Spoken English
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|English |
|Pronunciation: |/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/[1] |
|Spoken in: |(see below) |
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|Total speakers: |First language: 309†400 million |
| |Second language: 199†1,400 million[2][3] |
| |Overall: 500 million†1.8 billion[4][3] |
|Ranking: |3 (native speakers)[5] |
| |Total: 1 or 2 [6] |
|Language family: |Indo-European |
| |Germanic |
| |West Germanic |
| | Anglo†Frisian |
| | English |
|Writing system: |Latin (English variant) |
|Official status |
|Official language in: |53 countries |
| |United...