Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
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
is focus of
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
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Bahsa Inggréh
Achinese
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English
Afar
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Engels
Afrikaans
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Kɨŋgele
Aghem
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Borɔfo
Akan
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English
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Anglisht
Albanian
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Gjuha angleze
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እንግሊዝኛ
Amharic
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الإنجليزية
Arabic
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لغة إنجليزية
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Idioma anglés
Aragonese
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Անգլերեն
Armenian
-
Limba anglicheascã
Aromanian
-
Anglès
Arpitan
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ইংৰাজী ভাষা
Assamese
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inglés
Asturian
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Inglés
-
Kiingeredha
Asu
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Ингилис мацӀ
Avaric
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Inlish aru
Aymara
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инҝилисҹә
Azerbaijani
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riingɛrís
Bafia
-
angilɛkan
Bambara
-
Angilɛkan
-
ইংরেজি
Bangla
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ইংরেজি ভাষা
-
Bahasa Inggris
Banjar
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Hɔp u ŋgisì
Basaa
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Инглиз теле
Bashkir
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Ingeles
Basque
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ingelesa
-
Englische Sproch
Bavarian
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англійская
Belarusian
-
Англійская мова
-
Ангельская мова
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Ichi Sungu
Bemba
-
Hiingereza
Bena
-
ইংরেজি ঠার
Bishnupriya
-
እንግሊዝኛ
Blin
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अंग्रेज़ी
Bodo
-
engleski
Bosnian
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Engleski jezik
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saozneg
Breton
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Saozneg
-
ᨅᨔ ᨕᨗᨋᨗᨔᨗ
Buginese
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английски
Bulgarian
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Английски език
-
အင်္ဂလိပ်
Burmese
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အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာစကား
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英文
Cantonese
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anglès
Catalan
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Anglès
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Iningles
Cebuano
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Tanglizt
Central Atlas Tamazight
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زمانی ئینگلیزی
Central Kurdish
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Ингалсан мотт
Chechen
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ᎩᎵᏏ
Cherokee
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ᎩᎵᏏ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
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Orungyereza
Chiga
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英语
Chinese
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Англїискъ ѩꙁꙑкъ
Church Slavic
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Акăлчан чĕлхи
Chuvash
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Änglesch
Colognian
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Sowsnek
Cornish
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Lingua inglese
Corsican
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ᐊᑲᔭᓯᒧᐃᐧᐣ
Cree
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İngliz tili
Crimean Turkish
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engleski
Croatian
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Engleski jezik
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angličtina
Czech
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Angličtina
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engelsk
Danish
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Engelsk
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އިނގިރޭސި
Divehi
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Engels
Dutch
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ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཁ
Dzongkha
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انجليزى
Egyptian Arabic
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Kĩthungu
Embu
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Англань кель
Erzya
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angla
Esperanto
-
Angla lingvo
-
inglise
Estonian
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Inglise keel
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yevugbe
Ewe
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Eŋlisigbe
-
Ǹkɔ́bɔ éngəlís
Ewondo
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Luenga ingresa
Extremaduran
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enskt
Faroese
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Enskt mál
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English bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Ingles
Filipino
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Finnish
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Englannin kieli
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anglais
French
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Anglais
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inglês
Friulian
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Lenghe inglese
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Engeleere
Fulah
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İngiliz dili
Gagauz
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inglés
Galician
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Lingua inglesa
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英語
Gan Chinese
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Lungereza
Ganda
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ინგლისური
Georgian
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ინგლისური ენა
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Englisch
German
-
Englische Sprache
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𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰
Gothic
-
Αγγλικά
Greek
-
Αγγλική γλώσσα
-
Inglyesñe'ẽ
Guarani
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અંગ્રેજી
Gujarati
-
અંગ્રેજી ભાષા
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Kingereza
Gusii
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Angle
Haitian Creole
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Yîn-ngî
Hakka Chinese
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Turanci
Hausa
-
Pelekānia
Hawaiian
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‘Ōlelo Pelekania
-
אנגלית
Hebrew
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अंग्रेजी
Hindi
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अंग्रेज़ी भाषा
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angol
Hungarian
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Angol nyelv
-
enska
Icelandic
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Enska
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Angliana linguo
Ido
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Oyibo
Igbo
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Asụsụ Inglish
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Pagsasao nga Ingglés
Iloko
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Inggris
Indonesian
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Bahasa Inggris
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anglese
Interlingua
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Lingua anglese
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Angles
Interlingue
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ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ
Inuktitut
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Béarla
Irish
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An Béarla
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inglese
Italian
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Lingua inglese
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英語
Japanese
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Basa Inggris
Javanese
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angle
Jola-Fonyi
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Инджылыбзэ
Kabardian
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ingles
Kabuverdianu
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Taglizit
Kabyle
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yaman
Kako
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tuluttut
Kalaallisut
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Tuluttut
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kutitab Uingeresa
Kalenjin
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Инглишин келн
Kalmyk
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Kingereza
Kamba
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ಆಂಗ್ಲ
Kannada
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ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್
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Ингилиз тил
Karachay-Balkar
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اَنٛگیٖزۍ
Kashmiri
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Anielsczi jãzëk
Kashubian
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ағылшын тілі
Kazakh
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Ағылшын тілі
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អង់គ្លេស
Khmer
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ភាសាអង់គ្លេស
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Gĩthungũ
Kikuyu
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Icyongereza
