The History and Present Situation of English

English, belonging to the West Germanic branch of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages, evolved from the languages spoken by Germanic people of Anglo-Saxon and Jute tribes who immigrated to the British Isles from Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands and surrounding areas, and spread to all parts of the world through active British colonization.

The most extensive second language in the world.

English is the most widely used second language in the world and the official language of the European Union. It has the largest number of international organizations and Commonwealth countries, and the number of native speakers of English ranks third in the world, second only to the number of native speakers of Chinese and Spanish.

International language

19 From the 20th century, Britain and the United States were the world leaders in culture, economy, military affairs, politics and science, which made English an international language. Nowadays, English is used as a medium of communication in many international situations.

The language most closely associated with computers.

English is also the language most closely related to computers. Most programming languages are related to English. With the use of the Internet, English is more widely used.

Vocabulary moves from monism to pluralism.

Due to contact with many national languages in history, vocabulary has changed from unitary to pluralistic, grammar has changed from "more inflections" to "less inflections", and pronunciation has become regular.

The official language used in most countries.

As far as the number of native English speakers is concerned, English is the official language used in most countries.