What is British English?
{{Use British English}} {{Infobox Language | nativename = ''British English'' | familycolor = Indo-European | states = [[United Kingdom]] | ethnicity = [[British people]] | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | fam4 = [[Ingvaeonic languages|Ingvaeonic]] | fam5 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] | fam6 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]] | fam7 = [[English language|English]] | ancestor = [[Old English]] | ancestor2 = [[Middle English]] | ancestor3 = [[Early Modern English]] | stand1 = [[Received Pronunciation]] | stand2 = Standard [[Scottish English]] | script = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[English alphabet]]) | nation = * {{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>(originally {{flag|England}}) * {{flag|United Nations}} (with [[Oxford spelling]]) | isoexception = dialect | ietf = {{wikidata|property|references|P305}} | stand3 = Standard [[Hiberno-English]] | name = British English }} '''British English''' or '''UK English''' is the [[dialect]] of [[English language|English]] that is spoken in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is different in some ways from other types of English such as [[American English]]. British English is widely spoken in most countries that were once part of the [[British Empire]]. == Use in other countries == [[American English]] is used in the [[United States]]. In [[Canada]], the accent sounds very similar to American English, but [[Canadian English]] has a few differences. Canada has mixed the spelling rules of American and British English to form its own spelling rules. Most members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] learn British English, and American English is often learnt in the [[Americas]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]]. The United Kingdom and Ireland use British layout keyboards, and [[Australia]], [[South Africa]], Canada, [[New Zealand]