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This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
English is the largest language by number of speakers. English is spoken by communities on every continent and on islands in all the major oceans. [71] The countries where English is spoken can be grouped into different categories according to how English is used in each country.
The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition. English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization.
[W 44] [W 43] The largest, the English Wikipedia, has over 6.8 million articles. As of January 2021, the English Wikipedia receives 48% of Wikipedia's cumulative traffic, with the remaining split among the other languages. The top 10 editions represent approximately 85% of the total traffic.
Wikipedia currently has more than sixty-three million articles in more than 300 languages, including 6,888,371 articles in English, with 117,562 active contributors in the past month. Wikipedia's fundamental principles are summarized in its five pillars.
English, an adjective for something of, from, or related to England; English, an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity; English studies, the study of English language and literature
This article is about the history and evolution of the English language. For the history of the English people, see English people. For the history of the English culture, see Culture of England. For the pedagogical field, see History of the English language (education). Timeline of the English language.
More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English, Welsh English, and Northern Irish English.
The home page of the English Wikipedia. The English Wikipedia has the largest user base among wikis on the World Wide Web [36] and ranks in the top 10 among all Web sites in terms of traffic. [37] Other large wikis include the WikiWikiWeb, Memory Alpha, Wikivoyage, and previously Susning.nu, a Swedish-language knowledge base.
The Simple English Wikipedia is a modified English-language edition of Wikipedia written primarily in Basic English and Learning English. [2] It is one of seven Wikipedias written in an Anglic language or English-based pidgin or creole.
