The rise of English is a story of a wonderful success. When Julies Caesar landed in Britain in the 5th century, English was already spoken by the people, who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many and their English was not the language we know today. Nearly a thousand years later at the end of the 16th century when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen. At that time English wasn't used anywhere else except Great Britain, but now English is the main language of business, sports, science, trade, progressive technology, commerce, it is the world's computer language, three quarters of the world's mail is in English. It's the universal language of international aviation, shipping and the major language of diplomacy.