History of the English Language

What is the most widely learned second language in the world?

In how many sovereign states is English either the official language or one of the official languages?

Which language accounts for at least 70% of the total speakers of the Germanic language branch?

Which language is a co-official language of the United Nations and the European Union?

Where did the speakers of English, called Anglophones, originate?

Which language is the third-most spoken native language in the world?

Which language group does English belong to within the Indo-European language family?

What percentage of the Modern English vocabulary is borrowed from French dialects?

Which language is considered the closest living relative of English?

What term is used to describe the theory that English can be considered a mixed language or a creole?

Which language group does English share strong affinities with, especially with its earlier stages?

What influenced the development of English, isolating it from the continental Germanic languages and influences?

What term describes the process by which Old English evolved into Middle English, which in turn evolved into Modern English?

What marked the development of English, leaving a profound mark on the language and showing some similarities in vocabulary and grammar with many languages outside its linguistic clades?

What term is used to describe the grouping of English, the Frisian languages, and Low German as the Ingvaeonic (North Sea Germanic) languages?