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¹ Although more people speak Chinese than any other language. ² That frequency of use is primarily because of the immensity of the Chinese population. ³ It has been recognized that throughout the world, the language used most commonly by different people is English. ⁴ English had served as the language of communication for international business and government relations.

B
⁵ As a result, the majority of people who use English are speaking English as a second language. ⁶ There is actually fewer people speaking English who have English as a native language than there are people speaking English who have a different native language. ⁷ For example, a Malaysian businessman and a japanese businessman may very well conduct business in English.

C
⁸ How hard is English to learn? ⁹ The easiest time in life to learn any language is between birth and approximately the age of fourteen. ¹⁰ This is also a time of life when nutrition is very important. ¹¹ Children have an innate ability to learn language they have the time to do so. ¹² While some adults have greater language abilities than others, in general, the difficulty of learning English or any other language depends on the language with which someone begins. ¹³ Languages are grouped into families, so the closer the relation of the first language to English, the easier English will be to learn.

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¹⁴ If English is your native language, how long will they take to learn? ¹⁵ The English language is a language that consists of more than 750,000 words with additional words continually added to it all the time. ¹⁶ Truly mastering language is a life-long process.