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Há 2 dias · English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. It has become the world’s lingua franca.
English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern ...
Learn how English developed from a West German language to the most widely spoken language in the world today. Explore the history, statistics, facts, idioms and phrases of English in chapters, timelines and glossary.
Learn how English evolved from a Germanic language to a global language with influences from Celtic, French, Spanish and other sources. Explore the origins, development and varieties of English with examples, maps and a chronology.
Overview of history. The earliest varieties of an English language, collectively known as Old English or "Anglo-Saxon", evolved from a group of North Sea Germanic dialects brought to Britain in the 5th century.
A comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the history and development of English from the earliest writings to its global spread. Edited by Richard Hogg and David Denison, the volume covers the key stages, features and changes of the language, with maps, diagrams and references.
