The English language in Europe, as a native language, is mainly spoken in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Outside of these states, it has official status...

are native speakers of an Indo-European language. The three largest phyla of the Indo-European language family in Europe are Romance, Germanic, and Slavic;...

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on...

the European Commission (whereas the European Parliament accepts all official languages as working languages). In fact English and French are used in the...

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, abbreviated in English as CEFR, CEF, or CEFRL, is a guideline...

subcontinent. Some European languages of this family—English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, and Spanish—have expanded through colonialism in the modern...

Ireland, English is the dominant first language in everyday use and one of two official languages, along with the Irish language. Irish English's writing...

English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants...

write English. Variably known as English as a foreign language (EFL), English as a second language (ESL), English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)...

it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken...

following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of 2024[update]...

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc, pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and...

native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States; the de facto common language used in government, education and...

Teaching English as a second (TESL) or foreign language (TEFL) and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) are terms that refer to teaching...

regional accents of English. Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general, mutually comprehensible." English speakers from different...

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists; its...

The European Day of Languages is observed on 26 September, as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 6 December 2001, at the end of the European Year of...

The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common...

transcription delimiters. The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader...

English-language education in Japan began as early as 1600 with the initial contacts between the Japanese and Europeans. Almost all students graduating...

The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early...

Soviet Union, and English is known as a foreign language by a significant proportion of the Israeli population as English is used widely in official logos...

Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The...

not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English), which is the de facto...

International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often...

varieties of the English language native to Singapore. In Singapore, English is spoken in two main forms: Singaporean Standard English, which is indistinguishable...

language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most spoken native language within the European...

texts in the English language, the history of the English language, English language learning and teaching, and the study of World of English. English linguistics...

word class, and verbs the second-largest. Unlike nouns in many other Indo-European languages, English nouns do not have grammatical gender. Nouns, verbs,...

Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries. English is taught in schools as one of the two official languages of the country...