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english brought to england by german settlers
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Three german tribes invaded britain and introduced and changed english the angles, saxons, and jutes
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People is written it detailed the sophisticated society of the Germanic tribes
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Norman kings who spoke french or latin had influenced the english language making middle english
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Within fifty years most of the Normans outside the royal court had switched to English.
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By the end of the century even the royal courts switches to the english language.
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Ever since the great vowel shift the english language has been known as the modern english language with the largest vocabulary then any other language.
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This date marked the creation of American English
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American language is closer to the shakespeare english then to modern english
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dates back to 449 CE