The history of the English language started small and is now one of the most common languages ​​used today. It started with Old English (Anglo-Saxon), then Middle English, and now it's Modern English! It went from having small words and not being well known to 375 million people speaking it as their first language. English has evolved our technology, science, and even the books we read. Most people only know that the root is predominantly Latin, but there is much more to this language. It evolved from many places and many important people. The English language begins around 450 AD when the Anglo-Saxons (Anglo-Saxons) invade Britain. It is estimated that the Anglo-Saxons and Saxons together numbered only around 3,000 men. They were a small group but they started a large chain reaction that would help create the English language. They brought us everyday words such as bread, house, women and even the names of the 4 days of the week of the Anglo-Saxon gods. Most gods were people who were named after things in nature. Around 597 AD Christian missionaries started coming and brought us some words like martyr and bishop. The Christian Missionaries arrived and began to change what the Anglo-Saxons believed. During this period they were led by Saint Augustine. Then they started teaching us the Latin language and started putting it into our English language. Not long after, the Vikings began to arrive. They brought violent words like push and die, but they also brought us words like take and give. They would rule and control most if not all of eastern England for quite a while (hundreds of years). The Vikings began to help develop later, around 1066, a man named William the Conqueror invaded Britain. It brought some concepts of French la......middle of paper......it would have taken 70 years to get mad and was finished in 1928. Dictionaries today contain 220,000 words and are still revised to this day. When the English first came to America, we used words like racoon and moosed! These words went around the world when the English turned back. During this time cities and towns will begin to civilize and unite. We started with skyscrapers and highways, and businesses started being built in small cities and civilizations. Then we started dedicating ourselves to technology! Around 1972 the first email was sent. The Internet was becoming more popular and fewer people were starting to write by hand, while more and more people were using new technology to send emails. This brought us our own abbreviations like BTW, FYI, and FAQ. This would make English easier to communicate and help people around the world communicate with each other.