diffusion of english around the world?

Question

please, help me to find an official web site about the diffusion of the english language in the world, native speakers, non-native speakers, second language speakers, english as official language...etc..
it's very very important and urgent!
thanks!

Answer 1

I've found a review of a book by David Crystal that would probably help.

http://dannyreviews.com/h/English_Global_Language.html

I'll keep looking and add anything else I find.

Some statistics here:

http://anthro.palomar.edu/language/language_1.htm

and here:

http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm

The latter looks like it might be the most useful.

And then of course there's always Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

I've skimmed them and actually think wiki does a good job and it quotes sources so you don't need to go back to the original.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

The best source I could find was the CIA..... and I'm English - bugger.

Answer 3

Look at this article:

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlearningresources/f/f_eslmarket.htm

Answer 4

you should find it on www.britishcouncil.co.uk


hope it helps