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In India, English is the second language. India has two official languages, Hindi and English. In Sri Lanka, English is used in government but only spoken by about 10% of the general population.
Many more countries in the British Commonwealth (i.e. formerly in the British Empire) have English as a second language to their local languages, including:
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Botswana.
Countries that also have English as a second language (official or unofficial, listed because a high percentage of citizens speak English): Argentina, Bahrain, Brunei, Cost Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Rawanda, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and in Viet Nam, English is becoming the favored second language.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe countries that have English as their first language include the United States, Australia, the US and the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom. In addition to these there is Singapore, Canada, South Africa, Guyana, New Zealand, and Ireland. Several of the Caribbean Islands also use English as a first language. Some of them are Jamaica, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados.
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∙ 15y agoYou'd have to define "major". English is the official, or main language spoken, in many countries including Australia, UK, US, New Zealand (with Maori), Canada (with French) and Ireland (with Irish Gaelic). It is one of several official languages in other countries including India, Kenya, Nigeria and Malaysia. English is used in some countries because there are too many local languages and to use one of them as "the official language" would possibly cause insult to speakers of other languages. In the case of Papua New Guinea a form of English called Tok Pisin is used because there are hundreds of languages and dialects.
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∙ 10y agoEnglish originated from England, so that would be the original native country.
The main English-speaking countries are:
- The United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Isles, Gibraltar, Virgin Isles, Falklands, etc)
- The United States
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Canada
Other English-speaking countries are:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Beliza
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Cameroon
- Dominica
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
English is the most widespread and popular language in the world, with an approximate 20%-24% of the world's population able to speak English.
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∙ 13y agoCanada, Mexico, England, Wales, Austrailia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Puerto Rico, South Dakota
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∙ 13y agoThe United States, England, and Australia are all countries where English is spoken as a first language by a large portion of the population.
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∙ 11y agoenglish is a main language of england,it comes from saxon/germann
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∙ 14y agoall of them except whatever your in
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∙ 11y ago70%
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