History of the English Language.

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  • 600 BCE

    CELTS

    These people probably settled here about
    600BC, that is more than 2500 years ago.
  • 55 BCE

    ROMANS

    → In 55BC there was an invasion by the Romans who spoke Latin.
  • 450

    ANGLOS / SAXONS

    → The first people who spoke English conquered England in about the Year 450.
    These people were known as Anglo-Saxon
    and their language is also often called
    Anglo-Saxon or Old English.
  • 800

    VIKINGS

    → from about 800 the Vikings started to invade Britain.
    The Vikings came from countries like Denmark and
    Norway and spoke a language which later developed
    into Norwegian and Danish
  • 1056

    When Wales made part of the UNITED KINGDOM

    Wales, or simply Wales, is one of the nations that make up the United Kingdom. It is located to the west of the island of Great Britain, where it is bordered to the east by England and to the west by the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean
  • 1066

    NORMANS

    In 1066 Normans invaded England from Normandy in France.
    They spoke an earlier version of French and this became the high status language in England.
  • 1150

    Old English

    Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally.
  • 1450

    Middle English

    'Middle English' – a period of roughly 300 years from around 1150 CE to around 1450 – is difficult to identify because it is a time of transition between two eras that each have stronger definition: Old English and Modern English
  • 1550

    Modern English

    Modern English is the form of the English language which has been spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 14th century and was completed in about 1550.

  • When Scotland made part of the UNITED KINGDOM

    The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May of that year. The UK Parliament met for the first time in October 1707.

  • When Ireland made part of the UNITED KINGDOM

    Act of Union, (Jan. 1, 1801), legislative agreement uniting Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • The most important events in the history of the English language

    1803—The Act of Union incorporates Ireland into Britain, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1806—The British occupy Cape Colony in South Africa. 1816—John Pickering compiles the first dictionary of Americanisms. 1828—Noah Webster publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language.

  • When Northern Ireland made part of the UNITED KINGDOM

    Northern Ireland is an administrative region of the United Kingdom located in the northeast of the island of Ireland. Its capital is the city of Belfast.

  • The languages spoken in the United Kingdom.

    English, (is the most spoken there)
    Scots (LOWLANDS)
    Scottish Gaelic (HIGHLANDS)
    Irish Gaelic
    Manx
    Welsh

  • When England made part of the UNITED KINGDOM

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign island state located in northwestern Europe. The United Kingdom is geographically made up of the island of Great Britain, a northern section of the island of Ireland and other smaller islands.