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330 BCE
The Celts
The Celts were the first settlers on the British Isle. Their language was the Celtic dialect. -
55
Roman invation
The Roman Empire invaded Great Britain. The Romans revolutionized the art and science and incorporated the Latin into the local language -
410
Roman retreat
The romans left Britain. The local language was enriched with the Latin. -
450
Germanic migrations
The Anglos, Saxons, and Jutos, three powerful Germanic tribus, invated and settled in Britain. Their language became the anglo-saxon language, called later The Old English. -
597
Christianity
Pope Greory “The Great”, sent the Agustin monk to Canterburry to evangelize Britain. Agustin used the Bible that was conformed with three languages: latin, greek and hebrean that influence the local English. -
789
Vikings invations
Vikings were a Nordic tribe that plundered everything their way through Europe. Old English was mixed with Old Norse, the language of the Viking tribes. Old Norse ended up contributing with more than 2000 new words to the local English. -
1066
Norman invations
The Normans, men of the north, were Scandinavian conquerors who invaded Britain and established French as the language of royalty and power. Old English came to be used by peasants, however, it continued to develop and included French and Latin words. Starts Middle English language. -
English Impire
The British empire was one of the largest of its time. It spread out the english language and incorporate new words related to the conquered lands. For instance: coffee, from the Caribbean; sofa, from the Arabic Peninsule; yoga, from India; voodoo, from Africa; and nugget, from Australia. -
American English
The British colonization of North America in the 19th century detonated the evolution of American English, which nowadays is spoken in Canada and the United States. -
Shakespeare English
William Shakespeare, the english playwright, poet, and actor, introduced more than 2000 words to the English language. His time is known as early Modern English. -
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary was created to unify the English language that had already spreaded out throughout the world. -
English in the Internet
Today, most of the information is on the Internet, in which the dominant language is English. Therefore, language has been forced to adopt new technological terms that have been incorporated into the language.
More than 75% of the information available online is written down in English -
. Global English
English language is currently considered the most important idiom worldwiide. English is the dominant language in the sciences.
On the Internet, most websites have been created and written down in English.
Most of newspapers and books are written down in English rather than another language..
Speaking English provides opportunities to work, live and travel anywhere in the world. -
English today
English has approximately 400 million native speakers and is also spoken as a second language by some 1.8 billion people worldwide. These data place it as the most spoken language on earth.
