Three periods of English history.

• Ancient English period: '450-1066.

England's existence began with an invasion of the mid-V. German Angles (Angles), Saxons (Saxons) and the yutes (Jutes) of the British islands inhabited by Celtic and Romans. The language of Anglo-Saxs combined in the same period of the Nizhny nemetsky and friisy, and during the ancient English era almost unchanged and did not retreat from the development line of the rest of German languages (Icelandic, Scandinavian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Gothic, Frisk, etc.). By the way, it is the Angles and the saxs who are the births of the current English. Oddly enough, the German influence proved so impressive that the Anglo-Saxon language (so many researchers today call ancient English) took a dominant position, leaving little sign from Latin and Celtic. The exception was remote, undetaken by German areas (territory of modern Wales, mountainous Scotland, Ireland), which have remained local languages Gall and Welsh, which still exist to this day. Today, they are part of a group of Celtic languages, as opposed to the German branch. What is the fact that the almost complete removal of the Celtic language in the areas captured by German? It's all about the weakness of the Celtic culture compared to Anglo-Saxon culture. There are a very small number of Celtic words in the antique English monuments. Among them: