English Language

West Germanic language originating in England, global lingua franca with 1.5 billion speakers.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Descended from Anglo-Saxon dialects and reshaped by the Norman Conquest of 1066.
• Largest documented vocabulary of any language, with over 600,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary.
• Official or co-official language in nearly 60 sovereign states.

Specifications & Metrics

• FAMILY: Indo-European