Where does English come from?
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Where does English come from?
Two thousand years ago the people who inhabited the British Isles were the Celts. They spoke different Celtic dialects. In 55 BC Julius Ceasar landed in Britain with his legions bringing with him the language of the Romans, Latin. The Romans stayed in Britain for over one hundred years. A few Latin words adopted by the Celts are found in place names today.
After the Romans had left Britain in the fifth century, it was invaded by the Germanic tribes, Angles, Saxons and Jutes. These people forced the Celts to leave their homes and settle in the north of Britain. Thus, gradually Anglo-Saxon became the native language of the island. You can guess how the name of the country, England, originated. From their language came such words as: man, wife, house, father, mother, sister, brother, thing......
In the ninth century the Vikings began to attack the eastern part of the country. Many of them settled there. This brought a new influence on the native language. English is enriched because of their language too. The following words: law, skin, sky, knife, take, hit, same, want, ugly, they, them, there are examples of Viking influence. After the Normans conquered England in 1066, French became the official language of the country for nearly 300 years, but the native people spoke English. Norman French was finally given up in the fourteenth century, but many French words had been taken over by that time. At the end of the fifteenth century London English began to use in parliament, documents, schools, poetry, etc. This is the standard language emerged. English was never the same again after the Normans arrived. Just look at some of the words they left behind: government, parliament, minister, officer, soldier, science, religion, lesson, judge, court crime, defend, space, condition etc.
The exporting of English begins with the first settlements of the English in North America in the seventeenth century. The greatest growth of population in the United States has given the English language is presently standing in the world. Today geographically English is the most widespread language on earth, second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. It is the official language of the USA, of the UK, of Australia and New Zealand, one of the official languages in Canada, the Republic of South Africa and the Irish Republic. It is also spoken as a second language in many parts of India and Africa. The number of second-language speakers may soon exceed the number of native speakers.
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Where does English come from?
Two thousand years ago the people who inhabited the British Isles were the Celts. They spoke different Celtic dialects. In 55 BC Julius Ceasar landed in Britain with his legions bringing with him the language of the Romans, Latin. The Romans stayed in Britain for over one hundred years. A few Latin words adopted by the Celts are found in place names today.
After the Romans had left Britain in the fifth century, it was invaded by the Germanic tribes, Angles, Saxons and Jutes. These people forced the Celts to leave their homes and settle in the north of Britain. Thus, gradually Anglo-Saxon became the native language of the island. You can guess how the name of the country, England, originated. From their language came such words as: man, wife, house, father, mother, sister, brother, thing......
In the ninth century the Vikings began to attack the eastern part of the country. Many of them settled there. This brought a new influence on the native language. English is enriched because of their language too. The following words: law, skin, sky, knife, take, hit, same, want, ugly, they, them, there are examples of Viking influence. After the Normans conquered England in 1066, French became the official language of the country for nearly 300 years, but the native people spoke English. Norman French was finally given up in the fourteenth century, but many French words had been taken over by that time. At the end of the fifteenth century London English began to use in parliament, documents, schools, poetry, etc. This is the standard language emerged. English was never the same again after the Normans arrived. Just look at some of the words they left behind: government, parliament, minister, officer, soldier, science, religion, lesson, judge, court crime, defend, space, condition etc.
The exporting of English begins with the first settlements of the English in North America in the seventeenth century. The greatest growth of population in the United States has given the English language is presently standing in the world. Today geographically English is the most widespread language on earth, second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. It is the official language of the USA, of the UK, of Australia and New Zealand, one of the official languages in Canada, the Republic of South Africa and the Irish Republic. It is also spoken as a second language in many parts of India and Africa. The number of second-language speakers may soon exceed the number of native speakers.
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