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π£οΈ World Languages
π¬π§ English
Global lingua franca; official language of 67+ countries and international diplomacy
UK 450 World Languages
π£οΈ Key Facts
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1.5 billion speakers worldwide (375 million native); official in 67 countries
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Most studied foreign language in the world; dominant in science, aviation, diplomacy and the internet
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470,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary β largest vocabulary of any language
English borrows from over 350 languages; the word "serendipity" came from a Persian fairy tale
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π£οΈ World Languages
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π¬π§ UK
Year / Era
450
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Global lingua franca; official language of 67+ countries and international diplomacy