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English
Pronunciation	/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/Template:Sfn
Ethnicity	English people (see also Anglophones)
Native speakers	360–400Template:Nbspmillion (2006)Template:Sfn L2 speakers: 750Template:Nbspmillion; as a foreign language: 600–700 millionTemplate:Sfn
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English
Early forms	Old English Middle English Early Modern English
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet) Anglo Saxon runes (historically) English Braille, Unified English Braille
Signed forms	Manually coded English (multiple systems)
Official status
Official language in	59 countries 27 non-sovereign entities Various organisations United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations Council of Europe ICC IMF IOC ISO NATO WTO NAFTA OAS OECD OIC OPEC GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development PIF UKUSA Agreement ASEAN ASEAN Economic Community SAARC Caribbean Community Organization of Turkic States Türksoy ECO
Recognised minority language in	Malaysia Sri Lanka
ISO 639-1	en
ISO 639-2	eng
Glottolog	stan1293
Linguasphere	52-ABA
File:English language distribution.svg   Regions where English is a majority native language   Regions where English is official or widely spoken, but not as a primary native language