English (/ ˈɪŋglɪʃ /) is an Indo-European language belonging to the western branch of the Germanic languages, together with Dutch, High and Low German and Frisian, with which it still has a clear relationship.
According to some Scandinavian scholars, English, at least from its middle stage, is instead more similar to the North Germanic languages than to the Continental ones, given their marked affinity both in the grammatical and lexical fields.
It is the most widely spoken language in the world for the number of total speakers (native and foreign) and the third for the number of total native speakers (the first is Chinese). Any country or territory where English is spoken as a native language is called English-speaking.
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