How English is English language today?

There are many answers to this question, but they can be simplified to two complementary reasons: a) the position of English with relation to the two main historic families of languages used in...

There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.

1066 it was also influenced by other languages :WRANG: The first "modern" English dictionary was published in 1755. It is believed to have "evolved" into "modern" English in the 17th {1650s}...

The root of the word is the Angles, a tribe that migrated through northern Europe and ended up in the British Isles along with the Saxons. It is spoken in different dialects primarily in Australia,...

A Germanic European language spoken in most areas historically part of the British empire. It was first spoken by Germanic tribes in Southern Scandinavia and since then has been influenced by Danish,...