Part one of term paper
English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world. It is estimated that there are 300 million native speakers and 300 million who use English as a second language and a further 100 million use it as a foreign language. It is the language of science, aviation, computing, diplomacy, a ...

Part two of term paper
... be traced back to the arrival of three Germanic tribes to the British Isles during the 5th Century AD. Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea from what is now called Denmark and northern Germany. The people of Britain previously spoke a Celtic language, which was quickly replaced. Most of the Celtic speakers were pushed into Wales and Scotland. One group migrated to the Brittany Coast of France where their descendents still speak a Celtic Language (Breton) today. The Angles were named from E ...