English

E211
Indo-European language West Germanic language natural language
Top #2 by total degree (251,054 = 250,992 in + 62 out)

English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
English canonical 250,883
English language 91
English (de facto) 3

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.

England → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
New Zealand → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Doug → languageOfOrigin → English ⓘ
American Samoa → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Rockwell → languageOfWorkOrName → English ⓘ
Nigeria → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
southern Canada → languageMajority → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Canada
Dutch → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → English ⓘ
Cape Colony → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council → hasOfficialLanguage → English ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic → shiftedTo → English ⓘ
Republic of Letters → hasLanguage → English ⓘ
Bombay Presidency → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Adirondack people (historical name usage) → languageOfOrigin → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Adirondack people
Charlotte Amalie → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Inupiaq → hasLoanwordsFrom → English ⓘ
Franz Boas → languageSpoken → English ⓘ
North Africa → hasMajorLanguage → English ⓘ
Atlanta → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Packard → languageOfOrigin → English ⓘ
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States → hasOfficialLanguage → English ⓘ
Edward S. Herman → languageOfWorkOrName → English ⓘ
Culebra → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
World Tourism Organization → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Turkish language → usesLoanwordsFrom → English ⓘ
British Empire → language → English ⓘ
Carl → languageOfWorkOrName → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Sagan
Earle Cabell → languageSpoken → English ⓘ
Robert → languageOfUse → English ⓘ
Hawaii → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
People → language → English ⓘ
New Delhi, India → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
subject surface form: New Delhi
Secretariat → operatesInLanguage → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretariat of the World Health Organization
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
HCR → hasOfficialLanguage → English ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
International Organization for Standardization → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Conference USA → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Isle of Man
Karen Armstrong → languageOfWorkOrName → English ⓘ
Toto (memorial to the dog from The Wizard of Oz) → languageOfWorkOrName → English ⓘ
Hancock → languageOfOrigin → English ⓘ
McClintock → languageOfOrigin → English ⓘ
Republic of Texas → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) → languageOfRecord → English ⓘ
subject surface form: Scots law
South Africa → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
Singapore → officialLanguage → English ⓘ
ATLAS → language → English ⓘ
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation → hasOfficialLanguage → English ⓘ