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English (English)

Popular in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries.

Number of users: about 400 million (mother tongue); Between 350 million people and 654.38+0 billion people (second language)

Rank: 3

Language family: Indo-European language family

Germanic language family

West Germanic branch

English

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Countries as official languages: See the description in the article.

Authority: No, but the Oxford English Dictionary plays an important role.

Language code

ISO 639- 1 en

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English belongs to the west Germanic branch of Germanic family in Indo-European language family, which evolved from the languages spoken by Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribes and jute tribes who immigrated from the European continent in ancient times and spread to all parts of the world through active British colonization. According to the number of native English speakers, English may be the third or fourth largest language in the world (322,000,000 people in 1999), but it is the most widely used second language in the world. The leading position of Britain and America in culture, economy, military, politics and science in the last two centuries has made English an international language. English is one of the working languages of the United Nations.

The closest thing to English is undoubtedly Frisian, which is still spoken by about 500,000 people in Frisian province in the north of the Netherlands. Some people think Scottish is an independent language close to English, while others think it is a dialect of English. Scottish has traditionally been regarded as an independent language (some people even think that Ebnik is an independent language, but this is controversial). Besides Frisian, the closest thing to English is the low Saxon language in eastern Netherlands and northern Germany. Other related languages include Dutch, Afrikaans and German. 1 1 century Norman conquest of England brought a large number of French words, which greatly enriched English.

English

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English (English)

Popular in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries.

Number of users: about 400 million (mother tongue); Between 350 million people and 654.38+0 billion people (second language)

Rank: 3

Language family: Indo-European language family

Germanic language family

West Germanic branch

English

government post

Countries as official languages: See the description in the article.

Authority: No, but the Oxford English Dictionary plays an important role.

Language code

ISO 639- 1 en

ISO 639-2 project

SIL project

English belongs to the west Germanic branch of Germanic family in Indo-European language family, which evolved from the languages spoken by Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribes and jute tribes who immigrated from the European continent in ancient times and spread to all parts of the world through active British colonization. According to the number of native English speakers, English may be the third or fourth largest language in the world (322,000,000 people in 1999), but it is the most widely used second language in the world. The leading position of Britain and America in culture, economy, military, politics and science in the last two centuries has made English an international language. English is one of the working languages of the United Nations.

The closest thing to English is undoubtedly Frisian, which is still spoken by about 500,000 people in Frisian province in the north of the Netherlands. Some people think Scottish is an independent language close to English, while others think it is a dialect of English. Scottish has traditionally been regarded as an independent language (some people even think that Ebnik is an independent language, but this is controversial). Besides Frisian, the closest thing to English is the low Saxon language in eastern Netherlands and northern Germany. Other related languages include Dutch, Afrikaans and German. 1 1 century Norman conquest of England brought a large number of French words, which greatly enriched English.

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1 English World

English is in China.

3 Grammar

4 British history

4. 1 Old English

4.2 Middle English

4.3 Early Modern English

4.4 Modern English

5 vocabulary

5. 1 vocabulary

5.2 Loanwords

5.2. 1 Loanwords from Indo-European Language Family

5.2.2 Borrowing Chinese words

5.2.3 Borrowing other words

6 English writing

6. 1 phonetic symbol

7 English test

7. 1 USA

7.2 Britain

7.3 Chinese mainland

7.4 Taiwan Province Province

8 See also

9 external link

English history

See British history

Early Germanic tribes (Fries, Angles, Saxons and Jutes) immigrated to England, and English was passed down from their language changes. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, around 449 AD, King Votigan of the British Isles invited "Anglo-Saxon relatives" to help him fight against the Picts. In return, he gave the territory to the southeast corner. Then he sought further support, and Saxons, Angles and Jutes came one after another. Chronicles record that these "immigrants" eventually established seven kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Kent, Essex, Sussex and Wessex.

After the Germanic invasion, they ruled the local Celts, and the local languages mainly remained in Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland. The language of these invaders gradually formed "Old English", which is very similar to modern Frisian. English, England and East Anglia are three words developed from the vocabulary describing the Angles: English, Angelcynn and English Alan.

1066 for 300 years after the Norman conquest, the king of England only spoke French. So a large number of French words entered Old English, and Old English itself lost most of its twists and turns and evolved into Middle English. The vowel movement around 1500 transforms Middle English into modern English. The most famous literary work in Old English is Beowulf, while the most famous literary work in Middle English is Canterbury Tales.

Modern English began to flourish in Shakespeare's time. Some scholars divided it into early modern English and late modern English, and the dividing line was about 1800. With the British occupation and colonization of most parts of the world, the local language has greatly influenced the development of English.

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Old English. Also known as anglo-Saxon

See Old English.

From Beowulf, about 900 years ago.

Hw？ t！ We are in Gum Garden, Gilda,

eodcyninga，？ Rem Gefron,

Hu? A person named Irene Ellen Foley Mudong.

Does it often rain? ena？ reatum，

monegum m？ g？ Well, meodosetla ofteah,

egsode eorlas。 Shane. Casual clothes?

Fischev Fontaine, this is Frey Gebad,

We're under Walkman, aren't we? myndum？ Ah,

o？ Test him? ghwylc？ ara ymbsittendra

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middle english

See Middle English.

From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,14th century.

Here is kinnis's Tales of Kao Embury.

Who is that april whose shoulder is smoked?

The cloud of March has taken root.

Bathed in every river in Switzerland,

Wherein vertu engendred is flour;

Zepples is with his sweetheart, Blaise.

Every moment is full of inspiration.

Tendre croppes and yonge sonne

Half of his classes are in the ram,

Sumaru Fowles made a yellow dye,

I slept all night with my eyes wide open-

(So priketh, they are naturally in Hir Corages);

Thanne longen people go on a pilgrimage

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Early modern English

Shakespeare's Othello, 1603.

Iago: Although I have a Sloan business,

However, I think this is very immoral.

Not to kill: I have no sin.

Sometimes serve me. Nine times, or ten times

I thought Troy would hide him around here.

Othello: It's better this way.

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Modern English

See Modern English.

Excerpted from Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence, 1776.

In Congress, July 4th, 1776.

The unanimous declaration of the thirteen States of the United States of America,

When it is necessary for a nation to break the political ties that link them with another nation in the process of human activities and assume the independent and equal status given to them by the laws of nature and the God of nature in the power of the earth, decent respect for human opinions requires them to announce the reasons for their separation.