1470: English as a Non-Native Language Dec 21, 2018

There's no question that English is a global language, and possibly the most of all. It is difficult to measure, however, because levels of proficiency vary from person to person, but a generous estimate would look at those who speak English as a primary, auxiliary, or business language, and altogether it amounts to 1 in 7 people. However, notably what makes this different to a language like Mandarin which also has a high number of speakers is that more people speak English non-natively than who learn it as a first language, though this doesn't necessarily mean that they are fluent.