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how many countries speak english as a primary language
There are more than 50 English speaking countries, where English is either the official or the primary language.
how many people speak the English language
Over 2 billion people speak English.
is English the largest spoken language
English is the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers.

Question: are there any variants of the language
Self-contained rewrite: are there any variants of the English language