Summary
English is an international language whose original homeland was in the
United Kingdom
. It belongs to the
Indo-European
language family. It is used as a language of instruction in education.
At a Glance
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Details
This graph shows the general size of the language with respect to its mother tongue speakers, and in relation to all the other languages of the world. The possible size ranges from largest to smallest are:
- 1 billion plus - this language has more than 1 billion
L1
users
- 1 million to 1 billion - this language has between 1 million and 1 billion
L1
users
- 10K to 1 million - this language has between 10 thousand and 1 million
L1
users
- 10 thousand or less - this language has between 1 and 10 thousand
L1
users
- None - this language has no
L1
users
Details
This graph shows the vitality of English.
- Institutional ? The language has been developed to the point that it is used and sustained by institutions beyond the home and community.
- Stable ? The language is not being sustained by formal institutions, but it is still the norm in the home and community that all children learn and use the language.
- Endangered ? It is no longer the norm that children learn and use this language.
- Extinct - The language is no longer used and no one retains a sense of ethnic identity associated with the language.
These four summary levels have been derived by grouping levels in the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), which is the more fine-grained scale that Ethnologue uses to assess the status of every language in terms of development versus endangerment; see
Language Status
for a description of the levels of that scale. See also the pages on
Development
and
Endangerment
for more discussion.
Details
This graph shows the level of digital support for this language (as measured by the method described
here
.
- Still — this language shows no signs of digital support
- Emerging — the language has some content in digital form and/or encoding tools
- Ascending — the language has some spell checking or localized tools or machine translation as well
- Vital — the language is supported by multiple tools in all of the above categories and as well as some speech processing
- Thriving — the language has all of the above plus virtual assistants
Existing Content
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Literature
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Newspapers
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Periodicals
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Radio
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TV
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Videos
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Dictionary
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Grammar
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Texts
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Bible (1382?2002)
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External Resources
Contributions
This section reports contributions that have been received for the
Ethnologue
description of this language. Please read the
community norms
page for more information on contributing.
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Regarding:
ISO 639-3:
eng
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