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Period: 400 BCE to 54
CELTA
Without the certainty of who were the first inhabitants of England, it is known that the Celts inhabited it from 400 BC., then the Romans arrived in 55. The truth is that the languages that were spoken in the area at that time, descend from the Proto-Germanic spoken around 500 BC and beyond, they descend from the Proto-Indo-European that was spoken some years ago. 6000 years. -
300 BCE
CELTAS
Celtic is the term used by linguists and historians to refer, in a broad sense, to the Iron Age people or group of peoples who spoke Celtic languages, one of the branches of Indo-European languages. -
Period: 55 to 410
ROMAN
In the year 55, the Romans came to invade England and with them they brought their language, "Latin", which was combined with the original language and therefore its modification. -
300
ROMANS
With the conquest of Claudius, Britain became another Roman province ruled by a governor. There was a notable Romanization in Britain to be taken into account although it never came to be like that of Hispania or Gaul. In 410, Rome gave in to the thrust of the Saxons who occupied almost the entire island after having made many forays throughout the fourth century. -
Period: 450 to 1065
ANGLO-SAXON
Old English or Anglo-Saxon belongs to the family of Germanic languages, these languages are descended mainly from Indo-European languages. Anglos, Saxons, and jute crossed the North Sea from what is now known as Denmark and northern Germany, reaching the British Isles in about 450 AD. -
700
ANGLES, SAXONS, JUTES
The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Brittany can be seen in the context of a widespread movement of Germanic peoples throughout Europe between the 300s and 700s, known as barbarian invasions. With his arrival words of daily use were introduced to the local language. -
793
VIKINGS
The Vikings came to invade England in 793, their invasion was very violent, they brought their "Old Norse" language to the local language.
There was an exchange of around 2000 words to form a richer new language. -
1066
NORMANS
It was in 1066 when the Normandy invasion of England by "William the Conqueror" occurred and with them came the French language, which influenced the local language.
The "Anglo-French" were brought to the area and thus Old English ended.
About 10,000 words were added to the new language. -
Period: 1066 to 1500
NORMANDY
The Normandy invasion of England occurred in 1066. The causes of their migrations were multiple: search for better places, expulsion of tribes defeated in internal, commercial, adventure, and conquest struggles, among others.
Middle English begins in 1066 with the Normandy invasion of Great Britain where there is a combination of Old English with French, which was the language of government, and Latin, which was the language of the church. -
1337
HUNDRED YEARS WAR
Armed conflict between France and England that actually lasted 116 years, England lost this battle.
At this time the English and French languages take power and become the languages spoken in England. -
Period: 1500 to
MODERN ENGLISH
Modern English, begins when King Henry V, decides that in his court French should be stopped and English be used as the official language, in 1500 with the invention of the printing press by William Caxton, English took on great relevance, since all the bibliography was written in this language and has been so, to this day. -
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare gave the English language between 1,700 and 2,200 words. Which shows its impact in today's English, in words, in vocabulary, in grammar ... -
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Since the arrival of the English in America in 1607, the English language began to mix with the words of the natives, then people from other countries came with new words and the language grew richer. In addition to this, the language of capitalism and jazz music enriched it even more. -
KING JAMES BIBLE
Translation of the Bible into the English language, was first published in the year 1611 and was of great relevance to the language for its lexicon and syntax. -
SCIENCE
Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is the oldest scientific society in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest in Europe. Although the year 1662 is usually considered as the year of its foundation
From 1645 weekly meetings were held in London of natural philosophers and scientists from other areas of knowledge. This group of scientists gave English new words in this (scientific) order.
As important scientists as Isaac Newton belonged to it. -
EMPIRE
In the year 1485 and until 1509, Enrique VII reigned, beginning the "Empire". During this time the Royal Navy was founded. Later, in 1688, after the "Glorious Revolution", which began with the conquest of much of the world and these conquered places as areas in the Caribbean, Africa, India and Australia, he took words from the local lexicon to include them in the English language. -
A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Dr. Johnson was one of the most important literary figures in England: poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, he is considered by many to be the best literary critic in English. Between 1747 and 1755, Johnson composed perhaps his best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language, which was published in 1755 and compiles more than 42,000 definitions of English language words.
In 1857 it begins with the work of the "Oxford Dictionary", which ends in 1928. -
INTERNET ENGLISH
With the arrival of the Internet in 1972, there was a significant addition of new language to existing English, with words to refer to new things or with abbreviations of words, which formed new forms of expression. -
GLOBAL ENGLISH
With globalization in our economic, social, educational environment, etc., English has become the quintessential language for communication, and this has caused more words to be added to the vocabulary, parts of words from another language that are combined with English and are commonly used, such as "Spanglish", this language has been enriched with words from other languages and that makes it universal.
