What date in time did the English language first begin?
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The history of ENglish is very long and complicated but the first type of this language was formed by Anglo-Saxon migrants in 5th century AD (approximately)
Hope in the 7th century CE.
in the 5th century.
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Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic people in the 5th century, the English language is constantly changing as a result of being influenced by a plethora of different cultures and various languages.
English is originally a West Germanic Language that was brought to Britain in the mid 5th - 7th Century. The language its self has a very lengthy History.
The English language began to take shape as Old English during the 5th to the 11th centuries .
It is quite a complex history.
In the mid 5th to 7th centuries. AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands.
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