English

English is a Germanic language from England that is used as a global lingua franca.

English
William Shakespeare's Sonnet 132 in the 1609 Quarto, written in Early Modern English.
Attribute Details
Scientific Name English /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
Endonyms / Autonyms English /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ (used everywhere)
Speakers (L1) 380 million
Speakers (L2) 1.077 billion
Locations Australia
Canada
England
New Zealand
United States of America
Lineage Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic
Timespan mid-400’s – present
Reconstructed
ISO 639-3 Code eng
Glottocode stan1293

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