How old is English language?

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The true origin date of the language is unknown but it was originated from frisian dialects but was only brought to England during 5th/6th century.
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Well how old English is, hardly has any relevance to learning to speak it well. I'm sure Google can give you the whole history but remember, languages evolve over a period of time and what English was a couple of hundred of years ago, would have hardly been anything like what it sounds now.
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Dates back to 1066 AD n before....since the days of the Anglo-Saxons
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550--1066 CE
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