Who made the English language?

The English language originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects and was brought to Britain by Germanic invaders in the 8th and 9th centuries AD. The earliest forms of English were spoken by the Anglo-Saxons, who settled in England in the 5th century.2 The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of Germanic tribes from Scandinavia and Germany and brought with them their own language, which was called Old English.0 English evolved by crossing boundaries and through invasions, picking up bits and pieces of other languages along the way and changing with the spread of the language across the globe. The origins of the English language lie in today's England and the arrival of Anglo-Saxon tribes from Central Europe to the British Isles in 400 AD.1 read less