Importance of English as a Global Language

Interesting Facts About the English Language

Whether you are learning English or consider yourself somewhat of a master communicator in English, here are a few interesting facts about the language that we bet you don’t know –

While English is an easy language to learn, the longest word in the dictionary can leave even the most fluent speakers of English speechless. The longest English word is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and fine ash.

A sentence that uses every alphabet in the English language is called a pangram. For example, “We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.”

• The English language as we know it evolved in the 14th century.

• It’s difficult to estimate the number of words in the English language but a new word is added every two hours. Every year about 1000 new English words enter the Oxford Dictionary.

• The vowel ‘e’ is the most used letter in the English language

• Ironically the word ‘pronunciation’ is one of the most mispronounced words in the English language.

• English is a mandatory language if you aspire to have a career in international aviation. As a pilot or crew on international flights, you must be able to speak English.

• After the U.S, India has the highest number of English language speakers in the world.

Do you think the English language will continue to be the world’s lingua franca by the end of the century? Leave your comments below.