The road to modern EnglishAt the end of 16th century , about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries . Today, more people speak English as their first , second or a foreign language than ever before. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same k
