English Language Facts

English is the most commonly used language in the world, both for written and verbal communications.

About 400 million people have English as their mother tongue in the world.

Only other language spoken by similar number of people in the world is Chinese.

Among all the language in the world, English language has the highest numbers of words.

In the Oxford English Dictionary, there are above 500,000 words.

Apart from the regularly used words, there are also many scientific and technical words, which are not catalogued.

About 75% of official correspondence in the world is in English like cables, mails and telexes.

Fifty percent of the technical and scientific periodicals are in English.

A maximum amount of information stored in the computers is in English.

English is also the language solely used for navigation and aviation around the world.

English is also the language of Christianity as it is the language used by the World Council of Churches.

English is the most studied foreign language across the globe.

One hundred and sixty three countries under the United Nations use English as their official language.

English is also one of the easiest languages to learn.

English is a lingua franca of the world, and anywhere you travel in the world you can use his language.

Students from over 70 countries around the world go to the English speaking countries in the word to pursue higher education.

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