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This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

English language has been listed as one of the Language and literature good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 24, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 23, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
February 25, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
June 15, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 21, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 14, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
April 14, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
September 21, 2019	Good article reassessment	Kept
This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of November 30, 2019.
Current status: Good article

English Language Top‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject English Language, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to the English language on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.English LanguageWikipedia:WikiProject English LanguageTemplate:WikiProject English LanguageEnglish Language articles
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England Top‑importance

	England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
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Languages High‑importance

	Language portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Languages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of languages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LanguagesWikipedia:WikiProject LanguagesTemplate:WikiProject Languageslanguage articles
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This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2010, when it received 9,183,400 views.

There is a request, submitted by Sdkb, for an audio version of this article to be created. For further information, see WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.

The rationale behind the request is: "Subject is of particular interest to English language-learners, many of whom particularly benefit from spoken articles. Note: barnstar offered as reward".