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Definition

  • English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria. Following the extensive influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, becoming the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions. It is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language of the European Union and many Commonwealth countries, as well as in many world organisations. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

Entry terms

  • English language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • eng

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • eng

ISO 639-1 code

  • en

ISO 639-3 code

  • eng

In other languages

  • Bahsa Inggréh

    Achinese

  • English

    Afar

  • Engels

    Afrikaans

  • Kɨŋgele

    Aghem

  • Borɔfo

    Akan

  • English
  • Anglisht

    Albanian

  • Gjuha angleze
  • እንግሊዝኛ

    Amharic

  • الإنجليزية

    Arabic

  • لغة إنجليزية
  • Idioma anglés

    Aragonese

  • Անգլերեն

    Armenian

  • Limba anglicheascã

    Aromanian

  • Anglès

    Arpitan

  • ইংৰাজী ভাষা

    Assamese

  • inglés

    Asturian

  • Inglés
  • Kiingeredha

    Asu

  • Ингилис мацӀ

    Avaric

  • Inlish aru

    Aymara

  • инҝилисҹә

    Azerbaijani

  • riingɛrís

    Bafia

  • angilɛkan

    Bambara

  • Angilɛkan
  • ইংরেজি

    Bangla

  • ইংরেজি ভাষা
  • Bahasa Inggris

    Banjar

  • Hɔp u ŋgisì

    Basaa

  • Инглиз теле

    Bashkir

  • Ingeles

    Basque

  • ingelesa
  • Englische Sproch

    Bavarian

  • англійская

    Belarusian

  • Англійская мова
  • Ангельская мова

    Belarusian (TARASK)

