•English is a West Germanic Language.
•The English language spread with the growth of the British Empire, becoming the dominant language in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
•Today English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world, with many people learning it as a second or foreign language. 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.
•English is one of six official languages of the United Nations, as well as French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese Mandarin.
•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 scientific words used in the English language come from Latin or Greek.
•English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet).
FACTS ON ENGLISH
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A NEW TWIST !
There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure.Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in.Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.
LETS UNDERSTAND !
i can is 100 miles important than IQ
CYCLONE !
Bank manager asks Sardar in an interview: "What is
cyclone"
Sardar: "It is the loan given to purchase a cycle"
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RIDDLE TIME !
I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve remains. Who am I????