English language is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family,originally spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England.It is named after the Angles,one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated from Angila,a peninsula on the Baltic Sea ,to the area of Great Britain later named afrter them England.The closest living relatives of English include Scots,followedby the Low Saxon and Frisian Languages.

English is the only language or one of  the offical languages of nearly 60 countries.It is also the main language of more countries in the world than any other.It is primary language in the United Kingdom,Ireland,The United States ,Canada,Australia,and New Zealand.It is one of the officiallanguages in Singapore,India,Hong Kong,and South Africa.It is widely spoken in parts of the Caribbran,Africa and South Asia.