Introduction

 

            In the middle of the 5th century Britain was a province of the Roman Empire for over 400 years, and was governed by Rome. The language spoken at that time was Latin and it was known as the Romano- British. The Germanic people, including the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, invaded Britain around this century and settled there.  No records survived from before the 7th century. 

 

England was known as Englaland, that meant land of the Angles. Some words were borrowed from the Latin and were brought  by the Angles - Saxons in that time. We can divide the evolution of the English language in three: Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

 

           For about 400 years, between the 16th and the 17th century, English was spoken almost exclusively by English people in England and some other in Wales, Ireland and Scotland.            

           

            The English vocabulary has increased greatly in more than 1500 years of development. Nowadays, English has turned into the most important language to be spoken and in 45 countries is listed as the official or co-official language such  as: Antigua, Australia, Canada, United States, Jamaica, New Zealand, United Kingdom , South Africa, etc.

            

            English has also become the so-called "businesses language", as it is used in most of the countries as a language to close those businesses. This has been supported by two important facts:

  1. The fact that almost all of the Internet websites are in English.
     

  2. Most of the important businesses around the world are closed using English. For example, a Chinese cannot speak with a Russian unless both of them speak the same language, and it has been used to learn English instead of learning any other language such as Chinese or Russian.  This practice has become worldwide, making English one of the most spoken languages all over the world.