English as a world language

Two main historical reasons why English is the world's spoken language

Details about the Growth of English

Why English

English today

More than one language

English as a means of communication

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flexible language

most evident in the English vocabulary

It contains Words from variety of languages

Latin, Greek, ancient Norse, French, native Languages of British colonies


English relies moe on Word order than on inflectional forms, not too difficult for foreigners to learn

the first and official Language in: Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, South Africa

varies a lot throughout the world

British, Irish, American, Australian, South African.......

American English is charactised by some vocabulary

''sidewalk'' - ''pavement'', ''fries'' -''chips''

Some differents but the differences are very small indeed

Jamaica:

Sierra Leone:

India:

The Pacific