问题：

Who are the British people?

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答案：

The earliest known inhabitants of Britain were Celts who were the ancestors of the Welsh, Scottish and Irish people. Then came the Anglos, the Saxons and the Jutes who brought with them the English language. Many people from other countries came later. In modern times there are a lot of immigrants from many former colonies of the British Empire. Britain is thus a country of mixed many former colonies of the British Empire. Britain is thus a country of mixed cultues and the British people are of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.