English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian and Lower Saxon dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers and Roman auxiliary troops from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Northern Netherlands[citation needed]. One of these German tribes were the Angles, who may have come from Angeln, and Bede wrote that their whole nation came to Britain , leaving their former land empty. The names 'England' (or 'Aenglaland') and English are derived from...
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