  • Ichi Sungu

    Bemba

  • Hiingereza

    Bena

  • ইংরেজি ঠার

    Bishnupriya

  • እንግሊዝኛ

    Blin

  • अंग्रेज़ी

    Bodo

  • engleski

    Bosnian

  • Engleski jezik
  • saozneg

    Breton

  • Saozneg
  • ᨅᨔ ᨕᨗᨋᨗᨔᨗ

    Buginese

  • английски

    Bulgarian

  • Английски език
  • အင်္ဂလိပ်

    Burmese

  • အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာစကား
  • 英文

    Cantonese

  • anglès

    Catalan

  • Anglès
  • Iningles

    Cebuano

  • Tanglizt

    Central Atlas Tamazight

  • زمانی ئینگلیزی

    Central Kurdish

  • Ингалсан мотт

    Chechen

  • ᎩᎵᏏ

    Cherokee

  • ᎩᎵᏏ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
  • Orungyereza

    Chiga

  • 英语

    Chinese

  • Англїискъ ѩꙁꙑкъ

    Church Slavic

  • Акăлчан чĕлхи

    Chuvash

  • Änglesch

    Colognian

  • Sowsnek

    Cornish

  • Lingua inglese

    Corsican

  • ᐊᑲᔭᓯᒧᐃᐧᐣ

    Cree

  • İngliz tili

    Crimean Turkish

  • engleski

    Croatian

  • Engleski jezik
  • angličtina

    Czech

  • Angličtina
  • engelsk

    Danish

  • Engelsk
  • އިނގިރޭސި

    Divehi

  • Engels

    Dutch

  • ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཁ

    Dzongkha

  • انجليزى

    Egyptian Arabic

  • Kĩthungu

    Embu

  • Англань кель

    Erzya

  • angla

    Esperanto

  • Angla lingvo
  • inglise

    Estonian

  • Inglise keel
  • yevugbe

    Ewe

  • Eŋlisigbe
  • Ǹkɔ́bɔ éngəlís

    Ewondo

  • Luenga ingresa

    Extremaduran

  • enskt

    Faroese

  • Enskt mál
  • English bhasa

    Fiji Hindi

  • Ingles

    Filipino

  • Finnish

  • Englannin kieli
  • anglais

    French

  • Anglais
  • inglês

    Friulian

  • Lenghe inglese
  • Engeleere

    Fulah

  • İngiliz dili

    Gagauz

  • inglés

    Galician

  • Lingua inglesa
  • 英語

    Gan Chinese

  • Lungereza

    Ganda

  • ინგლისური

    Georgian

  • ინგლისური ენა
  • Englisch

    German

  • Englische Sprache
  • 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰

    Gothic

  • Αγγλικά

    Greek

  • Αγγλική γλώσσα
  • Inglyesñe'ẽ

    Guarani

  • અંગ્રેજી

    Gujarati

  • અંગ્રેજી ભાષા
  • Kingereza

    Gusii

  • Angle

    Haitian Creole

  • Yîn-ngî

    Hakka Chinese

  • Turanci

    Hausa

  • Pelekānia

    Hawaiian

  • ‘Ōlelo Pelekania
  • אנגלית

    Hebrew

  • अंग्रेजी

    Hindi

  • अंग्रेज़ी भाषा
  • angol

    Hungarian

  • Angol nyelv
  • enska

    Icelandic

  • Enska
  • Angliana linguo

    Ido

  • Oyibo

    Igbo

  • Asụsụ Inglish
  • Pagsasao nga Ingglés

    Iloko

  • Inggris

    Indonesian

  • Bahasa Inggris
  • anglese

    Interlingua

  • Lingua anglese
  • Angles

    Interlingue

  • ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ

    Inuktitut

  • Béarla

    Irish

  • An Béarla
  • inglese

    Italian

  • Lingua inglese
  • 英語

    Japanese

  • Basa Inggris

    Javanese

  • angle

    Jola-Fonyi

  • Инджылыбзэ

    Kabardian

  • ingles

    Kabuverdianu

  • Taglizit

    Kabyle

  • yaman

    Kako

  • tuluttut

    Kalaallisut

  • Tuluttut
  • kutitab Uingeresa

    Kalenjin

  • Инглишин келн

    Kalmyk

  • Kingereza

    Kamba

  • ಆಂಗ್ಲ

    Kannada

  • ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್
  • Ингилиз тил

    Karachay-Balkar

  • اَنٛگیٖزۍ

    Kashmiri

  • Anielsczi jãzëk

    Kashubian

  • ағылшын тілі

    Kazakh

  • Ағылшын тілі
  • អង់គ្លេស

    Khmer

  • ភាសាអង់គ្លេស
  • Gĩthungũ

    Kikuyu

  • Icyongereza

    Kinyarwanda

  • Англия кыв

    Komi

  • Инглиш кыв

    Komi-Permyak

  • Kingelezi

    Kongo

  • 영어

    Korean

  • Inglisi senni

    Koyraboro Senni

  • Inglisi senni

    Koyra Chiini

  • Zimanê îngilîzî

    Kurdish

  • Ngɛ̄lɛ̄n

    Kwasio

  • англисче

    Kyrgyz

  • Англис тили
  • Lingua inglesa

    Ladino

  • Kɨɨngeréesa

    Langi

  • ອັງກິດ

    Lao

  • ພາສາອັງກິດ
  • Lingua Anglica

    Latin

  • angļu

    Latvian

  • Angļu valoda
  • Lèngoa ingleise

    Ligurian

  • Ingels

    Limburgish

  • lingɛlɛ́sa

    Lingala

  • Lingɛlɛ́sa
  • L:英語

    Literary Chinese

  • anglų

    Lithuanian

  • Anglų kalba
  • glibau

    Lojban

  • Ingles

    Lombard

  • Engelšćina

    Lower Sorbian

  • Engels

    Low German

  • Engelsche Spraak
  • Lingelesa

    Luba-Katanga

  • Kingereza

    Luo

  • Englesch

    Luxembourgish

  • Lusungu

    Luyia

  • англиски

    Macedonian

  • Англиски јазик
  • Kyingereza

    Machame

  • Ingilishi

    Makhuwa-Meetto

  • Chiingeleza

    Makonde

  • Anglisy

    Malagasy

  • Fiteny anglisy
  • Bahasa Inggeris

    Malay

  • ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്

    Malayalam

  • Ingliż

    Maltese

  • Baarle

    Manx

  • Reo Pākehā

    Maori

  • इंग्रजी

    Marathi

  • इंग्लिश भाषा
  • nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ nkɨ́resa

