Notes

In the 17th century, as the English began develop English has become useful as an official language for a colonial empire, their language moved out into the communication across the whole country, especially for wider world in some parts of the empire, for example administration, education and business. English is also the USA Canada, Jamaica, Australia and New Zealand, vital to communicate with other countries in the outside the native people became a minority and English became world. This is the situation in African countries, such as the mother tongue of the majority. In other regions Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, as well as ex-colonies the colonists remained a minority and native people in Asia like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong. continued to speak their own languages. However, Many other smaller nations in Africa, Asia and the since there is often great variety of local languages, Pacific region are in the same position.