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Old English
Middle English
origin of english
Indo-European
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Indo-European

origin of english

Middle English

Old English

Modern English

It is defined as the Englihs used since the fifteenth century. Although, it divides in 2 periods of time. Early Modern Period and Late Modern English.

Modern English

  • Early Modern Period (1450-1800)
  • Late Modern English (1800-Present)
  • 1.5 billion speakers.

Basically, we refer to the earliest form of english language, the one written and spoken in England before the twelfth century..

WHAT IS OLD ENGLISH?

  • From c. 450 CE until c. 1150
  • Written in Anglo-Saxon
  • Amounts to barely 3 million words.
  • Was still used after the Norman Conquest.

Is really dificult to identify the period of time that it was spoken, and that's because it is a time of trasition between to eras: Old English and Modern English

Middle English

CARACERISTICS:

  • This period started with the Norman conquest in 1066 and ended in the fifteenth century
  • Period of roughly 300 years
  • Duringt this period it was add to the language Franche and Greek

The language which English belogns to is known as the Indo-European (IE) from which derive is called Proto-Indo-European.

Indo-European

CARACTERISTICS:

  • It was more than 8000 years ago
  • English belongs to the subrgurp Germanic, spesifically West Germanic

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