Which country speaks the most English?

Top 10 Countries that Speak English as a Primary Language (by total population 2021)
  • United States — 332,915,073.
  • United Kingdom — 68,207,116.
  • Canada (except for Quebec) — 38,067,903.
  • Australia — 25,788,215.
  • Liberia — 5,180,203.
  • Ireland — 4,982,907.
  • New Zealand — 4,860,643.
  • Jamaica — 2,973,463.
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Which country speaks English the most 2020?

Which Countries Have the Most English Speakers?
  • United States: 268M. ...
  • India: 125M. ...
  • Pakistan: 94M. ...
  • The Philippines: 90M. ...
  • Nigeria: 79M-100M. ...
  • The United Kingdom: 59.6M. ...
  • The Netherlands: 15M English Speakers. ...
  • Denmark: 4.8M English Speakers.
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Which is the 2nd largest English-speaking country?

India is the 2nd largest English-speaking nation.
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How much of India speaks English?

India now claims to be the world's second-largest English-speaking country. The most reliable estimate is around 10% of its population or 125 million people, second only to the US and expected to quadruple in the next decade.
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What is the most spoken language?

English is the most widely spoken language worldwide, with 1.5 billion speakers. As we become increasingly connected, English has assumed a position of the dominant language of global communication, notably on the internet.
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Top 10 English Speaking Countries In The World 2020



What country in Asia speaks the best English?

Among the 25 Asian nations, the five countries with the highest English proficiency were.
  • #1 Singapore. With an EPI score of 66.82, Singapore also ranked fifth among non-native English speaking countries globally - behind Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. ...
  • #2 Philippines. ...
  • #3 Malaysia. ...
  • #4 Hong Kong, China. ...
  • #5 India.
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Which country speaks less English?

The 15 weakest-scoring countries, in order of strongest to weakest, were Iran, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, El Salvador, Oman, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Angola, Kuwait, Cameroon, Libya, Iraq and Laos.
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Is Philippines good in English?

With two-thirds of the population fluent in English, the Philippines is regarded as one of the largest English-speaking countries in the world. In fact, in the EF English Proficiency Index 2017, the Philippines ranks 15th out of 80 countries.
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Do Koreans speak English?

English is not very widely spoken in South Korea overall, although you will have better luck in the capital Seoul, where there will be more English speakers in the main tourist areas.
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Why do Filipinos have flat noses?

The modern “legend” of why Filipinos have flat noses is revelatory of how we acquiesced to this hierarchy. In this tale, it was actually a Filipino (usually a 'Juan') who acquired the first nose, only to lose it to an accident.
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How many Filipino can speak English?

English has always been one of the official languages of the Philippines and is spoken by more than 14 million Filipinos.
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Which country speaks the most languages?

Papua New Guinea is the most multilingual country, with over 839 living languages, according to Ethnologue, a catalogue of the world's known languages. The site ranked countries and territories based on the number of languages spoken as a first language within their borders.
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Do Japanese speak English?

Yet despite this growth, studies estimate that less than 30 percent of Japanese speak English at any level at all. Less than 8 percent and possibly as little as 2 percent speak English fluently.
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What is the hardest language to learn?

15 of the hardest languages to learn, for English speakers - ranked
  • Russian.
  • Hindi.
  • Vietnamese.
  • Thai.
  • Korean.
  • 13. Japanese.
  • Mandarin Chinese.
  • Arabic.
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Which country has only one language?

According to the online reference Wikipedia, half the countries of the world have official languages. Some have only one official language, such as Albania, France, Germany and Lithuania.
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What language has the prettiest writing?

The 12 Most Beautiful Written Language Scripts in the World
  1. Devanagari.
  2. Chinese.
  3. Burmese.
  4. Traditional Mongolian.
  5. Tibetan.
  6. Sinhala.
  7. Balinese. Not only is the Balinese script beautiful, but it's also thought to have some extra “holy powers” by some. ...
  8. Arabic. Arabic is famous for its written form.
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What is the happiest language?

A recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences revealed that human language has a universal bias towards positivity, and out of all the languages tested, Spanish was the happiest.
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Who created English?

Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic peoples—Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—who settled in Britain in the 5th century CE, English today is a constantly changing language that has been influenced by a plethora of different cultures and languages, such as Latin, French, Dutch, and Afrikaans.
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Is English hard to learn?

There are 1.5 billion English language learners and 527 million native English speakers worldwide, meaning that approximately a quarter of the global population has at least some familiarity with English. Despite its importance in global affairs and commerce, English is an immensely difficult language to learn.
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Is Philippines a friendly country?

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Forbes Magazine acknowledged the Top 15 Friendliest Countries based on the result of the HSBC's “Expat Explorer Survey” which had been released last month. The Philippines was able to rank as the Top 8 among the world and 1st in Asia.
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Why Philippines is fluent in English?

Its origins as an English language spoken by a large segment of the Philippine population can be traced to the American introduction of public education, taught in the English medium of instruction.
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Why do Filipinos have Spanish names?

Filipino Spanish surnames

The names derive from the Spanish conquest of the Philippine Islands and its implementation of a Spanish naming system. After the Spanish conquest of the Philippine islands, many early Christianized Filipinos assumed religious-instrument or saint names.
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