English
type: Language
comment: English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria. Following the extensive influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, becoming the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions. It is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language of the European Union and many Commonwealth countries, as well as in many world organisations. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
label: Bahsa Inggréh
label: Engels
label: Kɨŋgele
label: ܠܫܢܐ ܐܢܓܠܝܐ
label: Borɔfo
label: እንግሊዝኛ
label: Nīƿu Englisc sprǣc
label: الإنجليزية
label: لغة إنجليزية
label: Idioma anglés
label: انجليزى
label: Kiingeredha
label: ইংৰাজী ভাষা
label: Inglés
label: inglés
label: Ингилис мацӀ
label: Inlish aru
label: инҝилисҹә
label: İngilis dili
label: ingiliscə
label: Инглиз теле
label: Angilɛkan
label: angilɛkan
label: Englische Sproch
label: Hɔp u ŋgisì
label: Ingles
label: Ангельская мова
label: Англійская мова
label: англійская
label: Ichi Sungu
label: ইংরেজি ভাষা
label: ইংরেজি
label: Hiingereza
label: Bahasa Inggris
label: དབིན་ཇིའི་སྐད།
label: དབྱིན་ཇིའི་སྐད།
label: енглески
label: Engleski jezik
label: engleski
label: ইংরেজি ঠার
label: Saozneg
label: saozneg
label: अंग्रेज़ी
label: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨗᨋᨗᨔᨗ
label: Английски език
label: английски
label: Anglès
label: anglès
label: Ĭng-ngṳ̄
label: Iningles
broader: gmw
has member: Lucasian
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has member: can't stand
has member: cohesively
has member: cream-laid
has member: empowered
has member: eparchs
has member: hyl-
has member: inside-the-park homers
has member: mesonaut
has member: nail-file
has member: nighest
has member: noncombined
has member: oxidates
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has member: pinchpenny
has member: reserver
has member: ungown
has member: weatherising
is focus of: eng
iso6392 b code: eng
iso6392 t code: eng
iso639 P1 code: en
iso639 P3 p code: eng
marc code: eng
pref label: English