Referat English spoken

English spoken

The English language is spoken all over the world, not only in Great Britain and Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. English is also used as a second language in many other countries like Kenya, India or Malaysia, where other native languages are spoken. English-speaking people know how useful their language is. English is an international language. It is understood by people all over the world. For example, a German can speak to somebody from Japan in English. It is emistated that there are 300 million native speakers and 300 million who use English as a second language and a further 100 million use it as a foreign language. It is the language of science, aviation, computing, diplomacy and tourism. It is listed as the official or co-official language of over 45 countries and is spoken extensively in other countries where it has no official status. English plays a part in the cultural, political or economic life of the following countries.

Antigua

Australia

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Botswana

Brunei (with Malay)

Cameroon (with French)

Canada (with French)

Dominica

Fiji

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guyana

India (with several Indian languages)

Ireland (with Irish Gaelic)

Jamaica

Kenya (with Swahili)

Kiribati

Lesotho (with Sotho)

Liberia

Malawi (with Chewa)

Malta (with Maltese)

Mauritius

Namibia (with Afrikaans)

Nauru (with Nauruan)

New Zealand

Nigeria

Pakistan (with Urdu)

Papua New Guinea

Philippines (with Tagalog)

Puerto Rico (with Spanish)

St Christopher and Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent

Senegal (with French)

Seychelles (with French)

Sierra Leone

Singapore (with Malay, Mandarin and Tamil)

South Africa (with Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu)

Surinam (with Dutch)

Swaziland (with Swazi)

Tanzania (with Swahili)

Tonga (with Tongan)

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Uganda

United Kingdom and ist depencies

United States of America and ist depencies

Vanatu (with French)

Western Samoa (with Samoan)

Zambia

Zimbabwe