A significant number of London's population do not have English as a first language.
Non-native English speakers mix English with their native language because they don't think in English, and because of mother tongue interference.
Yes, there are more non-native English speakers than native speakers. Estimates suggest that there are around 1.5 billion non-native speakers compared to approximately 370 million native speakers. The widespread use of English as a global lingua franca in business, education, and media contributes to this disparity.
English has the most speakers with approximately 2 billion speakers worldwide or 30% of the world's population. Most people mistake Mandarin for having the most speakers with 935,000,000 speakers, but Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers. English has the most speakers total. Only about 600,000,000 native speakers for English.
1st. Russian With 106,000,000 Native Speakers 2nd. German With 97,000,000 Native Speakers 3rd. French With 66,000,000 Native Speakers 4th. Italian With 65,000,000 Native Speakers 5th. English With 50,000,000 Native Speakers
India
English has the highest number of non-native speakers in the world due to its widespread use as a global lingua franca in business, education, and technology. It is estimated that there are over a billion non-native English speakers worldwide.
English
By native speakers, it is German. By total speakers, it is English.
English.
Yes they do.
English
Many! I have found that it depends on the native language.