Modern English (Modern) English Region English-speaking world Era 15th century CE – present[1] Language family Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Modern English Early forms Old English Middle English Early Modern English Writing system Latin script (English alphabet) English Braille, Unified English Braille Language codes ISO 639-1 en ISO 639-2 eng ISO 639-3 eng Glottolog stan1293[2] Linguasphere 52-ABA