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How to recognize English
English is one of 35 languages in Grafle's Latin group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Plain 26-letter text with no accents or special letters at all is usually English.
What English looks like
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity.
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Latin scripts: The alphabet you're reading now. Each language gives itself away by its own special letters and accent marks.
Where you'll see it on signs
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- Canada
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Guyana
- Barbados
- The Bahamas
- Belize
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- Ghana
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Dominica
- Grenada
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Botswana
- Gambia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Swaziland
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Palau
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Mauritius
- Seychelles
- Malta
- Uganda
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Bermuda
- Falkland Islands
Easy to confuse with
- Tok Pisin — Tok Pisin looks like English spelled by ear: 'gut', 'tumas', 'yumi'. If it's almost-English but not quite, think Papua New Guinea.