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Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, and Modern English.
These are the three phases of the evolution of the English Language.
The 16th century starts the modern english. There were no more invasions of England and gradually English took over again from French. -
The first languages we know about in the British Isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
600 BC , that is more than 2500 years ago. -
In 55BC there was an invasion by the Romans who spoke Latin.
They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today. -
The first people who spoke English
conquered England in about the Year 450. their language is also often called Old english -
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. -
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. -
In the United Kingdom the most per cent of the people speak english. 95% of the people speak english. The other people speak Scots (lOWLANDS), Scottish Gaelic(HIGHLANDS), Irish Gaelic, Manxs and Welsh. -
The countries that make up the United Kingdom they are the following:
Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland.
These countries make up the United Kingdom.