All languages change constantly, and English is not an exception.

The Language we speak and write today is

the creation of all generations, and we also help create the English of future generations.

English is basically a German language, came (2) from the language of the Germanic [ dʒəˈmæn.ɪk traɪb ]
tribes in the 5th and 6th centuries. In more than 1,000 years English has clearly changed and Its vocabulary has
been changed by икстЁрнал influences.

The Danes also left their imprint [ ɪmˈprɪnt ] on the language . But the first really great change in English
vocabulary was when William than Duke of Normandy, made good his claim [ kleɪm ] to the English throne
[ θroʊn ] at the Battle of Hastings. Бэтл хэйстингс

For several centuries the kings of England were people whose native language was French. Though [ ðoʊ ]
ordinary people continued to speak in English, French became the language of the law [ lɔː ], of the court [ kɔːrt
], and the upper classes. For a century it was the only language that was written, except Latin [ ˈlætɪn ], which
continued to be the language of learning and of the church.

However when French ceased to be the native language of anyone in England, French words continued
influence into the English vocabulary
The borrowed vocabulary touched every part of their life: fashion, dress, social life, government, procedures,
the church (religion, faith); war (soldier); the arts (painting, beauty, cathedral). The lists could be extended by
the thousands words, and the borrowing process continued for centuries until 1500.
English speakers must have known more French than English words. The proportion of French words in today's
English stays high.

But in spite of this English remained English lang., and by the latter half of the 14th century the
law courts and Parliament returned to use English. More important writers such as Чосер, Эйнгленд, Малори
choose to write English, and under the influence of John Wycliffe, the Bible [ ˈbaɪbl̩ ] was translated into
English for the first time.

then English established if as the language of the land, also in English spoken in London.
the 16th and 17th centuries was the great wave of classical influence that swept English culture and thought.
Renaissance [ rəˈneɪ.səns ] also had another strong influence for the language. Englishman borrowed from the
Latin and Greek thousands of classical words flooded the vocabulary.

Such changes in the language have the excitement [ ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ] of history. These changes are difficulty to
explain, but knowing a little about them can help a good deal in understanding some important things about our
language.
Some differences between the old and modern English are simply differences in spelling. The letters b and (th).
Generally speaking old English spelling was much more phonetic than ours.
Old English impress us with freer word order. It is different from us.
The introduction of printing into England increased the number of people who could read and write.
By the end of the 16th century English was truly a national language
Early in the 17th century the great expansion of English began. English established in America, Later it became
a second language in India and the language of Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

later it became an important second language in such countries as Japan and in many of the new colonies of
Africa, As a result of this expansion, English is now probably the major world language.