domingo, 6 de julio de 2014

ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES (PAISES DE HABLA INGLESA)

ENGLISH SPEAKING
COUNTRIES


Países donde el inglés es usado en los lugares de trabajo:


INTRODUCCIÓN

El inglés es hablado de manera oficial o cooficial en 57 países del mundo (3 en Europa, 14 en América, 5 en Asia, 21 en África y 14 en Oceanía).
En el punto 2 os facilita un listado en orden alfabético con estos 57 países y en el punto 3 os muestra todas las naciones anglófonas clasificadas por continentes.
Espero que os resulte útil para vuestros exámenes y tareas.

2. PAÍSES CUYO IDIOMA OFICIAL O COOFICIAL ES EL INGLÉS (orden alfabético)

  1. Antigua y Barbuda
  2. Australia
  3. Bahamas
  4. Barbados
  5. Belice
  6. Botsuana
  7. Camerún
  8. Canadá
  9. Dominica
  10. Estados Unidos
  11. Filipinas
  12. Fiyi
  13. Gambia
  14. Ghana
  15. Granada
  16. Guayana
  17. India
  18. Irlanda
  19. Islas Marshall
  20. Islas Salomón
  21. Jamaica
  22. Kenia
  23. Kiribati
  24. Lesoto
  25. Liberia
  26. Malasia
  27. Malaui
  28. Malta
  29. Mauricio
  30. Micronesia
  31. Nauru
  32. Nigeria
  33. Nueva Zelanda
  34. Pakistán
  35. Palaos
  36. Papúa Nueva Guinea
  37. Reino Unido
  38. Ruanda
  39. Samoa
  40. San Cristóbal y Nieves
  41. San Vicente y las Granadinas
  42. Santa Lucía
  43. Sheychelles
  44. Sierra Leona
  45. Singapur
  46. Suazilandia
  47. Sudáfrica
  48. Sudán
  49. Sudán del Sur
  50. Tanzania
  51. Tonga
  52. Trinidad y Tobago
  53. Tuvalu
  54. Uganda
  55. Vanuatu
  56. Zambia
  57. Zimbabue

3. PAÍSES EN LOS QUE SE HABLA INGLÉS DE MANERA OFICIAL (por continentes)

3.1. Europa (3)
  • Reino Unido
  • Irlanda
  • Malta

3.2. América (14)
  • Antigua y Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belice
  • Canadá
  • Dominica
  • Estados Unidos
  • Granada
  • Guayana
  • Jamaica
  • San Cristóbal y Nieves
  • San Vicente y las Granadinas
  • Santa Lucía
  • Trinidad y Tobago

3.3. Asia (5)
  • Filipinas
  • India
  • Malasia
  • Pakistán
  • Singapur

3.4. África (21)
  • Botsuana
  • Camerún
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Kenia
  • Lesoto
  • Liberia
  • Malaui
  • Mauricio
  • Nigeria
  • Ruanda
  • Sheychelles
  • Sierra Leona
  • Suazilandia
  • Sudáfrica
  • Sudán
  • Sudán del Sur
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabue

3.5. Oceanía (14)
  • Australia
  • Fiyi
  • Islas Marshall
  • Islas Salomón
  • Kiribati
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Nueva Zelanda
  • Palaos
  • Papúa Nueva Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

4. MAPA CON LOS PAÍSES DEL MUNDO QUE TIENEN EL INGLÉS COMO IDIOMA OFICIAL

 

Todos los países coloreados (azul claro y oscuro) tienen el inglés como idioma oficial del país.
En azul oscuro = países en los que se habla mayoritariamente el inglés.
En azul claro = países en los que el inglés no es la lengua más hablada (aunque sea un idioma oficial del país)

 

United Kingdom – Fact Sheet



Official name:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abbreviation:UK
Capital:London
Size:244,101 km²
Population:60 million
Borders:Irish Republic (south of Northern Ireland), Atlantic Ocean (north), North Sea (east), English Channel (south), Irish Sea (west, but east of Northern Ireland)
Currency:Pound Sterling
Official language:English
Nationality / People:A person of British nationality is a Briton.

 

Other interesting facts:

The terms United Kingdom, Great Britain and England are often confused. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, and Scotland. The United Kingdom also includes Northern Ireland.


