English language and English native speakers
The English language belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanic
branch of the Indo-European family of languages. English originated in
England and has since then spread throughout the British Isles into various
regions of the world where Britain held overseas colonies. English is the
third most pupular world language, as measured by the number of native
speakers (estimates vary from 275 to 450 million).
English is also the world's most widely spoken language: The
English language, chief medium of communication of people in the United
Kingdom, the United States, Canada (with French), Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa and many other countries of the world. English is the official
language of many nations in the Commonwealth of Nations. It is spoken in
more parts of the world than any other language (The English language is
spoken in 115 countries whereas 35 countries use French, 24 Arabic and 20
countries Spanish).
The English language is also the most popular and learning language in
the world.
English as a foreign language
English is also the language most often studied as a foreign language in
Europe (32%) followed by French, German and Spanish.
Secondary and primary speaker populations of the English language
If you count both English native speakers (330 million) and secondary
speakers (150 million) English is spoken by more people (480 million) than
any other tongue except Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion).
List of English translators who are English native speakers
The TRADUguide directory of English translators and English
translation agencies allows you to specify not only the language combination
(such as English-Spanish or Spanish-English) and country of residence of the
English translator (United States of America or United Kingdom, etc.) but
also his/her native language, i.e. his/her maternal language.
For instance, TRADUguide provides 3321 profiles of
Spanish-English translators, Spanish-English interpreters, and many
translations agencies offering English language services. 5126
members of TRADUguide are English native speakers.
(Click here to go to the list of Spanish-English translators and
interpreters).
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