With more than 350 million people around the 

world speaking English as a first language and
more than 430 million speaking it as a second language, there are English speakers in most
countries around the world.

Today, an estimated 1.5 billion human beings speak to each other in English, whether as a native, second
or a foreign language.
English derives from the West Germanic branch of the lndo-European family of languages.
with British colonial advocacy and the increased need for communication between nations, English
established a strong foothold in Australia, South Africa, and lndia, and other British colonial outposts in
the 19th century.