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What English is used to express condolences when someone dies?
English, belonging to the West Germanic branch of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages, evolved from the languages spoken by Germanic people of Anglo-Saxon and Jute tribes who immigrated to the British Isles from Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands and surrounding areas, and spread to all parts of the world through active British colonization.
Due to the contact with many national languages in history, its vocabulary has changed from monism to pluralism, its grammar has changed from "more inflections" to "less inflections", and its pronunciation has changed regularly. According to the number of native speakers, English is the official language used in most countries.
English is also the most widely used second language in the world, the official language of the European Union, with the largest number of international organizations and Commonwealth countries, and the number of native speakers ranks third in the world, second only to the number of native speakers of Chinese and Spanish.
Of the 7 billion people in the world, about 654.38+600 million speak English as a second language and 400 million speak English as their mother tongue.
With more and more countries taking English as a compulsory foreign language for students, the number of people using English will continue to increase. The British Council estimates that by 2030, the total population of countries learning English at the same time will account for one-third of the global population.
Although English is still challenged by other languages (such as Chinese, Spanish and Arabic). ), its status as a global lingua franca is difficult to be replaced in 2 1 century.
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