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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		English
Family		Indo-european	vs	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Germanic
3 Letter Code		Eng

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		322 (253.11 higher than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (322)
Native Speakers as % of World		7 (5.48 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (7)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		1500 (1386.17 higher than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (1500)
Total Speakers as % of World		19.7 (18.18 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (19.7)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		None	vs	62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence		SVO	vs	43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Antigua And Barbuda Australia Bahamas New Zealand United Kingdom United States Barbados Belize Botswana Cameroon Canada Dominica Fiji The Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana India Ireland Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Liberia Malawi Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Federated States Of Micronesia Namibia Nauru Nigeria Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Rwanda
Official Language of United Nations		Yes	vs	10.4% World Languages have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States Of Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Ingapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad And Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos, (keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guam, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha, Sint Maarten, Somaliland, Tokelau, Turks And Caicos Islands, U.s. Virgin Islands
No. of Countries Spoken In		84 (73.67 higher than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (84)

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