Top 10 Fun Facts About the English Language

With so many languages bouncing around the globe, you would be forgiven for thinking English is just one of many. The following 10 entries look at how a once small language spoken by an island people is now used as a global lingua franca. If Latin had the Roman Empire, then English has the world. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 English Words With Shameful Pasts https://youtu.be/iMYvjV6dtBU?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnK7wDfATYPQZtWg4pRn_GLm Top 10 Foreign Words You Thought Were English https://youtu.be/vXeSjukWC00?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnK7wDfATYPQZtWg4pRn_GLm Text version: http://ift.tt/2vf0WG4 Coming up: 10. English is the Most Commonly Used Language in the Sciences 9. English in the Publishing World 8. English on the Internet 7. English is Not the Official Language of the United States 6. The Official Language of the Aviation Industry 5. The Official Working Language of ASEAN 4. The Death of Other Languages 3. English in Politics 2. Japan Considers English an Official Language 1. More Non-Native Speakers than Native Speakers Source/Further reading: http://ift.tt/2vxGMcR http://ift.tt/1Glj0zl http://ift.tt/15OiXdx http://ift.tt/1JWDQGv http://ift.tt/2vxxMob http://ift.tt/2veRGBV http://ift.tt/2eJmwNo http://ift.tt/2veRH8X http://ift.tt/1r9tbAi http://ift.tt/2veRId1 http://ift.tt/LyXZHO http://ift.tt/2veRItx http://ift.tt/2pVsGLU http://ift.tt/2veRJ0z http://ift.tt/2vxxOwj http://ift.tt/2vf3GmE http://ift.tt/2vxIWcw http://ift.tt/2veRK4D http://ift.tt/125qlMr http://ift.tt/2veRKBF http://ift.tt/2vxwd9D https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Tree_map_of_languages_in_the_United_States.png http://ift.tt/2vep2Rf http://ift.tt/2vxxP3l http://ift.tt/2vf1E63 http://ift.tt/2vxookv http://ift.tt/2veRL8H http://ift.tt/2vxxPjR http://ift.tt/2veRLFJ http://ift.tt/2vxKJ1j