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The Brief History of English 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. 中文释义 英语语言简史 在经历了多次的进化和入侵之后，今天，世界各地都在使用许多语言作为交流的媒介。 在这些语言中，英语是人们交流的最好的语言之一。 从古代到现在，英国语言在其他国家(古英语、中古英语和现代英语)入侵英国的基础上被描绘成不同的视角。 罗马人统治英国大约400年(直到4世纪)。 它始于5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落，如盎格鲁人、撒克逊人和朱特人，通过北德(现称丹麦)入侵英国，将现有的凯尔特人(英国最古老的语言)驱逐到苏格兰和爱尔兰。 由于这种入侵，英语语言来源于各种方言。 但是，它是如何命名为英语的呢？ 在英语的奥登时代，英语这个词被发音为'Englisc’，因为它与角部落的位置相关联，叫做盎格鲁，是角日耳曼部落的起源。 古英语一直延续到诺曼底公爵(法国西北部)的入侵，并在10世纪征服了英格兰。 11世纪初，由于法语的主导地位，上层人士用法语交谈，下层人用英语交谈。 它被命名为中古英语时期。 但在14世纪，英国人又一次占领了英国。 经过这一统治时期之后，15世纪现代英语时代的诞生，导致了新词、短语、语法和伦敦方言的发展成为标准。 1604年出版了第一部词典。 早期现代英语(1500-1800)与晚期(现代英语晚期-1800年至今)之间唯一的区别是词汇。 它已经从5世纪日耳曼人的方言发展到21世纪的全球语言。 |
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