how many people speak english

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«The name of my language»
The name of my language is English.
It is the official language of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the USA and Canada.
Over four hundred millions people speak English as a first language.
People understand English in Australia, India, America, Canada and New Zealand.
Over six hundred millions people speak English as a second language.
English originated from Latin.
About 80% of all English vocabulary comes from other languages. For example: such words as pork, mutton and beef were borrowed from France; book, renew and water were borrowed from German; library, renovate and aquatic were borrowed from Latin; bibliography, hydraulic, telephone, television were borrowed from Greek. Many words have entered English as a result of trade and colonial expansion: alcohol and algebra have come from Arabic; divan and khaki from Persian; chocolate and tomato from Native American languages; tea and typhoon from Chinese.
There were only 30 000 words in old English. Modern English has the largest vocabulary – more then 600 000 words.
There are about 60 000 words in common use. About 450 – 500 words are added to English vocabulary every year.
First of all English language today is international.
Also people learn English to be able find a fantastic job and earn a lot of money, always get the new first.
And finally people learn English because it’s very interesting and fantastic language!