The English Language

GPTKB entity

Statements (91)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Early_Modern_English
gptkb:Middle_English
gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:firstAttested 5th century
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:British_English
gptkb:American_English
gptkb:Australian_English
gptkb:Canadian_English
gptkb:Caribbean_English
gptkb:Indian_English
gptkb:Irish_English
gptkb:New_Zealand_English
gptkb:Nigerian_English
gptkb:South_African_English
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The English Language
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Norse
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Celtic_languages
Dutch
other languages
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code en
gptkbp:ISO639-3 eng
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkb:Beowulf
gptkb:King_James_Bible
gptkb:Oxford_English_Dictionary
Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 1.4 billion
about 380 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:primaryUse gptkb:media
gptkb:science
gptkb:technology
aviation
diplomacy
education
entertainment
internet
international business
gptkbp:regulates no central authority
gptkbp:secondLanguageSpeakers over 1 billion
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:India
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
many other countries
gptkbp:status global lingua franca
official language of the African Union
official language of the Commonwealth of Nations
official language of the European Union
official language of the United Nations
official language of many international organizations
official language of ASEAN
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Germanic_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Burchfield
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6