. . ""@en . . . "John bishop bbc radio4 desert island discs 24 06 2012.flac"@en . . . "ISO"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Pie chart showing the percentage of native English speakers living in \"inner circle\" English-speaking countries. Native speakers are now substantially outnumbered worldwide by second-language speakers of English ."@en . . . "214613"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Subject:English language"@en . . . . . "2006"^^ . . . . . . . . . "right"@en . . . . . . "English Braille, Unified English Braille"@en . . "--01-14"^^ . "773"^^ . . "UK"@en . . . . . . . . . "Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie_bbc_radio4_front_row_03_05_2013.flac"@en . . . . . . . . . . "--01-16"^^ . "#008751"@en . . . . . . . "true"@en . . . . . "An example of a man with a Cockney accent"@en . . . . . "3.7"^^ . . . . . . . . "#FF0000"@en . . . . . . . . "as a foreign language: 600\u2013700 million"@en . . . . "Terry Wogan BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 01 Jan 2012 b018w7rj.flac"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An example of a male with a New Zealand accent."@en . "English"@en . "yes"@en . . "Australia"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "IMF"@en . . "stan1293"@en . . "#003399"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ireland"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Q1860"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Emery Emery Voice.ogg"@en . . . "right"@en . . . . . . . "An example of a Queensland male with a cultivated Australian accent ."@en . . . . "#BF0A30"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Anglo Saxon runes"@en . . . . . "L2 speakers: 750million;"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "US"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Category:English language"@en . . . "Category:English language"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "OAS"@en . . . "Source languages of English vocabulary"@en . . . . . . . . . "no"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "en" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Greek"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "320"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Indo-European"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . "George W. Bush speech on homeland security .ogg"@en . . . . . . . "IOC"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "yellow"@en . . . . . "27"^^ . . "NATO"@en . . . . . . . . "ASEAN Economic Community"@en . . . . . . . . . "360"^^ . . . . . . . . . "300"^^ . . . . . . . "en"@en . . . "OIC"@en . . . . . . "Speech example"@en . . . "Although, from the beginning, Englishmen had three manners of speaking, southern, northern and midlands speech in the middle of the country, ... Nevertheless, through intermingling and mixing, first with Danes and then with Normans, amongst many the country language has arisen, and some use strange stammering, chattering, snarling, and grating gnashing."@en . "67"^^ . "An example of a Texan male with a Southern U.S. accent ."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ICC"@en . . . . . . . . "orange"@en . "ECO"@en . . "English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea, which is not to be confused with East Anglia, the Eastern part of England that comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. English is most closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, while its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Old Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as by Old Norman, French and Latin. English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century, are collectively called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England; this was a period in which English was influenced by Old French, in particular through its Old Norman dialect. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London, the printing of the King James Bible and the start of the Great Vowel Shift. Modern English has been spreading around the world since the 17th century by the worldwide influence of the British Empire and the United States. Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional contexts such as science, navigation and law. Modern English grammar is the result of a gradual change from a typical Indo-European dependent-marking pattern, with a rich inflectional morphology and relatively free word order, to a mostly analytic pattern with little inflection, a fairly fixed subject\u2013verb\u2013object word order and a complex syntax. Modern English relies more on auxiliary verbs and word order for the expression of complex tenses, aspect and mood, as well as passive constructions, interrogatives and some negation. English is the most spoken language in the world and the third-most spoken native language in the world, after Standard Chinese and Spanish. It is the most widely learned second language and is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60 sovereign states. There are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers. As of 2005, it was estimated that there were over 2 billion speakers of English. English is the majority native language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (see Anglosphere) and Ireland, an official language and the main language of Singapore, and it is widely spoken in some areas of the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a co-official language of the United Nations, the European Union and many other world and regional international organisations. It is the most widely spoken Germanic language, accounting for at least 70% of speakers of this Indo-European branch. English speakers are called \"Anglophones\". There is much variability among the many accents and dialects of English used in different countries and regions in terms of phonetics and phonology, and sometimes also vocabulary, idioms, grammar, and spelling, but it does not typically prevent understanding by speakers of other dialects and accents, although mutual unintelligibility can occur at extreme ends of the dialect continuum."@en . . . . . "SAARC"@en . . . . . . . "An example of a male with a general Australian accent."@en . . "South Africa"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "An example of an Ontario woman with a standard Canadian accent"@en . . . . . . . . . "eng" . . . . . . . "John of Trevisa, ca. 1385"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Geoffrey Rush bbc radio4 front row 01 05 2013.flac"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "English language"@en . . . "3.8"^^ . . . . . . . "English"@en . . . . . . . "Canada"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "OECD"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . "52"^^ . . . . "Vandana Shiva BBC Radio4 Saving Species 23 Dec 2011 b010x8sq.flac"@en . "purple"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An example of a male with a South African accent."@en . . "red"@en . . . . . . . . . . "#FCB514"@en . . . "eng" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Derived from proper names"@en . . "An example of a man with a 'Received Pronunciation' accent ."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "green"@en . "eng"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Latin"@en . . "IPA"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "T\u00FCrksoy"@en . "Mark Hanna Voice Audio.ogg"@en . . . . . "English"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "An example of a man with one of many Irish accents spoken across Ireland ."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Caribbean Community"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "60"^^ . . . . . . . "Danny Baker BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 31 Jul 2007 b012wcl4.flac"@en . . . "6"^^ . . . "4"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "29"^^ . . . . . "26"^^ . . . . . . . . "19"^^ . . . "17"^^ . . . . . . "4.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "NAFTA"@en . . . "Council of Europe"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "blue"@en . . . . "no"@en . . . . . . . "An example of a Midwestern U.S. male with a general American accent ."@en . . . . . "United Nations"@en . . "#008000"@en . . "Margaret atwood bbc radio4 front row 27 07 2007 b007tjpb.flac"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Turkic Council"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "AustraliaPart2.ogg"@en . . . . "An example of a woman with an educated Nigerian accent"@en . "Latin"@en . "ASEAN"@en . "Germanic languages"@en . . . . . . . "Commonwealth of Nations"@en . . . . . "An example of an Essex male with a working-class Estuary accent of the region around London ."@en . . . "PIF"@en . . . . "Other languages/unknown"@en . . . "UKUSA Agreement"@en . . . . . . . . . . "OPEC"@en . . . . . . "8569916"^^ . . . . . . . . "231"^^ . . . . . . . "An example of a North Indian woman with an Indian accent"@en . . . . "GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development"@en . "#000000"@en . . . . . . . . "Anglo-Saxons"@en . . . "New Zealand"@en . . . . . . "South African English.ogg"@en . . . . "An example of a man with a contemporary Liverpool accent ."@en . . . . "(Old) French, including Anglo-French"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "true"@en . "WTO"@en . "no"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea, which is not to be confused with East Anglia, the Eastern part of England that comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. English is most closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, while its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Old Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as by Old Norman, French and Latin."@en . . . . . . "Topic:English Language"@en . "no"@en . . . . . . . . . . "An example of a man with one of many Scottish accents spoken across Scotland ."@en . . . . . . . . . "Russell brand bbc radio4 desert island discs 21 07 2013.flac"@en . . "1051548668"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "European Union"@en . . . . . . . . . .