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GP
Media and Communication
No. of Students Having a Certain Language As Their Mother
Tongue
4.5

3.5

2.5

2 4
2
1.5 3
Hind

1 2 2 2 2 2
i

Marathi 1 1
0.5 Tamil MarwariPunjabi Urdu
Nepali Sindhi BhojpuriGujarati
0

Comparision of Preffered Languages vs. Mother-

tongues
8
7
6
No. Of students

5
4
3
2
1
0
Hindi English Marathi Other

Mothertongue Preferred Language

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Facts about English

 Origins: North-West Germany and the Netherlands
 Number of speakers: approx. 952 million
 Grammar and spelling follow standardized rules
 The most commonly used adjective in English: ‘good’
 Longest official word has a length of 45 letters:
‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’
 One of the most influential authors in English was
William Shakespeare, introducing thousands of words
and phrases into English.
 Some words are formed using combinations of two or
more words. For example: Hangry
 The shortest sentence that can be formed in English is:
‘Go!’
 The oldest word in English is ‘I’
 90% of English text consists of just a thousand words
 There are 24 dialects of English in the US
 The first English dictionary was written in 1755
 Over 80% of digital information is in English
 English is the official language of 67 countries
 25% of the world’s population speaks at least some
English
 English is said to be one of the happiest languages of the
world
 English is the only major language without a governing
body
 In English, the word with most definitions is ‘set’
 About 4000 words are added to the dictionary each year
 There are seven ways to spell the sound ‘ee’ in English.