Most of us feel that our own language

Most of us feel that our own language is an essential part of our national identity, yet at the same time we realize that we need a world language, a sort of lingua franca. Nowadays English is the international language all over the world. And it is represented in the statistic of people for whom English is native, foreign or second language. And we want to give some information about this statistic. For 380 millions of people English is native language. It is in the USA and UK. For 300 millions of people English is a second language. For example in India and Singapore. And about 1000 millions of people learn English as a foreign languages. It is , for example, in Russia and China.

THIS SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD BEGAN WITH THE PIONEERING VOYAGES TO THE AMERICAS AND ASIA, CONTINUED WITH THE 19 TH-CENTURV COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC, AND TOOK A SIGNIFICANT FURTHER STEP WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED IN THE 20 TH CENTURY AS AN OFFICIAL OR SEMIOFFICIAL LANGUAGE BY MANY NEWLY-INDEPENDENT STATES. ENGLISH IS NOW THE DOMINANT OR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES, AND IS REPRESENTED IN EVERY CONTINENT AND IN THE THREE MAJOR OCEANS — ATLANTIC, INDIAN, AND PACIFIC. IT IS THIS SPREAD OF REPRESENTATION WHICH MAKES THE APPLICATION OF THE TERM 'WORLD LANGUAGE' A REALITY

English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate. The English language underwent extensive change in the Middle Ages. Written Old English of AD 1000 is similar in vocabulary and grammar to other old Germanic languages such as Old High German and Old Norse, and completely unintelligible to modern speakers, while the modern language is already largely recognisable in written Middle English of AD 1400. The transformation was caused by two further waves of invasion: the first by speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic language family, who conquered and colonized parts of Britain in the 8 th and 9 th centuries; the second by the Normans in the 11 th century, who spoke Old Norman and ultimately developed an English variety of this called Anglo-Norman. A large proportion of the modern English vocabulary comes directly from Anglo-Norman. Close contact with the Scandinavians resulted in a significant grammatical simplification and lexical enrichment of the Anglo. Frisian core of English. However, these changes had not reached South West England by the 9 th century AD, where Old English was developed into a full-fledged literary language. The Norman invasion occurred in 1066, and when literary English rose anew in the 13 th century, it was based on the speech of London, much closer to the centre of Scandinavian settlement. Technical and cultural vocabulary was largely derived from Old Norman, with particularly heavy influence in the church, the courts, and government. With the coming of the Renaissance, as with most other developing European languages such as German and Dutch, Latin and Ancient Greek supplanted Norman and French as the main source of new words. Thus, English developed into very much a "borrowing" language with an enormously disparate vocabulary.

I think that it is interesting to know how English became a world language. The present-day world status of English is the result of two factors: the first is the expansion of British colonial power, which peaked towards the end of the 19 th century, and the second is the emergence of the United States as the leading economic power of the 20 th century. Yes, English has become a world languages but it , of course, like everything in the world has its own disadvantages. Firstly, this world language irritates other languages. Many speakers of less widespread languages feel threatened by English. Secondly, speakers of minority languages quite rightly fear the disappearance of their cultural identity. According to Michael Krauss of the Alaska Native Language Center, nine out of ten of the 6, 000 languages in the world will die out within the next century. And finally, it is , of course, the modern reluctance to accept multilingualism. Nowadays, linguistic rivalry is the third most common cause of conflict, after race and religion, and is often mixed with the other two. It need not be so.

NOW ENGLISH IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL RESULT OF IT. THE FIRST IS THAT ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ITS ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME , POLICING, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE SECOND IS THAT ENGLISH IS THE CHIEF LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES, AND THE LEADING LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM. AND FINALLY IS THAT IT IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE OF POPULAR MUSIC, ADVERTISING, SATELLITE BROADCASTING, HOME COMPUTERS, AND VIDEO GAMES.

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