english language(n = noun.communication) english - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries;
is a kind of west germanic, west germanic language
has particulars: american, american english, american language, cockney, geordie, king's english, queen's english, received pronunciation, middle english, modern english, anglo-saxon, old english, oxford english, scots, scots english, scottish

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