Interesting Facts About the English Language

Interesting facts about the ENGLISH LANGUAGE THERE ARE MOST OF THESE OVER PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BILLION ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN THE WORLD Chinese is the only language spoken by more people around the world than English. 350 MILLION 7.64 MILLION READERS It is estimated that up to 350 million people in India can use English. The English-language newspaper with the highest daily circulation is The Times of India. Every year, mearly 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 130 COUNTRIES Hello test their English language skills with Cambridge English A+ The English language grows all the time. Here are some words you might mot have heard ECORITHM OLINGUITO TROLLEYOLOGY an algorithm that interacts a newly discovered mammal the examination of the philosophical with the environment. dwelling in the cloud forests of problem that requires a choice that one person be sacrificed in order to save several people. Colombia and Ecuador. The most common Around one in eight of letter used in English is all letters in written English is an 'e'. 1:8 References: Note: The total number of English speakers worldwide is constantly changing. The statistics in this in fographic are an estimate and may not be totally accurate. Nationalencyklopedin. The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010. http://www.ne.se Indian Readership Survey - World's Largest Survey. Newswatch, 30 June 2011. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-english-next-india-2010-book.pdf Human Development in India (2005). Challenges for a Society in Transition. http://www.ncaer.org/downloads/reports/humandevelopmentinindia.pdf Cambridge English Language Assessment website: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org Cambridge Dictionaries Online website. http://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/new-words