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De facto world language a large number of speakers,a substantial fraction of non-native speakers . widely taught as a foreign language Economic and political reason History reason Language itself the linguistic community is not defined along ethnic lines种族界限 official status in several countries cultural influence use in the academic community and significant body of literature Use international organizations general situation Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language. combining native and non-native speakers it is the most commonly spoken language in the world English is the language most often studied as a foreign language in the European Union (by 89% of schoolchildren) cause the British Empire spread to six continents. During the Age of Discoveryin the 15th and 16th centuries the United States from the mid 20th century to the present. It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language in Commonwealth countries,and English was spread across the world through Holywood ,TV and music due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries , United Kingdom are the largest colonial powers in modern times, the colony had been all over the world. In 1876,it already has 22.5 million square kilometers of territory and population of 251,900,000 English is the official language of more than seventy-five countries including Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, and South Africa English speaking country (The United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Australia ),World ranking of economic strength among the forefront of total economic output in 2003 accounted for 67.5 percent of the world economy Their economic growth is enough to lead the world economic development international Trade organizations WTO ,APEC ,European Union and so on origin? Experts say the people in about five thousand years ago spoke a l