Language English (official language of England and indeed the whole of the UK), U.S. residents ( official language of the thirty-one state), on of the two official languages of Canada, Ireland and Malta, the official language of Australia, New Zealand. It is used as an official in some countries of Asia (India, Pakistan), and Africa. English speakers in linguistics called anglophones, especially the term is common in Canada (including in the political context). Refers to the Germanic languages Indo-European family of languages. Number of speakers (English- mother tongue)-about 410 million speakers (including a second language)- about 1 billion people (2007) One of the six official and working languages of the UN.