Today,  English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world, with many people learning it as a second or foreign language. It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers worldwide.

Here is the collection of some useful facts about English language that you should know:

1. You would be surprised to know that ‘Pronunciation’ is the most mispronounced word in English.

2. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

3. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

4. Here is something more about ‘Q’, would like to tell you that it is the least used letter in English language.

5. Do you know that there are few words in English language, which only exist in plural form? Here are a few –glasses, scissors, trousers, jeans, pants etc.

6. English has a huge vocabulary, with over 25,0000 different words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.

7.  The countries with the highest populations of native English speakers are the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

8. Also,  you may be interested to know that one in every 6 persons in the world knows or speaks English language.

9. Many scientific words used in the English language come from Latin or Greek.

10. English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet).