LANGUAGE LEARNING (#1.ENGLISH INTRODUCTION)
In this series, we are learning about the world's top 10 languages by total number of speakers worldwide. In our list, English language takes first place with its 1.132 billion total speakers.
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The history of the English language started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany.
The Angles came from "Englaland" and their language was called "Englisc" - from which the word "English" is derived.
If we wanna know it's revolution then we have to divide its time ranged histories.
1.OLD ENGLISH ( 450-1100 AD )
The Germanic settlers in the British Isles initially spoke a number of different dialects, which would develop into a language , now that is called OLD ENGLISH. This old english did not sound like today's english, even they are looked totally different from now. But about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots. The words like - be, water, etc derive from Old English. Old English was spoken until around 1100.
2.Middle English (1100-1500)
MIDDLE ENGLISH is the form of English spoken roughly from the time of the Norman Conquest 1066 until the end of the 15th century. In 1066 William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy , invaded and conquered England. The new conquerors brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the Royal Court. In the 14th century , English became dominant in British but with many french words added because before that the upper classes spoke French. You might know the name of the great poet Chaucer (c1340-1400), whose language was this the MIDDLE ENGLISH. Even today it is too difficult for native english speakers to understand this language.
3.Early Modern English (1500-1800)
the end of MIDDLE ENGLISH , a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation created Early Modern English. People changed their pronunciation as vowels are pronounced shorter and shorter. Also British were communicating with the world in that 16th century.
As a result of Renaissance of learning ,many new words and phrases entered the language. Books were printed in a common language. Books were become cheaper. Spelling and grammer became fixed. Many people began to read. In 1604, first english dictionary was published. During the period, loan words were borrowed from Italian, German, and Yiddish. British acceptance of and resistance to Americanisms began during this period.
4.Modern English (1800-Present)
In this period dictionary standardized both English spelling and word usage in a high demand. The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, arising from two principal factors: firstly, the Industrial Revolution and technology created a need for new words; secondly, the British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the earth's surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries. British and American English are spoken 400 milliion people. And with the developement of computer science, the new technologies like Artificial intelligence, Internet Of Things and also many social media platform, and taking English as an communicating language ,there will be no doubt that in future we may see a new revolution of this popular language with shortening of words, phrases, and sentences .
By Wikipedia, The following chart shows the primary developments of English vowels in the last 600 years
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