English

The English Language Development

By TolkovaKA
  • 1 CE

    English did not exist.

    English did not exist.
    The rise of English is a story of wonderful success. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly 2000 years ago, English did not exist.
  • 500

    English was a mothertongue for few people.

    English was a mothertongue for few people.
    English was spoken by the people who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many and their English was not the language we know today.

  • 6 million Englishmen spoke English.

    6 million Englishmen spoke English.
    By the time when W.Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen.

  • 750 million people all over the world speak English

    750 million people all over the world speak English
    English has become an international language. More than half of world's scientific periodicals and 80% of the information in the world's computers are in English.