English

Language name and location: English, UK, USA, Canada [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 英语, 英国, 美国, 加拿大, 澳大利亚, 新西兰, 南非等国家

1. one [wʌn]	21. twenty one [ˌtw̥entiˈwʌn]
2. two [tʰuː]	22. twenty two [ˌtw̥entiˈtʰuː]
3. three [θɹiː]	23. twenty three [ˌtw̥entiˈθɹiː]
4. four [fɔː]	24. twenty four [ˌtw̥entiˈfɔː]
5. five [faɪv]	25. twenty five [ˌtw̥entiˈfaɪv]
6. six [sɪks]	26. twenty six [ˌtw̥entiˈsɪks]
7. seven [ˈsevn̩]	27. twenty seven [ˌtw̥entiˈsevn̩]
8. eight [eɪtʰ]	28. twenty eight [ˌtw̥entiˈeɪtʰ]
9. nine [naɪn]	29. twenty nine [ˌtw̥entiˈnaɪn]
10. ten [tʰen]	30. thirty [ˈθɜːti]
11. eleven [iˈlevn̩]	40. forty [ˈfɔːti]
12. twelve [ˈtʰwelv]	50. fifty [ˈfɪfti]
13. thirteen [ˌθɜːˈtiːn	60. sixty [ˈsɪkti]
14. fourteen [ˌfɔˈtiːn]	70. seventy [ˈsevn̩ti]
15. fifteen [ˌfɪfˈtiːn]	80. eighty [ˈeɪti]
16. sixteen [ˌsɪksˈtiːn]	90. ninety [ˈnaɪnti]
17. seventeen [ˌsevn̩ˈtiːn]	100. one hundred [ˌwʌn ˈhʌndɹəd̚]
18. eighteen [ˌeɪˈtiːn]	200. two hundred [ˌtʰuː ˈhʌndɹəd̚]
19. nineteen [ˌnaɪnˈtiːn]	1000. one thousand [ˌwʌn ˈθɑʊzn̩d̚]
20. twenty [ˈtw̥enti]	2000. two thousand [ˌtʰuː ˈθɑʊzn̩d̚]

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. John C. Wells, University of London, U.K., August 9, 2002
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. John C. Wells, 2002 年 8 月 9日

Other comments: English has a decimal system. The above data is from the pronunciation (British Received Pronunciation 伦敦英语) by educated Londoners.

English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea (not to be confused with East Anglia), to the area of Great Britain later named after them: England. The closest living relatives of English include Scots, followed by the Low Saxon and Frisian languages. While English is genealogically West Germanic, its vocabulary is also greatly influenced by Old Norman French and Latin, as well as by Old Norse (a North Germanic language).

English is the widely learned second language and is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60 sovereign states. There are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers. As of 2005, it was estimated that there were over 2 billion speakers of English. English is the majority native language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland, and is widely spoken in some areas of the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

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