The importance of English

1. In modern times, English is one of the common or official languages in many countries and regions, because Britain once had many colonies all over the world.

2. English is the language most closely related to computers, and most programming languages are related to English. With the use of the Internet, English is more widely used.

English is one of the working languages of the United Nations and the most popular language in the world. It is necessary to learn English well if you want to have a good development in the future. Scottish, Saxon, Danish, German, Dutch, Afrikaans and English are also very close, and learning English well is also beneficial to learning other languages.

English is a language of Indo-European Germanic language family, which consists of 26 letters. English letters originated from Latin letters, which originated from Greek letters, which evolved from Phoenician letters.

English is the official language designated internationally (as the mother tongue) and the most extensive first language in the world. English has about 490,000 words and 300,000 technical terms, making it the language with the largest vocabulary. It is also the official language of the European Union, many international organizations and Commonwealth countries, and the number of native speakers ranks third in the world, second only to Chinese and Spanish.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-English