علل بین المللی شدن زبان انگلیسی از دیدگاههای تاریخی
English is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. It is spoken as a native* language by around 375 million and as a second language* by around 375 million speakers in the world.

Speakers of English as a second language will soon outnumber those who speak it as a first language. Around 750 million people are believed to speak English as a foreign language*. English has an official* or a special status in 75 countries with a total population of over 2 billion