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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

eng

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

Supported in Localizely

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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