Kinyarwanda
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Англия кыв
Komi
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Инглиш кыв
Komi-Permyak
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Kingelezi
Kongo
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영어
Korean
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Inglisi senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Inglisi senni
Koyra Chiini
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Zimanê îngilîzî
Kurdish
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Ngɛ̄lɛ̄n
Kwasio
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англисче
Kyrgyz
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Англис тили
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Lingua inglesa
Ladino
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Kɨɨngeréesa
Langi
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ອັງກິດ
Lao
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ພາສາອັງກິດ
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Lingua Anglica
Latin
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angļu
Latvian
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Angļu valoda
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Lèngoa ingleise
Ligurian
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Ingels
Limburgish
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lingɛlɛ́sa
Lingala
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Lingɛlɛ́sa
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L:英語
Literary Chinese
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anglų
Lithuanian
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Anglų kalba
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glibau
Lojban
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Ingles
Lombard
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Engelšćina
Lower Sorbian
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Engels
Low German
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Engelsche Spraak
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Lingelesa
Luba-Katanga
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Kingereza
Luo
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Englesch
Luxembourgish
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Lusungu
Luyia
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англиски
Macedonian
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Англиски јазик
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Kyingereza
Machame
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Ingilishi
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chiingeleza
Makonde
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Anglisy
Malagasy
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Fiteny anglisy
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Bahasa Inggeris
Malay
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ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്
Malayalam
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Ingliż
Maltese
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Baarle
Manx
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Reo Pākehā
Maori
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इंग्रजी
Marathi
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इंग्लिश भाषा
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ nkɨ́resa
Masai
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اینگلیسی زبون
Mazanderani
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Kĩngeretha
Meru
-
Eng-gí
Min Nan Chinese
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Англань кяль
Moksha
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Англи хэл
Mongolian
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angle
Morisyen
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zah Anglofoŋ
Mundang
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Engels
Nama
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Bilagáana bizaad
Navajo
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Lengua ngrese
Neapolitan
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अँग्रेजी
Nepali
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अङ्ग्रेजी भाषा
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अंग्रेजी भाषा
Newari
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ngilísè
Ngiemboon
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Aŋɡɛlúshi
Ngomba
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Ingelsk
Northern Frisian
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eaŋgalsgiella
Northern Sami
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Eaŋgalsgiella
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Seisimane
Northern Sotho
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isi-Ngisi
North Ndebele
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Engelsk
Norwegian
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engelsk
Norwegian Bokmål
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engelsk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Engelsk
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Anglum
Novial
-
Thok liŋli̱thni
Nuer
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Chingerezi
Nyanja
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Orungyereza
Nyankole
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Anglés
Occitan
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ଇଂରାଜୀ
Odia
-
Nīƿu Englisc sprǣc
Old English
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Ingliffa
Oromo
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англисаг
Ossetic
-
Англисаг æвзаг
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आंगलभाषा
Pali
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Ingles
Papiamento
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انګلیسي
Pashto
-
انګرېزي ژبه
-
Englisch
Pennsylvania German
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انگلیسی
Persian
-
زبان انگلیسی
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Inglé
Picard
-
Lenga anglèisa
Piedmontese
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angielski
Polish
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Język angielski
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inglês
Portuguese
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Língua inglesa
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ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ
Punjabi
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ਅੰਗ੍ਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
-
Inlish simi
Quechua
-
engleză
Romanian
-
Limba engleză
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englais
Romansh
-
Lingua englaisa
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Kiingereza
Rombo
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Icongereza
Rundi
-
английский
Russian
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Английский язык
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Анґліцькый язык
Rusyn
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Kyingereza
Rwa
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Ааҥл тыла
Sakha
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Аҥылычаанныы
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Kingereza
Samburu
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Fa'aperetania
Samoan
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Anglëe
Sango
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Ishingelesa
Sangu
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आङ्ग्लभाषा
Sanskrit
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Limba inglesa
Sardinian
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Ängelske Sproake
Saterland Frisian
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Inglis leid
Scots
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Beurla
Scottish Gaelic
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inglês
Sena
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Енглески
Serbian
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Енглески језик
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Engleski jezik
Serbo-Croatian
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Kiingeeza
Shambala
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English
Shona
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Chirungu
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ꑱꇩꉙ
Sichuan Yi
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Lingua ngrisa
Sicilian
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Angelsko godka
Silesian
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ඉංග්රීසි
Sinhala
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ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාව
-
angličtina
Slovak
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Angličtina
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angleščina
Slovenian
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Angleščina
-
Olungereza
Soga
-
Ingiriis
Somali
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Ingiriisi
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Senyesemane
Southern Sotho
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inglés
Spanish
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Idioma inglés
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Ingristongo
Sranan Tongo
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Basa Inggris
Sundanese
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Kiingereza
Swahili
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SíNgísi
Swati
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Swedish
-
Engelska
-
Änglisch
Swiss German
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Englische Sprache
Swiss German (France)
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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
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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
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እንግሊዝኛ
Wolaytta
-
Wu-angalteer
Wolof
-
英语
Wu Chinese
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isiNgesi
Xhosa
-
IsiNgesi
-
íŋgilísé
Yangben
-
ענגליש
Yiddish
-
Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
Yoruba
-
Inglisi senni
Zarma
-
Iengels
Zeelandic
-
Vah Yinghgoz
Zhuang
-
isiNgisi
Zulu
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IsiNgisi