Ireland – Fact Sheet


Official name:Republic of Ireland
Irish name:Éire
Capital:Dublin
Size:70,282 km²
Population:3.5 million
Borders:Northern Ireland (north), Irish Sea (east), Atlantic Ocean (south, west)
Currency:Euro
Official languages:English, Irish
Nationality / People:A person of Irish nationality is an Irishman or an Irishwoman.

Other interesting facts:


As Ireland is famous for its green countryside, it is also known as the Emerald Isle (= green island).


United States – Fact Sheet



Official name:United States of America
Abbreviations:U.S. / U.S.A.
Capital:Washington, D.C.
Size:9,529,063 km² (plus approximately 10,360 km² for outlying territories and other politically associated areas)
Population:281.4 million
Borders:Canada (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (south), Pacific Ocean (west)
Currency:US Dollar
Official language:English
Nationality / PeopleA person of American nationality is an American.

Other interesting facts:


The United States is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada, and China). It consists of 50 states plus Washington D.C. (a federal district) and four outlying territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa).



Australia

Fact Sheet

Official name:Commonwealth of Australia
Capital:Canberra
Size:7.7 million km²
Population:21 million
Borders:no direct borders; Timor Sea and Arafura Sea (northwest), Torres Strait (northeast), Great Barrier Reef (northeast), Tasman Sea (southeast), Indian Ocean (south)
Currency:Australian Dollar
Official language:English
Nationality / PeopleA person of Australian nationality is an Australian.
 

Other interesting facts:

Australia is not only a country but also the smallest continent.


New Zealand - Fact Sheet



Maori name:Aotearoaan (= land of the white cloud)
Capital:Wellington
Size:270,534 km²
Population:3.5 million
Borders:no direct borders; surrounded by sea (South Pacific)
Currency:New Zealand Dollar
Official languages:English, Maori
Nationality / People:A person of New Zealand nationality is a New Zealander.

Other interesting facts:


The country's nearest neighbour is Australia, which lies more than 1,600 km northwest of New Zealand. New Zealand comprises two main islands (North Island and South Island) and a number of small islands, some of which are hundreds of kilometres from the main islands.


Canada - Fact Sheet



Official name:Canada
Capital:Ottawa
Size:9,970,610 km²
Population:29.1 million
Borders:Arctic Ocean (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), USA (south), USA (Alaska), Pacific Ocean (west)
Currency:Canadian Dollar
Official languages:English, French
Nationality / People:A person of Canadian nationality is a Canadian.
Local time:Ottawa: 10:19 EST (Sunday, 6th July 2014)
Vancouver: 07:19 PST (Sunday, 6th July 2014)

Other interesting facts:


Canada is the second largest country in the world (after Russia). Almost 10 percent (755,180 km²) of Canada's total area are inland water.


South Africa - Fact Sheet



Official name:Republic of South Africa (formerly: Union of South Africa)
Capital:Pretoria
Size:1.221,037 km²
Population:41.6 million
Borders:Namibia (northwest), Botswana, Zimbabwe (north), Mozambique, Swaziland (northeast and east), Lesotho (within South Africa), Indian Ocean (southeast), Atlantic Ocean (southwest)
Currency:Rand
Official languages:English, Afrikaans, Tsonga, Ndebele, Zwazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Nationality / People:A person of South African nationality is a South African.

Other interesting facts:


Although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa, the country actually has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).

In its eastern part, South Africa entirely surrounds another country - Lesotho, an independent constitutional monarchy.

English is also an official language in the following African countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Malta - Fact Sheet



Official names:Republic of Malta, Maltese Malta, Repubblika Ta'Maltacountry
Capital:Valletta
Size:316 km²
Population:365,000
Borders:no direct borders; surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea
Currency:Euro
Official languages:English, Maltese
Nationality / People:A person of Maltese nationality is a Maltese.

Other interesting facts:


There are five islands - Malta (the largest), Gozo, Comino, and uninhabited Kemmunett (Comminotto) and Filfla.


India - Fact Sheet



Official name:Republic of India, Hindi Bharat, Bharatavarsha
Capital:New Delhi
Size:3,166,414 km²
Population:913.6 million
Borders:Pakistan (northwest), China (north), Nepal, Bhutan (north), Myanmar (or Burma), Bangladesh (northeast), Bay of Bengal (east), Arabian Sea (west)
Currency:Rupee
Official languages:English, Hindi
Nationality / People:A person of Indian nationality is an Indian.

Other interesting facts:


With more than one-sixth of the world's total population India is the second most populous country in the world (after China). In area it's the seventh largest country.
 

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