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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System Latin 
Script(s) Used English 
Family Indo-european  46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
Subgroup Germanic 
3 Letter Code Eng 
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
322 
68.89
Native Speakers as % of World
1.52
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
1500 
113.83
Total Speakers as % of World
19.7 
1.52
Language Systems
Noun declensions None  62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence SVO   43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal No  80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language No  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  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 
10.33

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