The Spread of the English Language

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The spread of English dates back to the era of colonial expansion and quickly became the default language of official communication form in most countries of the world. In today's business-oriented world, English is widely used as a major communication medium for SMEs and large companies. As Lingua Franca in almost all developing countries around the world, English is the language of choice for business, as many of the business partners currently do not speak the same language.

As the fastest growing language in human history, English has become a universal language in the past few decades - a common language. Today, 75 billion people use English. This is a quarter of the world's population. This number will only continue to increase. By 2020, the British Council predicts that 2 billion people will speak English or learn English. In today's Connected World, English has the potential to create opportunities, expand employment opportunities, and broaden our horizons. Beginning with the words of the international trade of the British Empire and the prosperity of the American economy after the war, English has caused waves of globalization, urbanization, technology as well as other languages ​​of the past.

British colonialism brought the spread of English in Africa, and many former British colonies still used English as the official language. For example, the official languages ​​of Kenya are English and Swahili, and Zimbabwe - Rhodesian of the British colonial period before - had English as the only official language. Afrikaans derived from the UK and the Netherlands is an official language and holds the colonial heritage of South Africa in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as well as many local languages ​​such as IsiZulu and IsiXhosa.