The history of the English language began over 1500 years ago in the north of Europe.Around the fifth century A.D.,tribes of people known as the Angels,Saxons,and Jutes traveled west from Germany and Denmark across the North Sea.They settled in Britain,and by the late seventh century,they were speaking an early form the English.
英语的历史从1500多年前的北欧开始.在公元5世纪左右,称为天使、撒克逊和黄麻的人们的部落从德国和丹麦旅行向西过北海.他们迁入英国,并且在7世纪末以前,他们讲早期的形式英语.