English emerged as a West Germanic language in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and parts of Scotland, influenced by the Kingdom of Northumbria. Through Britain and the United Kingdom's economic, military, and cultural influence since the 18th century via the British Empire, and that of the United States since the mid-20th century, English has spread worldwide and become the primary language of international discourse and a lingua franca in many regions, with over a billion speakers as either a first or second language.
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2. The English language is a West Germanic
language that emerged in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of
England and lasted for what would become the South
East of Scotland under the influence of the Kingdom
of Northumbria. Through the influence of
economic, military, political, scientific, cultural and
colonial Britain and the United Kingdom since the
eighteenth century, via the British Empire, and
the United States since the mid-
twentiethcentury, English has been widely
reported worldwide, becoming the main language of
international discourse and lingua franca in many
regions.
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English is probably
the third language in the world in
number of speakers who are native
speakers (between 300 and
400 million people), and the third
most spoken after Mandarin
Chinese, if you count those who have
it also as a
second language (200 million people)
