Interesting Facts of the English Language
40,000 - Number of words a third grader knows
3000 - Number of words learned per year in elementary school
75,000- Number of words a high school graduate should know
5000-8000 - Number of words five year olds know
1000 - Number of most frequent words that account for 70% of the words in a typical text
*- English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language.
*- Over 400 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue, only surpassed in numbers, but not in distribution by speakers of the many varieties of Chinese.
*- Over 700 million people, speak English, as a foreign language.
*- Of all the world's languages (over 2700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary, and that the Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words, and there are a half-million technical and scientific terms still uncatalogued.
*- Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English.
*- More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English.
*- English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers.
*- Five of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people around the world.
3000 - Number of words learned per year in elementary school
75,000- Number of words a high school graduate should know
5000-8000 - Number of words five year olds know
1000 - Number of most frequent words that account for 70% of the words in a typical text
*- English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language.
*- Over 400 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue, only surpassed in numbers, but not in distribution by speakers of the many varieties of Chinese.
*- Over 700 million people, speak English, as a foreign language.
*- Of all the world's languages (over 2700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary, and that the Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words, and there are a half-million technical and scientific terms still uncatalogued.
*- Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English.
*- More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English.
*- English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers.
*- Five of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people around the world.