What is English language?
{{Infobox language | name = English | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|l|ɪ|ʃ}}{{sfn|Oxford |2015|loc=Entry: [http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/pronunciation/english/english_1 English – Pronunciation]}} | region = [[British Isles]] (originally)<br>[[United Kingdom]]<br>[[United States]]<br>[[Canada]]<br>[[Ireland]]<br>[[Australia]]<br>[[New Zealand]]<br>[[Singapore]]<br>[[Nigeria]]<br>[[South Africa]]<br>[[India]]<br>[[Pakistan]]<br>[[Philippines]]<br>[[Malawi]]<br>[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]<br>[[Malta]]<br>[[Jamaica]]<br>[[Saint Lucia]]<br>[[Malaysia]]<br>[[Sri Lanka]]<br>[[Barbados]]<br>[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]<br>[[Antigua and Barbuda]]<br>[[Trinidad and Tobago]]<br>[[Namibia]]<br>[[Eritrea]]<br>[[Cyprus]]<br>[[Ethiopia]]<br>[[Papua New Guinea]]<br>[[The Gambia]]<br>[[Grenada]]<br>[[Belize]]<br>[[South Sudan]]<br>[[Guyana]]<br>[[Maldives]]<br>[[Nauru]]<br>[[Fiji]]<br>[[Palau]]<br>[[Tonga]]<br>[[Kiribati]]<br>[[Sudan]]<br>[[Federated States of Micronesia]]<br>[[Marshall Islands]]<br>[[Solomon Islands]]<br>[[Tanzania]]<br>[[Kenya]]<br>[[Uganda]]<br>[[Zambia]]<br>[[Sierra Leone]]<br>and more in the [[English-speaking world]] | speakers = 360{{ndash}}400{{nbsp}}million| | ref = <ref>Crystal, David (ed) 2005. ''The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia''. London: Penguin Reference, pp. 424–426.</ref> | speakers2 = [[Second language|L2 speakers]]: 400{{nbsp}}million;<br />as a [[foreign language]]: 600–700 million | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] | fam5 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]] | ancestor = [[Old English]] | ancestor2 = [[Middle English]] | ancestor3 = [[Early Modern English]] | script = {{plainlist| * [[Latin script]] ([[English alphabet]]) * [[English Braille]], [[Unified English Braille]] }} | nation = {{plainlis