English is everywhere...
Behemoth, bully, loudmouth, thief: English is everywhere, and everywhere, English dominates, Jacob Mikanowski reports on theguardian.com.
From inauspicious beginnings on the edge of a minor European archipelago, it has grown to vast size and astonishing influence, Mikanowski wrote.
Almost 400 million people speak it as their first language; a billion more know it as a secondary tongue, he added.
It is the official language in at least 59 countries, the unofficial lingua franca in dozens more, he noted.
For more of a timely report: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance
Photo: Stumbleupon.
English has grown to a vast size and astonishing influence.
Behemoth, bully, loudmouth, thief: English is everywhere, and everywhere, English dominates, Jacob Mikanowski reports on theguardian.com.
From inauspicious beginnings on the edge of a minor European archipelago, it has grown to vast size and astonishing influence, Mikanowski wrote.
Almost 400 million people speak it as their first language; a billion more know it as a secondary tongue, he added.
It is the official language in at least 59 countries, the unofficial lingua franca in dozens more, he noted.
For more of a timely report: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance
Photo: Stumbleupon.
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