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| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: English language |
 | | English is a West Germanic language which is the dominant language in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Republic of Ireland, many Commonwealth nations including Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and other former British colonies, particularly in the Anglophone Caribbean. |
 | | It is also an important or official language in many countries formerly under British or American rule, such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines. |
 | | English is an Anglo-Frisian language brought to Britain in the 5th Century AD by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. |
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