Indo-European family
English
1500 CE – today Living
English (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old English → Middle English → English.
See English on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.5B (1,500,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- eng
- Glottocode
- stan1293
Covers Early Modern English (1500–1700) and Modern English (1700–present).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
- Old English450 CE – 1150 CE
- Middle English1150 CE – 1500 CE
- English1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Middle English.