Across
- 3. In 1835 what system started to use English in India
- 8. The country with the second most L2 speakers of English, according to the chart.(Crystal 2003)
- 10. Which Asian country speaks English largely because of American rather than British colonisation?
- 11. This is the reason the inhabitants of the Caribbean speak English
- 15. A word meaning dispersal
- 17. According to the chart, how many countries have over one million native speakers of English? (Crystal 2003)
- 18. In many Asian countries the use of English has increased. In which country has it decreased?
- 20. Growing size of populations, non-native speakers learning the language to get jobs and 'what' consolidated the differences in English varieties?
- 23. Which century did English start to spread internationally?
- 25. the acronym used to describe a contact language version of English between two non-native speakers.
- 27. For how many years did British, Australian and Irish immigrants migrate to New Zealand?
- 30. the country with the most L2 speakers of English, according to the chart (Crystal 2003).
- 31. These people are the reason (rather than traders) that East African countries such as Kenya and Zimbabwe were colonised.
- 32. This is a sound more common in Virginia than New England due to the settlers coming from the west of England.
- 33. In the 1600s this group led to the creation of "the Raj" in India.
Down
- 1. The USA has the ___ most L2 speakers of English in the world (Crystal 2003)
- 2. Who did Britain transport to Australia for around 70 years up to the mid C19th?
- 4. The adjective used by Prince Charles in 1995 to describe the American influence on English.
- 5. igloo is an _____ word
- 6. Did South African settlers migrate before or after those to New Zealand?
- 7. Irish migrants in the C18th moved here initially
- 9. This term is used to describe the English developed as a result of colonialism.
- 12. The acronym used for speakers of English who were colonised
- 13. This is an English based Pidgin in Papua New Guinea.
- 14. One of the countries where the number of English speakers is most rapidly increasing.
- 16. Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and which other West African country have English as an official language?
- 19. which part of Africa was colonised to the slave trade?
- 21. Australian English used this to create its distinctive accent
- 22. The acronym most popularly used for speakers of English who were never colonised
- 24. the proportion of the world who can communicate to a useful level in English (Crystal 2012b)
- 26. the official language of India
- 28. How many territories speak English as an L1 or an institutionalised L2?
- 29. This is the first permanent settlement by colonisers in the USA.