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Generally speaking, there are four kinds of languages in the world．One is your native language 1 you learned at home with your family when you were young．The 2 is a foreign language that 3 abroad and that you can learn at school．The third is the official(官方的)language of your 4 , which is used in official papers or spoken 5 the radio and TV．
The fourth is the 6 language which is not spoken any more but still exists in written papers．For example, Latin．
7 language in the world is English．About 800 million people in the world speak English, over 50％ of the world's 8 About 400 million people speak English as their 9 language in the United States, England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some islands in the world．About 300 million people speak English as a second language．For example, in many parts of India and Africa people speak English as a 10 language． 11 people are one of these examples．
12 is the language of government and education in parts of India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most importantly, America．
It 13 all over the world, and about 75％ of the world's 14 letters are written in English．Though English is widely spoken, there are more people speaking Chinese than those who speak English．The only reason is that there are 15 than one billion Chinese people in the world．
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