It is basically a north-european Germanic language like German but with a strong helping of French as a result of the Norman conquest and a strong helping of Latin because that was the language of the Church and the Law. Also the Viking inv...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_english_languge...
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Where did the English language come from? Why has it become so popular? To answer these questions we must travel back in time about five thousand years to an area north of the Black Sea in southeastern Europe. ... The English language is a result of the invasions of the island of Britain over many hundreds of years.
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www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-12/2005-12-...
www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-12/2005-12-21-voa1.cfm
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English language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire du...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
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What was the first language ever used and when did the English language come about - trivia question /questions answer / answers ... What was the first computer language?; What language does mathematics come from?; ... Authors of the English Language;
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www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question51768.html
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The origin, history and evolution of the English language. Countries which speak English. Origin of place names. ... English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world. ... Where do words come from? Where do people and place names come from?
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www.krysstal.com/english.html
www.krysstal.com/english.html
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I am unable to provide answers to trivia-based questions, such as "What are the three words in English that end in g-r-y?" and "How many words are there in the English Language?". I do not know the answers to these questions.
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www.fiu.edu/~hastyd/englhist.html
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To make a long story short, it is the modern version of old West German. Angles, Saxons and Jutes, the sea robber races, reached and settled on the eastern shores of England. The combination of the languages spoken by them came to be called...
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic3110.html
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