英語語言簡史-英語到底是怎麼來的你知道嗎?

The Brief History of English

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After many evolutions and invasions, today, many languages are being spoken across the world as the medium of communication.

Out of these languages, English is one of the finest language that stands in common for the people to communicate.

Since the ancient period until now, the English language is portrayed into different perspectives based on the invasions of Britain by other countries(Old, Middle and Modern English).

Romans were ruling Britain for about 400 years (Until 4th Century).

It was started in the 5th century when three Germanic tribes such as, Angles, Saxon and Jutes invaded Britain via Northern Germany (Now known as Denmark) and pushed out the existing Celtic (Oldest language in the UK) inhabitants to Scotland and Ireland.

Due to these kind of invasions, the English language is derived from the various groups of dialects.

But, how it is named as English?

In the Olden era of English, the word English is pronounced as 'Englisc' as it is interrelated to the Angle Tribes Place, called as, Engle, which is the origin of Angle Germanic Tribe.

It (Old English) was continued until the invasion of Duke of Normandy (North West France) and by the invasion they conquered England in the 10th Century.

In the early 11th century due to the dominance of French, the upper-class people conversed in French and the the lower class people with English.

And it was named as Middle English Period.

But again in the 14th century, English raised their domination in Britain.

After this dominating period, it was the birth of Modern English period in the 15th century which led to the development of new Words, Phrases, Grammar and the dialect of London became standard.

In 1604 first dictionary was Published.

The only difference between the Early modern English (1500-1800) and the Late (Late Modern English - 1800-Present) is the Vocabulary.

It has been progressed, from the dialect of Germanic settlers in the 5th century, to a global language in the 21st century.

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英語語言簡史

在經歷了多次的進化和入侵之後，今天，世界各地都在使用許多語言作為交流的媒介。

在這些語言中，英語是人們交流的最好的語言之一。

從古代到現在，英國語言在其他國家(古英語、中古英語和現代英語)入侵英國的基礎上被描繪成不同的視角。

羅馬人統治英國大約400年(直到4世紀)。

它始於5世紀，當時三個日耳曼部落，如盎格魯人、撒克遜人和朱特人，通過北德(現稱丹麥)入侵英國，將現有的凱爾特人(英國最古老的語言)驅逐到蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭。

由於這種入侵，英語語言來源於各種方言。

但是，它是如何命名為英語的呢？

在英語的奧登時代，英語這個詞被發音為『Englisc』，因為它與角部落的位置相關聯，叫做盎格魯，是角日耳曼部落的起源。

古英語一直延續到諾曼第公爵(法國西北部)的入侵，並在10世紀徵服了英格蘭。

11世紀初，由於法語的主導地位，上層人士用法語交談，下層人用英語交談。

它被命名為中古英語時期。

但在14世紀，英國人又一次佔領了英國。

經過這一統治時期之後，15世紀現代英語時代的誕生，導致了新詞、短語、語法和倫敦方言的發展成為標準。

1604年出版了第一部詞典。

早期現代英語(1500-1800)與晚期(現代英語晚期-1800年至今)之間唯一的區別是詞彙。

它已經從5世紀日耳曼人的方言發展到21世紀的全球語言。

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