Interesting Facts about the English Language

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English is funny and interesting language  It is global spread and popular language in the World.It is accumulated with many interesting aspects of its nature in the world. The below interesting facts will add beauty of the language and exemplify its rice heritage. The Interesting facts are mentioned below

 

English Language

• As according to dictionary.com '&' (Ampersand) is used as the 27th Letter of the English Alphabet during the early 1800s.
  
• English originates from North west Germany and Netherlands in the 14th Century.
• English is the official language for 67 countries.
• English is spoken by 952 million people around the World. Among which 339 million people speak English as a first language and 603 million people speak as second language.
  
• English Language is also called as the Language of the Sky. this means that English language is the main language of communication  used by the pilots.
• The first English dictionary (Dr Johnsons dictionary )  was written in 1755.and it sets out the rules of English Grammar and spelling 
  
• The sentences that uses all the letters in the English Alphabet is called Panagram,We can find Panagram writing conversation very rare. They are often used for fun wordplay.
• The most used adjective in the English language is Good.and the most commonly used noun is "time"
  
• The English language is said to be one of the happiest languages in the world.
• oh and the word Happy is used 3 times more than the word Sad
• The word Set has highest number of definitions
• The oldest English word that is still use is "Town".
  
• The two most common words in English are I and You.
• 11% of the entire English language is just the letter E
  
• About 4000 words are added in the dictionary every year.    
  
• Words like Honesty, literally, basically etc are some of the examples of Clutch words. A Clutch word is a word often used by an individual repeatedly to see whether they add meaning to a word or not.
• William Shakespeare's contribution to English was more valuable. He had great influence on English language as a poet, writer etc.. He was responsible for adding thousands of words in English language.
• The longest English Word has 45 letters. ‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’, The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives the medical definition of the word as " a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation     of very fine silicate or quartz dust"

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