- I'm studying French and noticed a lot of similar words to English. But, is English a Romance language? I thought it had German roots?
- Some 350 million people speak English as a native language, and a further 850 million speak it as a second or foreign language.
- English is the official language of over 50 countries throughout the world. With 20% of the world speaking English, the questions beckon, “where did it start?
- The Angles came from "Englaland" [sic] and their language was called "Englisc" - from which the words "England" and "English" are derived.
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- English is the most widely-spoken language in the world, having the distinct status of being the official language of multiple countries.
- Old English is an old Germanic language of Northern Europe from 300 AD to the late 9th century, which is spoken by a few actors of today.
- Ever wondered how English with approximately 750,000 words came to be the wonderfully expressive and multifaceted language it is today?
- Angles from Holland eventually came to the UK, too. This introduced the Germanic language to England, which is the basis of today’s Modern English.