English as a Global Language
58,190,000 1,500,00
United
10 Kingdom 59,648,000
Table 1. Speakers of English
Also English is widespread and has a great importance and use as a mother tongue or
as the second language on the followoing territories: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bangladesh,
Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cameroon, Cayman
Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Gambi, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guam, Guyana, Hong
Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands,
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Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Nambia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern
Marianas, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, St Kitts & Nevis, St
Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon