Events that shaped English
When did the English language came, and how did it
came?
The settlers are traced back to 5000 years ago but
the English language started to take shape in 700 when the Celts came from present-day France.
There are few Celts words left.
The Celts were either assimilated or forced westwards, into what
are today Wales, Ireland and Scottland. Their descendants still speak Celtic
languages Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.
Events that shaped English
When did the English language came, and how did it
came?
The settlers are traced back to 5000 years ago but
the English language started to take shape in 700 when the Celts came from present-day France.
There are few Celts words left.
The Celts were either assimilated or forced westwards, into what
are today Wales, Ireland and Scottland. Their descendants still speak Celtic
languages Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.
Angelo Saxons
Angelo saxons spoke different types of the Germanic dialect. They sattlet
in England once and gave the land its name «Engla land» (means land of the
angles). This language can still be found in some few Old English texts from
the seventh, eighth, ninth centuries. Many of the Angelo Saxons were farmers so
they bring some words from the Germanic dialect to the English. Some example;
Field, earth and sheep
Angelo saxons spoke different types of the Germanic dialect. They sattlet
in England once and gave the land its name «Engla land» (means land of the
angles). This language can still be found in some few Old English texts from
the seventh, eighth, ninth centuries. Many of the Angelo Saxons were farmers so
they bring some words from the Germanic dialect to the English. Some example;
Field, earth and sheep
1066 and after
The Old-English language in a kind of broke down after the battle
of Hastings in 1066. Middle English was now the new. With over 100,000
different words, The Old English system was out. The middle English had a lot
of loanwords from French and Latin as the language was growing enormous. The
middle English had at that time around 60.000 words more then the old once. The
French language was spolen by the ruling class and the elite gave the Middle English
language about 10,000 new words.
The Old-English language in a kind of broke down after the battle
of Hastings in 1066. Middle English was now the new. With over 100,000
different words, The Old English system was out. The middle English had a lot
of loanwords from French and Latin as the language was growing enormous. The
middle English had at that time around 60.000 words more then the old once. The
French language was spolen by the ruling class and the elite gave the Middle English
language about 10,000 new words.
Scandinavian Sattlement
Large variety of the Scandinavian people came to Britain at first
at the 9th century to sattled at the north-eastern areas. The king of England at
once was Danish but that was later at the 11th century. The English society
took some of Norse words and used it in there own language. The street names in
York as an example is still using «gates» insted of streets.
Large variety of the Scandinavian people came to Britain at first
at the 9th century to sattled at the north-eastern areas. The king of England at
once was Danish but that was later at the 11th century. The English society
took some of Norse words and used it in there own language. The street names in
York as an example is still using «gates» insted of streets.
A thorough note of the development of the English language, Maxi :)
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