hello today we're going to talk about English-speaking countries about 375 million people in the world speak English either as a first or a second language today we're going to have a look at the most important and largest countries in the world where English is spoken as a first language English was born in England in the 5th Century and then it spread all over the world through colonization let's start our journey from the United Kingdom the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is four countries England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland capital city is London
in the south of England the British flag is red white and blue and it's called the Union Jack next to Great Britain we have the Republic of Ireland its capital city is Dublin and the Irish flag is green white and orange let's move to the United States of America or the USA USA is in North America it's a very big country it's got 50 states its flag is called Stars and Stripes because it's got 13 white and red stripes and 50 stars one for Bri of the American states the capital city is Washington DC the
letters DC mean District of Colombia let's move to Canada now Canada is in North America North of the USA is a very big country the second biggest country in the world after Russia the Canadian flag is and white with a big Maple Leaf in the center the capital city is Ottawa it's important to remember that in Canada there are two official languages one is English and the other one is French now let's move to the Southern Hemisphere and we find Australia Australia is a very big country the southern hemisphere its capital city is Cur but
the most important and famous city in this country is Sydney the Australian flag is blue red and white with a Union Jack on the left uh corner and Seven Stars on a blue field southeast of Australia we find a group of island called New Zealand the capital of New Zealand is Wellington and it's in the southern part of the northern island of the archipelagos and now we come to South Africa South Africa is a big country in the south of the African continent it's also called the rainbow nation in fact if you look at the
South African flag we find lots of colors red white yellow black green and blue this country is very special also because it's got not one but three capital cities one for each of the main government institutions the three capital cities are Petoria blun fontain and Cape Town right we have finished our short journey through English-speaking country I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope to see you next time bye