you. It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers worldwide. The countries with the highest populations of native English speakers are the US, UK, Canada and Australia. With over 800 million native speakers, Chinese Mandarin is the most spoken native language, followed by Spanish and English. English is one of six official languages of the United Nations, as well as French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese Mandarin. More countries use English as their official language than any other. French is second. There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu. English has a huge vocabulary, with over 250000 different words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. English incorporates words from a large number of different languages. Many of these words have French, Latin, Old Norse or Dutch and of course Sanskrit origins. English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet). A few amazing facts of English language are-
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. (a distinct part of DNA.)
The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the
English is a West Germanic Language. It spread with the growth of the British Empire, becoming the dominant language in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia. The growing global influence of the US has further increased the spread of English. Today English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world, with many people learning it as a second or foreign language, like me and you. It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers worldwide. The countries with the highest populations of native English speakers are the US, UK, Canada and Australia. With over 800 million native speakers, Chinese Mandarin is the most spoken native language, followed by Spanish and English. English is one of six official languages of the United Nations, as well as French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese Mandarin. More countries use English as their official language than any other. French is second. There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu. English has a huge vocabulary, with over 250000 different words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. English incorporates words from a large number of different languages. Many of these words have French, Latin, Old Norse or Dutch and of course Sanskrit origins. English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet). A few amazing facts of English language are-
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. (a distinct part of DNA.)
The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the