
#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT HOME FREE PROFESSIONAL#
Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional contexts such as science, navigation and law.

Modern English has been spreading around the world since the 17th century by the worldwide influence of the British Empire and the United States. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London, the printing of the King James Bible and the start of the Great Vowel Shift. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England this was a period in which English was influenced by Old French, in particular through its Old Norman dialect. The earliest forms of English, a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century, are collectively called Old English. Įnglish has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. English is most closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, while its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Old Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as by Old Norman, French and Latin. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea, which is not to be confused with East Anglia, the Eastern part of England that comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, England. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.Įnglish is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Regions where English is official but not as a primary native language
