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Cat_eyes Posted 21 years ago
Culture

Countries that speak English as Native Language

hi all, i really want to know how many people or countries speak English as thier native language? and what r these countries??

thx alot
  

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Off the top of my head I can think of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Jamaica. I'm sure there are some more Carribbean countries as well. Also, there are probably more countries like India who use English as an official language although it's not the dominant one.

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  • Off the top of my head I can think of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Jamaica.
  • I'm sure there are some more Carribbean countries as well.
  • Also, there are probably more countries like India who use English as an official language although it's not the dominant one.
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Off the top of my head I can think of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Jamaica. I'm sure there are some more Carribbean countries as well. Also, there are probably more countries like India who use English as an official language although it's not the dominant one.
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Hi I found this list on the internet.
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blenglish.htm

English is an official language or is predominantly spoken in the following countries:

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Beliza
Botswana
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Hey I am an english student from Argentina. Your post helped me a lot. Thank you very much!
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Thank you very much for your information which helps me a lot. However, there is something about which I disagree with you. For one thing, English is not the native language the Indian people speak from time immemorial, but the language they have acquired, or the language by adoption, or the one that became their official language by law. Their native language, to the best of my knowledge, is Hin
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According to the Ethnologue the national or official languages of India are Hindi and English. There are 22 official 'scheduled' languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Oriya, Eastern Panjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. There are apparently 415 living languages.

The Ramayana
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Hi there,i'll get straight to the point with regards to your question,as far as i know, there are only 6 countries so to say where english is the native langauge,

United States of America: Canada: United Kingdom: South Africa: Australia: & New Zealand.



There are many other countries and cities in the world where people speak english daily,but it
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I think you should also add Republic of Ireland to that list.
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And there are areas of Canada where French is the native language.
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In Singapore, everything in school is taught in English. Constitution, Newspapers, road signs, restaurant menus, and even little instruction guides for almost all products are written in English. Most people are billingual with English as their primary language. But the population is predominately Chinese, with Malays and Indians making up the rest.(You'll see a random Caucassian from time to time
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