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Knowledge of foreign languages in Sweden, in per cent of the population aged 15 and above, 2005. Data taken from an EU survey ebs_243_en.pdf (europa.eu). Frequency of use of the English language in Sweden, 2005, according to the Eurobarometer [19] Self-reported knowledge of English in Sweden, 2005 [20]
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, [1] [2] making it the largest language by number of speakers, the third largest language by number of native speakers and the most widespread language geographically.
The English language is the de facto official language of England, the sole official language of Gibraltar and of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and one of the official languages of Ireland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and the European Union.
According to the 2021 census, English or Welsh was the main language of 91.1% of the residents of England and Wales. Among other languages, the most common were as follows. [citation needed] Polish 611,845 or 1.1% of the population; Romanian 471,954 or 0.8%; Punjabi 290,745 or 0.5%; Urdu 269,849 or 0.5%; Portuguese 224,719 or 0.4%; Spanish ...
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 ...
The UK and Sweden are active in the field of international broadcasting. In radio, the English language service of the BBC World Service is available in Sweden by satellite on the Hotbird 13B. [15] The BBC's own Swedish-language service was shut down in March 1961.
New England English. Eastern New England English (including Boston and Maine English) Rhode Island English; Western New England English: Connecticut, Hudson Valley, western Massachusetts, and Vermont; North-Central (Upper Midwestern) English: northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana; Metropolitan New York English