English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. It …

Wikipedia languages This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.

The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as …

Sep 26, 2025 · The English language is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It …

Early Modern English – the language used by William Shakespeare – is dated from around 1500. It incorporated many Renaissance -era loans from Latin and Ancient Greek, as well as …

English is now the main first-language in America, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. In total there are about 375 million native speakers in the world, [3] the 3rd most of all …

The English language Wikipedia page from 18 January 2012, illustrating its international blackout in opposition to SOPA and PIPA. The Simple English Wikipedia is a variation in which most of …

The English Wikipedia, with over 7 million articles, remains the largest of the editions, which together comprise more than 65 million articles and attract more than 1.5 billion unique device …

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Look up // in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.The two slashes // may indicate: a comment marker in several programming languages including C, C++, JavaScript and Java the root directory path …