English v2. What is English?

- One of the natural living languages Anglo-Frisian subgroup of the western group.
English

Proof
- Mother tongue: 309-400 million?
- Second language: 199-1400 million
Why is English the international ???
Countries where English is an official language of a majority of the population
Countries where English is an official, but not the language of the majority population

- Just a few decades ago, the international language of communication is rightly considered to be English and Russian.
-They are considered by many States in the world, so the distribution map of the English language covers almost the entire planet Earth.
- English is widely spoken in business circles of the world, so it got the status of international language of about 60 countries.
Why is English the international&

The longest word in the English language -pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. During these 45 letters hidden name of a disease of the respiratory tract by inhalation of volcanic dust and other small muck in the form of dust.
In English - most of synonyms. That is, in theory, if you can not recall the conversation in a word, you can easily replace it by another, similar in meaning.
A few interesting facts about the English language.

3. The oldest word in the English language - town (city, town), and the words: bad, gold, apple.?
4. Offer “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”
is unique in that there are all the letters of the English alphabet.?
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And this is not a complete list of all the interesting facts about the English language.
A few interesting facts about the English Language.