English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. It …

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The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as …

The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader British English, along with other varieties …

Early Modern English – the language used by William Shakespeare – is dated from around 1500. It incorporated many Renaissance -era loans from Latin and Ancient Greek, as well as …

English is now the main first-language in America, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. In total there are about 375 million native speakers in the world, [3] the 3rd most of all …

Oct 31, 2025 · The English language is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It …

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The United States of America is the largest English-speaking country, with 300 million native speakers. There are 60 million native speakers in the United Kingdom, 29 million in Canada, …

Oct 31, 2025 · According to the Venerable Bede, the first historian of the English people, the first Jutes, Hengist and Horsa, landed at Ebbsfleet in the Isle of Thanet in 449; and the Jutes later …