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  2. British English - Wikipedia

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    British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English ...

  3. List of countries and territories where English is an ...

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    As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.

  4. English language - Wikipedia

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    The majority of immigrants to the United States without British ancestry rapidly adopted English after arrival. Now the majority of the United States population are monolingual English speakers. [74] [105] Australia has no official languages at the federal or state level. [106] In Canada, English and French share an official status at the ...

  5. Comparison of American and British English - Wikipedia

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    The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the English, beginning in the late 16th century.The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and settlement and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included 470–570 million people, about a quarter of the world's population.

  6. Category:British English - Wikipedia

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    British English-language television shows (53 C, 6,384 P) Pages in category "British English" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.

  7. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    For -ous, British English has a single l in scandalous and perilous, but the "ll" in libellous and marvellous. For -ee, British English has libellee. For -age, British English has pupillage but vassalage. American English sometimes has an unstressed -ll-, as in the UK, in some words where the root has -l. These are cases where the change ...

  8. Languages of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British Asians speak dozens of different languages, and it is difficult to determine how many people speak each language alongside English. The largest subgroup of British Asians are those of Punjabi origin (representing approximately two thirds of direct migrants from South Asia to the UK), from both India and Pakistan, they number over 2 ...

  9. English language in England - Wikipedia

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    Terms used to refer to the English language spoken and written in England include English English [1] [2] and Anglo-English. [3] [4] The related term British English is ambiguous, so it can be used and interpreted in multiple ways, [5] but it is usually reserved to describe the features common to Anglo-English, Welsh English, and Scottish English.