English in Cyprus

Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea where English has status of most popular and important foreign language (Tsiplakou, 2009; Fotiou, 2015) majority its inhabitants are literate English. While a former British colony, it generally absent from discussions places had some special relevance due to historical, political, social economic reasons. For example, while other small countries with history rule, such as Malta Seychelles, part Crystal's (2003: 62–5) list speakers territories relevance, that list. This paper aims fill this gap literature by providing overview use various domains, i.e. workplace, education, linguistic landscape, media, communication between Greek Cypriots, along brief historical background. The latter illustrate how was different many colonies affected setting both now during colonization period.