10 Interesting Fact About The History of the English Language

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• English comes from a Germanic family and has the same root words as German and Scandinavian.
• English was originally only used in English, but after English colonialism, this language spread throughout the world.
• English has undergone many changes for centuries, and English used today is very different from medieval English.
• Modern English has more than 170,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary dictionary.
• English is an international language for business, technology, and international communication.
• Shakespeare is the most famous English writer and is considered one of the biggest writers in the history of English.
• English is the second most studied language in the world, after Mandarin.
• English has many loan words from other languages such as Latin, French, and Greek.
• Modern English is strongly influenced by American English, which has unique vocabulary and idioms and different from English.
• English is the official language in more than 50 countries around the world.