Ingles

Ingles is a West Germanic language that originated in England and has become a global lingua franca through colonization and trade. The term English derives from Old English Englisċ, which referred to the language of the Angles, a Germanic people who settled in Britain during the early medieval period.

Historically, Ingles is divided into Old English (until about 1100), Middle English (roughly 1100–1500) influenced by Norman French, and Early Modern English (from around 1500), a period marked by standardization, printing, and the Great Vowel Shift. It borrowed extensively from Latin, French, Norse, and other languages.

Today, Ingles has a vast global presence. It is an official language or widely used lingua franca in many countries and is the most taught second language worldwide. Estimates place total speakers at about 1.5 billion, with 400–600 million native speakers. It dominates international business, science, technology, and culture.

The language uses the Latin alphabet and a predominantly analytic grammar with relatively few inflections. Core sentence structure follows subject–verb–object order. Tense and aspect are shown with auxiliary verbs; articles (a, an, the) mark noun phrases; plural forms are often indicated by -s.

Ingles exhibits numerous dialects and varieties, including American, British, and regional forms. Standard varieties predominate in education and media, while local dialects reflect geography and history. The language continues to evolve through contact with other languages and media, expanding its vocabulary with new terms and borrowings.