: The ancient Germanic language, which originated from the Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago, was divided into several regional languages at the beginning of the Census. English was born through the evolution of the Low German language from its West German language. Thus the first regional language to emerge from the Lower German language was Old English or Anglo Saxon , introduced to Britain in 449. It is to be noted that the use of modern English language started after 1500 AD.