Each year fewer people speak English as their mother tongue — but more people speak it as a second or foreign language. In 1950 nearly 9% of the world’s population spoke English as their first language. By 2050 the proportion will have dropped to just over 5%. Chinese is spoken by more speakers than any other language and the numbers of speakers of Spanish, Hindi/Urdu and Arabic are increasing rapidly. During the next few years. English will become a language mainly spoken by bilingual and multi-lingual people. It is estimated that 75% of the world’s mail is in English and 60% of the world’s telephone calls.
situated - [ˈsɪt.ju.eɪ.tɪd] - ситуатед
north - [nɔːθ] - норс
west - [west] - вест
south - [saʊθ] - соус
east - [iːst] - ист
a state - [steɪt] - стайт
to divide - [dɪˈvaɪd] - дивайд
to wash - [wɒʃ] - вош
to separate - [ˈseprət] - сепарэйт
to make up - [meɪk] - мэйк ап
a population - [ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn] - популейшн
ethnic - [ˈeθ.nɪk] - эсник
such... as - [ˈeθ.nɪk] - сач эз
call - [kɔːl] - кол
compare - [kəmˈpeə(r)] - компаир
a comparison - [kəmˈpærɪsn] - компаризон
language - [ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ] - ленгвидж
mean - [miːn] - мииин
isle - [aɪl] - айл
wronly - [rɒŋ] - ронли
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