The articulatory aspects of english speaking

There are six large countries with a majority of native English speakers that are sometimes grouped under the term Anglosphere. In numbers of English speakers they are: the United States (at least 231 million) the United Kingdom (60 million), Canada (at least 20 million),]Australia (at least 17 million), , Ireland (4.2 million) and New Zealand (3.8 million).

• There are six large countries with a majority of native English speakers that are sometimes grouped under the term Anglosphere. In numbers of English speakers they are: the United States (at least 231 million) the United Kingdom (60 million), Canada (at least 20 million),]Australia (at least 17 million), , Ireland (4.2 million) and New Zealand (3.8 million).
• Pie chart showing the percentage of native English speakers living in "inner circle" English-speaking countries. Native speakers are now substantially outnumbered worldwide by second-language speakers of English (not counted in this chart).
• United States (64.3%)
• United Kingdom (16.7%)
• Canada (5.3%)
• Australia (4.7%)
• South Africa (1.3%)
• Ireland (1.1%)
• New Zealand (1.1%)
• Other (5.5%)

Other substantial communities of native speakers are found in South Africa (4.8 million) and Nigeria (4 million, 5%)

• Other substantial communities of native speakers are found in South Africa (4.8 million) and Nigeria (4 million, 5%)
• Countries where English is an official language
• In some countries where English is not the most spoken language, it is an official language; these countries include Botswana, Cameroon (co-official with French), the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malta, the Marshall slands, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. There also are countries where in a part of the territory English became a co-official language, e.g. Colombia's San Andrés y Providencia and Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast. This was a result of the influence of British colonization in the area.