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English language - Wikipedia English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States It is the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers
English Wikipedia - Wikipedia The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition
Wikipedia - Wikipedia Wikipedia[e] is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers [1] Wikipedia is the
English alphabet - Wikipedia Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet The earliest Old English writing during the 5th century used a runic alphabet known as the futhorc The Old English Latin alphabet was adopted from the
Portal:Current events - Wikipedia A hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius (pictured) forces most of the remaining passengers to quarantine on board American media proprietor and philanthropist Ted Turner dies at the age of 87 Wu Yize defeats Shaun Murphy to win the World Snooker Championship An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan, China, kills 26 people American low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines
English football league system - Wikipedia The English football league pyramid The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at
English - Wikipedia English, an adjective for something of, from, or related to England English, an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity English studies, the study of English language and literature
History of English - Wikipedia English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern Great Britain Their language originated as a group
List of English football champions - Wikipedia The English football champions are the annual winners of the top-tier competition in the English football league system Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [1] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa director William McGregor