English (language) editing

English is a language of Indo-European Germanic language family, which consists of 26 letters. English letters originated from Latin letters, which originated from Greek letters, which evolved from Phoenician letters. English is the official language designated internationally (as the mother tongue), the most widely used first language in the world, and the official language of the European Union, many international organizations and Commonwealth countries. The number of native speakers of English ranks third in the world, second only to Chinese and Spanish.