求翻译：英语属于印欧语系中日耳曼语族下的西日耳曼语支，并通过英国的殖民活动传播到世界各地。由于在历史上曾和多种民族语言接触，它的词汇从一元变为多元，语法从“多屈折”变为“少屈折”，语音也发生了规律性的变化。根据以英语作为母语的人数计算，英语可能是世界上第三大语言，但它是世界上最广泛的第二语言。世界上60%以上的信件是用英语书写的，上两个世纪英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学上的领先地位使得英语成为一种准国际语言。是什么意思？

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English belongs to the Indo-European family, the German-speaking communities of the West Germanic language support, and adoption of the British colonial activities spread to all parts of the world. In history, and the multi-ethnic language contact, it's vocabulary from a dollar to become more divers