Over two billion people speak English.[1][2] It is the largest language by number of speakers.[3] It is the fourth largest language by number of native speakers. English is the most widely spoken second language.
- ↑ "Crystal, David. The language revolution. John Wiley & Sons, 2004".
- ↑ Crystal, David (2008). "Two thousand million?". English Today. 24: 3–6. doi:10.1017/S0266078408000023. S2CID 145597019.
- ↑ "List of languages by total number of speakers, Ethnologue 2019".