English
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchEnglish may refer to something of, from, or related to England The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant, a constituent country of the United Kingdom, especially:
- The English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into South-East Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria. Following the economic, political, military, scientific, cultural, and colonial influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via
- The English people Traditionally Christianity, mostly Anglicanism, but also non-conformists and also Roman Catholics (see Catholic Emancipation). Agnostics, atheist as well as other religions. (see Religion in England)
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National varieties of the English language
- American English American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two thirds of native speakers of English live in the United States, spoken and written in the United States
- Australian English Australian English is the form of the English language spoken in Australia, spoken and written in Australia
- British English British English, or UK English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English "as spoken or written in the British Isles; esp[ecially] the forms of English usual in Great Britain...", reserving ", spoken and written in the United Kingdom
- Canadian English Canadian English is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English is the first language, or "mother tongue", of approximately 18 million Canadians (57%), and more than 28 million (86%) are fluent in the language. 76% of Canadians outside Quebec speak English natively, but within Quebec the figure drops to just 8%, spoken and written in Canada
- English language in England There are many different accents and dialects throughout England and people are often very proud of their local accent or dialect, but there are many associated prejudices— illustrated by George Bernard Shaw's comment:, spoken and written in England
- Hiberno-English Hiberno-English – also known as Irish English – is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland. English was first brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion of Ireland in the late 12th century. However, because England was unable to control the country, English was only spoken by a small minority of people inhabiting an area known as the Pale, spoken and written in Ireland
- Indian English Indian English or South Asian English comprises several dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent. These dialects evolved during and after the colonial rule of Britain in India. English is one of the official languages of India, with about ninety million speakers according to the 1991 Census of India. Fewer than, spoken and written in India and South Asia
- Jamaican English Jamaican English or Jamaican Standard English is a dialect of English spoken in Jamaica. It melds parts of both American English and British English dialects. Typically it uses British English spellings and often rejects American English spellings, spoken in Jamaica
- Liberian English Liberian English is a term used to refer to the varieties of English spoken in the African country of Liberia. There are four such varieties:, spoken in Liberia
- Malawian English Malawian English is the English language as spoken in Malawi. English and Chichewa are the country's two official languages, spoken in Malawi
- New Zealand English New Zealand English is the form of the English language used in New Zealand, spoken and written in New Zealand
- Nigerian English Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin or creole language spoken as a kind of lingua franca across Nigeria that is referred to simply as "Pidgin", "Broken English" or "Brokan". Nigerian Pidgin English was greatly influenced by the Saro or Krios who infused words like "na" into Nigerian Pidgin. It is, spoken and written in Nigeria
- Malaysian English Malaysian English , formally known as Malaysian Standard English (MySE), is a form of English used and spoken in Malaysia as a second language. Malaysian English should not be confused with Malaysian Colloquial English which is famously known as Manglish or Street English, a portmanteau of the word Malay and English, spoken in Malaysia
- Pakistani English Pakistani English is the term used to describe the English language as spoken in Pakistan, spoken in Pakistan
- Philippine English Philippine English is the variety of English used in the Philippines by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos. English is taught in schools as one of the two official languages of the country, the other being Filipino, an official and liberalized form of Tagalog, spoken in the Philippines
- Quebec English Quebec English is the common term for the set of various linguistic and social phenomena affecting the use of English in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian Province of Quebec, spoken and written in Quebec Canada
- Scottish English Scottish English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Scotland. It may or may not include Scots depending on the observer, spoken and written in Scotland
- South African English The term South African English is applied to the first language dialects of English spoken by South Africans, with the L1 English variety spoken by Zimbabweans, Zambians and Namibians, being recognised as offshoots, written and spoken in South Africa
- Ugandan English Ugandan English, the English spoken in Uganda, like that spoken elsewhere, has developed a strong local flavour. Though standard British English is widely considered to be the correct form of the language in Uganda, most Ugandans who speak English have had little contact with native British speakers, spoken in Uganda
A standardised form of the English language:
- International English International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and also the movement towards an international standard for the language. It is also referred to as Global English, World English, Common English, Continental English or General English. Sometimes these terms refer simply to the, movement towards an international standard for the language
- Standard English Standard English is a form of the English language that is accepted as a national norm. It encompasses grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. In Britain, it is often associated with the RP accent, and in the United States with the General American accent but in fact can be spoken with any pronunciation, form of the English language that is accepted as a national norm
Places
- English, Brazoria County, Texas
- English Neighborhood, former name of Bergen County, New Jersey
- Robert English Coast, a portion of the coast of Antarctica
Other
- Johnny English, 2003 British comedy film
- John English Junior Middle School, Ontario, Canada
- English (surname), people with the family name English
- English Electric English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers. Its activities would expand to include railway locomotives and traction equipment, steam turbines, consumer electronics, guided missiles, aircraft and computers, a former British electrical engineering and aircraft manufacturer
- English horn The cor anglais, or English horn, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, a woodwind musical instrument
- English Opening A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases, anywhere from one of the two most successful to the fourth most successful of White's twenty possible first moves. White begins the fight for the center by staking a claim to the d5 square from the wing, in hypermodern style. Although many lines of the English have, a chess opening
- ENGLISH (programming language) ENGLISH is a database retrieval and reporting language somewhat like SQL, but with no actual programming or update capabilities. It was originally released by Microdata in 1973 and named so that the company's brochures could claim that developers could generate reports on their implementation of the Pick operating system using English
- English major The English Major is a term for an undergraduate university degree in the United States and a few other countries which focuses on the analysis, production, and consumption of texts in the English language (the term may also be used to describe a student who is concentrating in English). As a broad program of study, the English Major provides, an academic curriculum involving the study of English literature or English writing at a post-secondary level, a student taking this curriculum, or a student who has completed and graduated from it
- English, a chiefly American expression for side spin The following is an encyclopedic glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: pocket billiards , which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table without pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket in cue sports
- The avoirdupois The avoirdupois system is a system of weights (or, properly, mass) based on a pound of sixteen ounces. It is the everyday system of weight used in the United States, and is still widely used to varying degrees by many people in Canada, the United Kingdom, and some other former British colonies despite the official adoption of the metric system system of weights
See also
- English culture The culture of England refers to the idiosyncratic cultural norms of England and the English people. Because of England's dominant position within the United Kingdom in terms of population, English culture is often difficult to differentiate from the culture of the United Kingdom as a whole. However, there are some cultural practices that are
- English riding English riding is a term used to describe a form of horseback riding that is seen throughout the world. There are many variations in English riding, but all feature a flat English saddle without the deep seat, high cantle or saddle horn seen on a Western saddle nor the knee pads seen on an Australian Stock Saddle. Saddles within the various / English saddle English saddles are used to ride horses in "English riding" disciplines throughout the world. The discipline is not limited to England or English-speaking countries. This style of saddle is used in all of the Olympic and FEI equestrian disciplines, except for the newly-approved FEI events of equestrian vaulting and reining. Most designs
- English studies English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and stylistics), and English sociolinguistics (including discourse analysis of written and spoken texts in the
- Englishness The culture of England refers to the idiosyncratic cultural norms of England and the English people. Because of England's dominant position within the United Kingdom in terms of population, English culture is often difficult to differentiate from the culture of the United Kingdom as a whole. However, there are some cultural practices that are
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