Where Are English-language Speakers Distributed?
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Language - Language is a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning.
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Official language - Countries designate at least one language as their official language, which is the one used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps.
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Standard language - In a language with multiple dialects, one dialect may be recognized as the standard language, which is a dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication.
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Dialect - A dialect is a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
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English became widely diffused by the people of England when they established colonies during the past four centuries.
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The 3 European people originally came together to form the English people and English language were the Jutes, Saxons, and the Angles. The Jutes settled primarily in southeastern England, the Saxons in the south and west, and the Angles in the north.
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The three tribes who brought the beginnings of English to the British Isles came from present-day Denmark and Germany.
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The 2 subsequent invasions added additional words to the evolving English language are by Vikings in the ninth century and Normans in the eleventh century.
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