The Growth of English and english and Englishes

Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of

Britain that would later take their name, England, both names ultimately deriving from
the Anglia peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It is closely related to the Frisian languages, but its
vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages,
particularly Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as by Latin and French.[6]
  Old English developed from a set of North Sea Germanic dialects originally spoken
along the coasts of Frisia, Lower Saxony, Jutland, and Southern Sweden by Germanic tribes
known as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
Middle English is often arbitrarily defined as beginning with the conquest of
England by William the Conqueror in 1066.  the waves of Norse colonisation of northern
parts of the British Isles in the 8th and 9th centuries put Old English into intense contact
with Old Norse, a North Germanic language.  the waves of Norse colonisation of northern
parts of the British Isles in the 8th and 9th centuries put Old English into intense contact
with Old Norse, a North Germanic language. By the 12th century Middle English was fully
developed, integrating both Norse and Norman features; it continued to be spoken until the
transition to early Modern English around 1500.
Early Modern English was characterised by the Great Vowel Shift (1350–1700),
inflectional simplification, and linguistic standardisation. It affected the stressed long vowels
of Middle English.
The "inner circle" countries are countries with large communities of native speakers
of English, "outer circle" countries have small communities of native speakers of English but
widespread use of English as a second language in education or broadcasting or for local
official purposes, and "expanding circle" countries are countries where many learners learn
English as a foreign language
1. How did English language occur ?
Answer: It occured by the name of the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that
migrated to the area of Britain that would later take their name, England,
both names ultimately deriving from the Anglia peninsula in the Baltic Sea.
It is closely related to the Frisian languages, but its vocabulary has been
significantly influenced by other Germanic languages,
particularly Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as
by Latin and French.
2. How was English in Old English era ?
Answer: Old English developed from a set of North Sea Germanic dialects originally
spoken along the coasts of Frisia, Lower Saxony, Jutland, and
Southern Sweden by Germanic tribes known as the Angles, Saxons,
and Jutes
3. How was English in Medieval English era ?
Answer: Middle English is often arbitrarily defined as beginning with the conquest of
England by William the Conqueror in 1066.  the waves of Norse colonisation
of northern parts of the British Isles in the 8th and 9th centuries put Old
English into intense contact with Old Norse, a North Germanic language.  the
waves of Norse colonisation of northern parts of the British Isles in the 8th
and 9th centuries put Old English into intense contact with Old Norse,
a North Germanic language. By the 12th century Middle English was fully
developed, integrating both Norse and Norman features; it continued to be
spoken until the transition to early Modern English around 1500.
4. How was English in Early Modern English ?
Answer: Early Modern English was characterised by the Great Vowel Shift (1350–
1700), inflectional simplification, and linguistic standardisation. It affected
the stressed long vowels of Middle English.
5. What does “Three circles of English-speaking countries” mean?
Answer: The "inner circle" countries are countries with large communities of native
speakers of English, "outer circle" countries have small communities of
native speakers of English but widespread use of English as a second
language in education or broadcasting or for local official purposes, and
"expanding circle" countries are countries where many learners learn English
as a foreign language