The English Language started in the Germanic peoples such as Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. These Germanic people settled in Britain after crossing over from the North Sea. England and English originated from an Old English word, Engla-land. This means "the land of the Angles."
Fun Facts:
English is the dominant language of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and many more.
In 2020, there were 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. Mandarin Chinese was 1.12 billion and Hindi was 637 million.
More than 50 countries officially list English as an official language.
