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{{Infobox Language
| name= English
| familycolor=Indo-European
| pronunciation={{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|l|ɪ|ʃ}}<ref>[http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/english_2 English Adjective] - Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - Oxford University Press
©2010.</ref>
| region= (see [[#Geographical distribution|below]])
| speakers=First language: 309–400 million Second language: 199 million–1.4 billion<ref>see: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng Ethnologue] (1984 estimate); [http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=883997 The Triumph of English], The Economist, 20 Dec. 2001; [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng Ethnologue] (1999 estimate); {{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordseminars.com/Tesol/Pages/Teach/teach_20000jobs.php |title=20,000 Teaching Jobs |accessdate=18 February 2007 |publisher=Oxford Seminars }}</ref><ref name="wwenglish">{{cite web |url=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20070401233529/http://www.ehistling-pub.meotod.de/01_lec06.php |title=Lecture 7: World-Wide English |accessdate=26 March 2007|publisher=EHistLing }}</ref> Overall: 500 million–1.8 billion<ref name="wwenglish"/><ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng Ethnologue] (1999 estimate);</ref>
| fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4=[[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam5=[[English languages|Anglic]]
| script=[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ([[English alphabet|English variant]])
| nation=[[List of countries where English is an official language|53 countries]] [[United Nations]] [[European Union]] [[Commonwealth of Nations]] [[Council of Europe|CoE]] [[NATO]] [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]] [[Organization of American States|OAS]] [[Organisation of the Islamic Conference|OIC]] [[Pacific Islands Forum|PIF]] [[UKUSA]]
| iso1=en |iso2=eng |iso3=eng |lingua=52-ABA |map=[[File:Anglospeak.svg|center|300px]]
{{legend|#0000ff|Countries where English is an official or de facto official language, or national language}}
{{legend|#8ddada|Countries where it is an official but not primary language}}
| IPAChartEng=include
}}

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