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There are more than 3,000 languages in the world today,but only about six are major languages of the world.Two-thirds of the world’s population speak those six languages.More than 300,000,000 people speak English as their first or native language.No one knows how many people speak it as foreign language.Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English.This is because of the huge population of China,more than one billion people.
English is the native or official language on one-fifth of the land area of the world.It is spoken in North America,Great Britain,Australia and Newland,and in South Africa and it is one of the official languages.
English is the language of international communication.It is the language of international business,research and science.More than there-fourths of the world’s mail is written in English.More than three-fifths of the world’s radio stations use English.More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English.Most other language have borrowed many English words.
Why did English become the international language?In the middle of the nineteenth century,French was the international language.Then British became very powerful in the world.English started colonies in North America and India in the seventeenth century.By 1900 English also had colonies in other parts of Asia,Africa and the South Pacific.The people in the colonies had to use English.Slowly it became more important than French internationally.After the Second World.Was,the United States became very powerful,and even more people began to learn English.
English is a good international language.However,English spelling is difficult.Foreigners all have trouble spelling English.So do native speakers!Some people don’t want to study English,but it is the international language.There is no way to change that now.