The English (from Old English: Englisc) are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn.
The largest single English population live in England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. They are believed to be genetically a mixture of several groups that have settled in the area, including Angles, Saxons, Jutes...
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The English (from Old English: Englisc) are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn.
The largest single English population live in England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. They are believed to be genetically a mixture of several groups that have settled in the area, including Angles, Saxons, Jutes, who founded what was to become England (from the Old English Engla-lond) but also the earlier Britons (or Brythons) and the later Vikings and Normans. More recent migrants to England include people from Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and from many other countries, mostly from within the Commonwealth or from other European nations. Some of these more recent migrants and their descendants have assumed a solely British or English identity, while others have developed dual or hyphenated identities.
Writing about the English may be complicated...
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