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English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English language | Dialects | British English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | North American | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | Caribbean | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | Australian | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | New Zealand | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | South African | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Dialects | Hiberno-English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Early forms | Old English Middle English Early Modern English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Early forms | Middle English Early Modern English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Early forms | Early Modern English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Glottolog | stan1293 | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | ISO 639-1 | en | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | ISO 639-2 | eng | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | ISO 639-3 | eng | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Language family | GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglicEnglish | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Language family | West GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglicEnglish | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Language family | North Sea GermanicAnglicEnglish | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Language family | AnglicEnglish | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Language family | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Linguasphere | 52-ABA | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Native to | The English-speaking world, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth Caribbean, South Africa and others | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Official language in | 57 countries and 30 dependent territories | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Official language in | Organisations including the UN, EU, Commonwealth, ICC, IMF, IOC, ISO, NATO, WTO, ASEAN, OAS and OECD | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Pronunciation | /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ ING-glish | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Regulated by | None, unregulated | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Signed forms | Manually coded English (multiple systems) | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Speakers | L2: 1.077 billion (2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Speakers | Total: 1.457 billion | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Writing system | Latin (English alphabet) | 1.00 | infobox |
| English language | Writing system | Anglo-Saxon runes (historical) | 1.00 | infobox |
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