When was the English language first used?

Question

When was the English language first used?

Answer 1

English originated from other languages long ago. very long ago.

Answer 2

Originally the language of the Angles (Anglish) a West German tribe, Old English more closely resembles modern German than English. One of the oldest written records of English is the epic poem Beowulf written between the 8th and 11th centuries. So it was probably spoken some time in the 600s. Or the 700s for sure.

From Wiki

English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers and Roman auxiliary troops from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Northern Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England. One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate. The original Old English language was then influenced by two waves of invasion. The first was by language speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family; they conquered and colonized parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second was the Normans in the 11th century, who spoke Old Norman and ultimately developed an English variety of this called Anglo-Norman. These two invasions caused English to become "mixed" to some degree (though it was never a truly mixed language in the strict linguistic sense of the word; mixed languages arise from the cohabitation of speakers of different languages, who develop a hybrid tongue for basic communication).

Answer 3

English developed from the Germanic dialects of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who invaded Britain from Germany and Denmark in the fifth century A. D.  The traditional date for their first arrival in 449, which is therefore used as the date of the beginning of the English language.There are some bits of Old English poetry from before 700, and Nennius' Historia Britonum, which was written in Latin in the late ninth century, quotes a sentence in Old English in its account of events happening soon after the first wave of invasions.    

Answer 4

when the first Englishman opened his mouth and said a couple of English words

Answer 5

english is a mix of all the other languages, so it began when he first language was spoken