The origin of the English language actually starts way before then you would think! You can say that it's starting point was when the Germanic invasion started during the 5 th century(AD), at that time there were 3 main invading tribes: the Angles, The Saxons, and the Jutes. Apart from this, you have to remember that there were already the native people of Britain living there, which spoke a Celtic dialect. The contact between these 4 different ethnicities originated a historical event that resulted in a cultural mix that involved the Celtic dialect spoken by the British and the germanic dialects brought by the invaders. On the Germanic side, we had very similar languages, which made it easier for British people to learn it. With the years passing by a new language had appeared, this language was the result of the assimilation of the germanic dialects by the already spoken Celtic dialect, this ended in the creation of an entirely new language that we now ident
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