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English Language

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Regions British Isles
Native speakers360–400 million (2006); L2 speakers: 750 million; as a foreign language: 600–700 million
Early formsMiddle English
Signed formsManually coded English
Language family Indo-European languages
Writing systems Latin script
English alphabet
Anglo-Saxon runes
English Braille
Unified English Braille
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About English Language


English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and eventually became a global lingua franca. It is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, as England.

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