Difference between revisions of "Language/English"
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===Countries where English is the Official Language== | ===Countries where English is the Official Language=== | ||
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|Anguilla | |||
|Ireland, Northern | |||
|Singapore | |||
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|Antigua and Barbuda | |||
|Ireland, Republic of | |||
|Solomon Islands | |||
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|Australia | |||
|Jamaica | |||
|South Africa | |||
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|Bahamas | |||
|Kenya | |||
|Swaziland | |||
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|Barbados | |||
|Lesotho | |||
|Tanzania | |||
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|Belize | |||
|Liberia | |||
|Tonga | |||
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|Bermuda | |||
|Malawi | |||
|Trinidad and Tobago | |||
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|Botswana | |||
|Malta | |||
|Turks and Caicos Islands | |||
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|British Virgin Islands | |||
|Mauritius | |||
|Uganda | |||
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|Cameroon | |||
|Montserrat | |||
|United Kingdom | |||
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|Canada (except Quebec) | |||
|Namibia | |||
|Vanuatu | |||
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|Cayman Islands | |||
|New Zealand | |||
|Wales | |||
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|Dominica | |||
|Nigeria | |||
|Zambia | |||
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|England | |||
|Papua New Guinea | |||
|Zimbabwe | |||
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|Fiji | |||
|St. Kitts and Nevis | |||
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|Gambia | |||
|St. Lucia | |||
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|Ghana | |||
|St. Vincent and the Grenadines | |||
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|Gibraltar | |||
|Scotland | |||
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|Grenada | |||
|Seychelles | |||
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|Guyana | |||
|Sierra Leone | |||
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==Best English Dictionaries== | ==Best English Dictionaries== | ||
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<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027444284?view=theater Phonetic dictionary of the English language] by Hermann Michaelis & Daniel Jones (1913) | <span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027444284?view=theater Phonetic dictionary of the English language] by Hermann Michaelis & Daniel Jones (1913) | ||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.rhymedesk.com/ Rhyme Desk]: dictionary of rhymes [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]] | <span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.rhymedesk.com/ Rhyme Desk]: dictionary of rhymes [[new.htm|<nowiki>[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]</nowiki>]] | ||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.rhymedesk.com/phonemes Phonetic word search] with the International Phonetic Alphabet (<span class="km">Ipa</span>) | <span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.rhymedesk.com/phonemes Phonetic word search] with the International Phonetic Alphabet (<span class="km">Ipa</span>) |
Revision as of 18:29, 29 September 2021
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Facts about English
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
eng
- Autonyms (how to write "English" in English):
English
- Other names for "English":
Anglais, Inglés, Anglisy, Ingliz, Engels, Kiingereza
Countries where English is the Official Language
Anguilla | Ireland, Northern | Singapore |
Antigua and Barbuda | Ireland, Republic of | Solomon Islands |
Australia | Jamaica | South Africa |
Bahamas | Kenya | Swaziland |
Barbados | Lesotho | Tanzania |
Belize | Liberia | Tonga |
Bermuda | Malawi | Trinidad and Tobago |
Botswana | Malta | Turks and Caicos Islands |
British Virgin Islands | Mauritius | Uganda |
Cameroon | Montserrat | United Kingdom |
Canada (except Quebec) | Namibia | Vanuatu |
Cayman Islands | New Zealand | Wales |
Dominica | Nigeria | Zambia |
England | Papua New Guinea | Zimbabwe |
Fiji | St. Kitts and Nevis | |
Gambia | St. Lucia | |
Ghana | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | |
Gibraltar | Scotland | |
Grenada | Seychelles | |
Guyana | Sierra Leone |
Best English Dictionaries
• Lexico (Oxford Compact): English dictionary
• Oxford (Advanced Learners): English dictionary & American English
• Macmillan: English dictionary
• Chambers: English dictionary
• Collins: English dictionary
• Cambridge (advanced learner's dictionary)
• Longman: English dictionary
• Merriam-Webster (American) meaning , etymology, pronunciation (+ audio) & thesaurus
• Visual dictionary by topics
• American heritage: dictionary
• American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster, 1828 edition
• The Century Dictionary (American, 1881) dictionary & encyclopedia: 500 000 meanings
• Etymonline: etymological dictionary
• Word info: etymology of English words derived from Latin and Greek words
• Roget's Thesaurus: synonyms & broaders
• Hyperdic: synonyms & broaders, meanings
• Dictionary.com: American dictionaries: Random House, American Heritage…
• Wordnik: American dictionaries: American Heritage, Century… & etymology, examples
• Encyclopedia.com: articles from American encyclopedias
• Easier English, basic dictionary (2009)
• Dictionary of synonyms & antonyms, Merriam-Webster (1984)
• Encyclopedia of word and phrase origins by Robert Hendrickson (2008)
• Dictionary of English pronunciation, with American variants, by Harold Palmer, James Victor Martin, Francis Blandford (1926)
• Phonetic dictionary of the English language by Hermann Michaelis & Daniel Jones (1913)
• Rhyme Desk: dictionary of rhymes [[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]
• Phonetic word search with the International Phonetic Alphabet (Ipa)
• RhymeZone: dictionary of rhymes
• Rhymer: dictionary of rhymes
• Oxford English Dictionary: The word of the day (Twitter)
• Merriam Webster: The word of the day
• My first dictionary (humour)
• English words of Indian origin (Amerindian)