English
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English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| English canonical | 250,883 |
| English language | 91 |
| English (de facto) | 3 |
| African Englishes | 1 |
| Anglophone world | 1 |
| Australian English | 1 |
| British English | 1 |
| Canadian English | 1 |
| Early Modern English | 1 |
| English (official working language of CGF) | 1 |
| English Forward | 1 |
| English in Kenya | 1 |
| EnglishSpeakingCountries | 1 |
| Germanic languages | 1 |
| Nigerian English | 1 |
| Old English | 1 |
| Standard English | 1 |
| Yat English | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Anglo-Frisian dialects
ⓘ
Old English ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Modern English
Middle English ⓘ English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old English
|
| hasApproximateNativeSpeakers | over 350 million ⓘ |
| hasApproximateTotalSpeakers | over 1.4 billion ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasISO6391Code | en ⓘ |
| hasISO6392Code | eng ⓘ |
| hasMajorDialectGroup |
English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
African Englishes
Australasian English ⓘ British Isles English ⓘ American English ⓘ
surface form:
North American English
Indian English ⓘ
surface form:
South Asian Englishes
|
| hasMajorVariety |
American English
ⓘ
English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Australian English
English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
British English
English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian English
Indian English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ New Zealand English ⓘ English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nigerian English
South African English ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | stress-timed rhythm ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard English
|
| hasStandardizationBody | no single official regulatory body ⓘ |
| hasStatus | global lingua franca ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Norse languages ⓘ |
| officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ India ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Indo-European language family ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf |
English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglophone world
|
| subclassOf |
English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Germanic languages
|
| taughtAsForeignLanguageIn | most countries worldwide ⓘ |
| usedAsSecondLanguageIn | many countries worldwide ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
aviation
ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ higher education ⓘ international business ⓘ maritime communication ⓘ popular culture ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
Referenced by (250,992)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Theodor Nelson
this entity surface form:
Germanic languages
this entity surface form:
Standard English
this entity surface form:
British English
this entity surface form:
Australian English
this entity surface form:
Canadian English
this entity surface form:
Nigerian English
this entity surface form:
Old English
this entity surface form:
Early Modern English
this entity surface form:
Anglophone world
this entity surface form:
African Englishes
subject surface form:
Bermuda
this entity surface form:
English (de facto)