What is special about the English language?

English has more phonemes than many languages, with around 44, depending on which variety of English you speak. It has an unusually large set of vowel sounds—there are around 11. According to WALS, most spoken languages only have between five to six vowel sounds.

Why is English language so powerful?

It is the world’s lingua franca. In second place is Mandarin at 0.411. So not only is English the most powerful language, it is more than twice as powerful as its closest rival. Moreover, English is a Latin script language, which makes it easier to learn for a majority of the world.

Why is English language most important in today’s life?

English is the language of our international communication in all areas, such as politics, science, media or art and it is often the language of entertainment as well as socialising. Having a good command of English helps us to have more opportunities in life, first of all, our career.

Is English a strong language?

English is by far the most powerful language. It is the dominant language of three G7 nations (USA, UK and Canada), and British legacy has given it a global footprint. It is the world’s lingua franca. Mandarin, which ranks second, is only half as potent.

Why is English grammar so simple?

English is easier because it’s much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like “th”, “ae”, and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds.

Why is English easier to learn than languages?

Why is the English language so simple?

Compared to other languages, English may seem simple, but that is probably because most people don’t realize it is full of crazy inventions, misinterpretations, mistakes, strange words, and needless words! Let’s take a look at ten interesting facts about the English language:

Why do humans have a special ability for language?

The reason for this unique trait is still up for debate. Some say humans’ capacity for language comes from a special genetic adaptation. Others say there’s nothing linguistically special about the human brain, it’s just bigger and smarter.

Why is English so hard to learn?

English is comparatively dense in terms of information conveyed per letter; texts translated into English will generally be shorter than in most other languages (Chinese is said to be ahead of English). Many English words are very short. I almost passed because Philip Newton gave a masterful answer.

What are 10 interesting facts about the English language?

10 Interesting Facts About the English Language that You Didn’t Know 1 “I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 2 A pangram sentence is one that contains every letter in the language. 3 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (*breath*) is NOT the longest word in English. 4 There are “ghost words” that mean nothing.