English a global language over the centuries English has grown from the language of a relatively small area England to a global idiom according to some estimates almost 1 billion people use English as a first or second language this process has given birth to many varieties of English quite a feat but how did that all happen let's see the spread of English to other countries began with British colonialism from 1600 to 1900 that took the language to North America Australia New Zealand South Africa and to the countries of the British Empire where English became mixed with the native languages the political and economic importance of the British Empire and of the United States helped make English an international language today it has become the language of technology and the main language of the internet of popular music and culture English is also the main language in international business science diplomacy aviation sport international competitions and advertising in short it is the lingua franca of international communication all of this makes people all over the world want to learn English to be able to function in the present day global world a French computer engineer even decided to invent a simplified form of English to make international communication easier his language globish has a simplified grammar and no idioms and uses only 1,500 English words he guarantees that this is enough to express just about anything English has also contaminated other languages this took place as the people of various countries started using English words within their own languages this phenomenon has created many English's or many mixtures of English and other languages throughout the world [Music] Spanglish is an example it's the fusion of Spanish and English Chinglish instead is the incorporation of English words into Chinese then there's Italian ish a version of Italian heavily dependent on English words here are some examples you might be a teenager and a millennial who likes to chatter a tweet our a and our three social or download our M music one day you might have a part-time job and at work you might have to schedule a meeting with your manager to decide the company's mission during the weekend you might go jogging or camping or you might go to the cinema to see a sequel or a B movie or ru fashion and prefer to go shopping for something trendy [Music]