    Masai

  • اینگلیسی زبون

    Mazanderani

  • Kĩngeretha

    Meru

  • Eng-gí

    Min Nan Chinese

  • Англань кяль

    Moksha

  • Англи хэл

    Mongolian

  • angle

    Morisyen

  • zah Anglofoŋ

    Mundang

  • Engels

    Nama

  • Bilagáana bizaad

    Navajo

  • Lengua ngrese

    Neapolitan

  • अँग्रेजी

    Nepali

  • अङ्ग्रेजी भाषा
  • अंग्रेजी भाषा

    Newari

  • ngilísè

    Ngiemboon

  • Aŋɡɛlúshi

    Ngomba

  • Ingelsk

    Northern Frisian

  • eaŋgalsgiella

    Northern Sami

  • Eaŋgalsgiella
  • Seisimane

    Northern Sotho

  • isi-Ngisi

    North Ndebele

  • Engelsk

    Norwegian

  • engelsk

    Norwegian Bokmål

  • engelsk

    Norwegian Nynorsk

  • Engelsk
  • Anglum

    Novial

  • Thok liŋli̱thni

    Nuer

  • Chingerezi

    Nyanja

  • Orungyereza

    Nyankole

  • Anglés

    Occitan

  • ଇଂରାଜୀ

    Odia

  • Nīƿu Englisc sprǣc

    Old English

  • Ingliffa

    Oromo

  • англисаг

    Ossetic

  • Англисаг æвзаг
  • आंगलभाषा

    Pali

  • Ingles

    Papiamento

  • انګلیسي

    Pashto

  • انګرېزي ژبه
  • Englisch

    Pennsylvania German

  • انگلیسی

    Persian

  • زبان انگلیسی
  • Inglé

    Picard

  • Lenga anglèisa

    Piedmontese

  • angielski

    Polish

  • Język angielski
  • inglês

    Portuguese

  • Língua inglesa
  • ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ

    Punjabi

  • ਅੰਗ੍ਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
  • Inlish simi

    Quechua

  • engleză

    Romanian

  • Limba engleză
  • englais

    Romansh

  • Lingua englaisa
  • Kiingereza

    Rombo

  • Icongereza

    Rundi

  • английский

    Russian

  • Английский язык
  • Анґліцькый язык

    Rusyn

  • Kyingereza

    Rwa

  • Ааҥл тыла

    Sakha

  • Аҥылычаанныы
  • Kingereza

    Samburu

  • Fa'aperetania

    Samoan

  • Anglëe

    Sango

  • Ishingelesa

    Sangu

  • आङ्ग्लभाषा

    Sanskrit

  • Limba inglesa

    Sardinian

  • Ängelske Sproake

    Saterland Frisian

  • Inglis leid

    Scots

  • Beurla

    Scottish Gaelic

  • inglês

    Sena

  • Енглески

    Serbian

  • Енглески језик
  • Engleski jezik

    Serbo-Croatian

  • Kiingeeza

    Shambala

  • English

    Shona

  • Chirungu
  • ꑱꇩꉙ

    Sichuan Yi

  • Lingua ngrisa

    Sicilian

  • Angelsko godka

    Silesian

  • ඉංග්‍රීසි

    Sinhala

  • ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාව
  • angličtina

    Slovak

  • Angličtina
  • angleščina

    Slovenian

  • Angleščina
  • Olungereza

    Soga

  • Ingiriis

    Somali

  • Ingiriisi
  • Senyesemane

    Southern Sotho

  • inglés

    Spanish

  • Idioma inglés
  • Ingristongo

    Sranan Tongo

  • Basa Inggris

    Sundanese

  • Kiingereza

    Swahili

  • SíNgísi

    Swati

  • Swedish

  • Engelska
  • Änglisch

    Swiss German

  • Englische Sprache

    Swiss German (France)

  • ⵜⴰⵏⴳⵍⵉⵣⵜ

    Tachelhit

  • Wikang Ingles

    Tagalog

  • Anglès

    Tahitian

  • Kingereza

    Taita

  • Англисӣ

    Tajik

  • Забони англисӣ
  • ஆங்கிலம்

    Tamil

  • Inglisi senni

    Tasawaq

  • Инглиз теле

    Tatar

  • ఆంగ్లం

    Telugu

  • ఆంగ్ల భాష
  • Kingereza

    Teso

  • อังกฤษ

    Thai

  • ภาษาอังกฤษ
  • དབིན་ཇིའི་སྐད།

    Tibetan

  • དབྱིན་ཇིའི་སྐད།
  • እንግሊዝኛ

    Tigre

  • እንግሊዝኛ

    Tigrinya

  • Tok Inglis

    Tok Pisin

  • lea fakapālangi

    Tongan

  • Xi Nghezi

    Tsonga

  • Sekgoa

    Tswana

  • İngilizce

    Turkish

  • Iňlis dili

    Turkmen

  • English

    Twi

  • Англи кыл

    Udmurt

  • англійська

    Ukrainian

  • Англійська мова
  • Jendźelšćina

    Upper Sorbian

  • انگریزی

    Urdu

  • ئىنگىلىز تىلى

    Uyghur

  • Ingliz tili

    Uzbek

  • ꕶꕱ

    Vai

  • Łéngua inglexe

    Venetian

  • Tiếng Anh

    Vietnamese

  • Linglänapük

    Volapük

  • Inglüse kiil

    Võro

  • Kyingereza

    Vunjo

  • Inglès

    Walloon

  • Engliš

    Walser

  • Ininglis

    Waray

  • Saesneg

    Welsh

  • Ingelsk

    Western Frisian

  • እንግሊዝኛ

    Wolaytta

  • Wu-angalteer

    Wolof

  • 英语

    Wu Chinese

  • isiNgesi

    Xhosa

  • IsiNgesi
  • íŋgilísé

    Yangben

  • ענגליש

    Yiddish

  • Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì

    Yoruba

  • Inglisi senni

    Zarma

  • Iengels

    Zeelandic

  • Vah Yinghgoz

    Zhuang

  • isiNgisi

    Zulu

  • IsiNgisi

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/eng

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