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Sunday 3 January 2016

Why English is the World’s Greatest Language

Why English is the World’s Greatest Language


Four reasons English is the greatest language

There are about 2,700 languages spoken on Earth, and English may be the greatest of all of them.

English is literally the greatest language in the world if by great you mean ...

Most widely spoken -- English is the official language of 79 countries and territories.
Having the most words -- 615,000 words are included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Having the most speakers -- over 1.5 billion people speak English when you include non-native speakers. (It is third most-spoken language, behind Chinese and Spanish, if you count only native speakers.)
Being dominant -- Over 80% of everything on the internet is written in English; English is the official language for aviation and navigation.

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