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Main article: Languages of the United Kingdom

The Old English heroic poem Beowulf is located in the British Library.

First spoken in early medieval England, the English language is the de facto official language of the UK, and is spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the British population.^[12][a] Seven other languages are recognised by the British Government under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages – Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Irish, Ulster Scots, and British Sign Language.
In Wales, all pupils at state schools must either be taught through the medium of Welsh or study it as an additional language until age 16, and the Welsh Language Act 1993 and the Government of Wales Act 1998 provide that the Welsh and English languages should be treated equally in the public sector, so far as is reasonable and practicable. Irish and Ulster Scots enjoy limited use alongside English in Northern Ireland, mainly in publicly commissioned translations. The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act, passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2005, recognised Gaelic as an official language of Scotland and required the creation of a national plan for Gaelic to provide strategic direction for the development of the Gaelic language.^[b] The Cornish language is a revived language that became extinct as a first language in Cornwall in the late 18th century.


Britaniya madaniyatiga birlashgan xalqlar tarixi ta'sir ko'rsatadi ; uning tarixiy xristian diniy hayoti , Evropa madaniyatlari bilan o'zaro aloqasi, Angliya, Uels, Shotlandiya va Irlandiya an'analari va Britaniya imperiyasining ta'siri . Britaniya madaniyati alohida mavjudot bo'lsa-da , Angliya , Shotlandiya , Uels va Shimoliy Irlandiyaning individual madaniyatlari xilma-xil bo'lib, turli darajadagi bir-biriga o'xshashlik va o'ziga xoslikka ega. ^[1]
Britaniya adabiyoti ayniqsa qadrlanadi. Zamonaviy roman Britaniyada ixtiro qilingan va dramaturglar, shoirlar va mualliflar uning eng ko'zga ko'ringan madaniyat namoyandalari qatoriga kiradi. ^[2] Britaniya musiqa , kino , sanʼat , arxitektura va televideniyega ham katta hissa qoʻshgan . Buyuk Britaniya, shuningdek, Angliya cherkovining uyi , davlat cherkovi va Anglikan birligining ona cherkovi , uchinchi yirik xristian dinidir. Britaniyada dunyoning eng qadimgi universitetlari mavjud bo'lib, falsafaga ko'plab hissa qo'shgan, fan, texnologiya va tibbiyot va ko'plab taniqli olimlar va ixtirolarning vatani hisoblanadi. Sanoat inqilobi Buyuk Britaniyada boshlanib, dunyoning oilaviy ijtimoiy-iqtisodiy va madaniy sharoitlariga katta ta'sir ko'rsatdi . Britaniya imperiyasi natijasida Buyuk Britaniyaning ko'pchiligi Millatlar Hamdo'stligiga a'zo bo'lgan sobiq mustamlakalarining tili , qonuni , madaniyati va institutlarida sezilarli darajada ta'siri kuzatilishi mumkin . Ushbu shtatlarning bir qismi Anglosferani tashkil qiladi va Britaniyaning eng yaqin ittifoqchilaridan biridir. ^[3] [4] Britaniya koloniyalari va hukmronliklari oʻz navbatida Britaniya madaniyatiga, xususan, taʼsir koʻrsatdiBritaniya oshxonasi . ^[5] Sport Britaniya madaniyatining muhim qismidir va koʻplab sport turlari mamlakatda paydo boʻlgan, jumladan , kriket , futbol va regbi .
Buyuk Britaniya “madaniy super kuch” ^[6] [7] , London esa jahon madaniy poytaxti sifatida tasvirlangan. ^[8] [9] Bi-bi-si uchun oʻtkazilgan global soʻrov natijalariga koʻra, Buyuk Britaniya 2013 va 2014-yillarda dunyoda eng koʻp ijobiy koʻrilgan davlatlar (Germaniya va Kanadadan keyin) uchinchi oʻrinni egallagan. ^[10] [11]