Language code: eng
Technical information about ISO 639 language code eng
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The table below provides technical details for the English language, designated by the eng code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official English Native English |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | American EnglishBritish EnglishAustralian EnglishCanadian EnglishIrish EnglishScottish EnglishNew Zealand EnglishSouth African EnglishIndian English |
| Related languages | ScotsWest FrisianDutchAfrikaansGerman |
| Key facts | Old English originated with Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century CEThe Oxford English Dictionary records over 600,000 words, giving English one of the largest vocabulariesModern English grammar is largely analytic, with minimal inflection and no grammatical genderAround 60 percent of English vocabulary comes from French or Latin rootsStandard word order is Subject–Verb–Object, though auxiliaries allow considerable variation. |
| Sample phrase | Hello, how are you? |
| Character encodings | ASCII, ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, CP 437, CP 850, MacRoman, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
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The English language, identified by the code eng, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
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- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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