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275.WHEN DID THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BEGIN?

English is the native language of about two hundred million people. Chinese is the native language of about four hundred million people. Yet English is by far the most important language in the world today.

This is because it is spoken in more different parts of the world than any other language, it is the language of commerce; and it is the second language of many countries.