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English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; [8] it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 59 sovereign states (such as India, Ireland, and Canada).
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British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English ...
Perfect of present state (stating that a present situation holds as a result of something that has happened recently): [8] (Swahili) A-me-choka 'he is tired' (lit. 'he has become tired') (Swahili) A-me-simama 'he is standing' (lit. 'he has stood up'). [9] This can be considered to be the same as resultative perfect. Perfect of very recent past:
Odgovor na laži i opadanja u «Srpskom ulaku», 1844; Pisma Platonu Atanackoviću, Vienna, 1845; Kovčežić za istoriju, jezik i običaje Srba sva tri zakona ("A Case of History, Language and Traditions of Serbs of all three Creeds"), Vienna, 1849; Primeri Srpsko-slovenskog jezika, Vienna, 1857; Praviteljstvujušči sovjet, Vienna, 1860
[12] 2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi). 2013 – Riots break out in Singapore, after a fatal accident in Little India. 2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
North American English (NAmE) encompasses the English language as spoken in both the United States and Canada.Because of their related histories and cultures, [2] plus the similarities between the pronunciations (accents), vocabulary, and grammar of U.S. English and Canadian English, linguists often group the two together.
Born in Kladanj on 22 March 1958, Halilović is best known for his contribution to the standardisation of the Bosnian language.His best known works are Orthography of the Bosnian language (Pravopis bosanskog jezika), The Bosnian language (Bosanski jezik) and Grammar of the Bosnian language (Gramatika bosanskoga jezika).