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According to Wikipedia English is a language that more than 378 million people around the
world speaking English as a first language and more than 743,5 million speaking it as a
second language, there are English speakers in most countries around the world. Why is
English so popular, though? And why has it become a global language?
1. English is the international language of business
2. Much of the technical terminology is based on English words
3. Many journals and research reports from around the word published in English.
4. English also opens doors in the academic world
5. English is a simple language which is relatively easy to pick up. English has no noun
genders, no complicated morphology, no tone system, it is written in the Roman
alphabet which is pretty good at accurately mapping sounds to symbols, and the
prevalence of English-language films, TV, and music makes it readily accessible and
easy to practise.