English History

A brief history of the emergence and evolution of English
The history of the English language, in fact, began with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain in the 5th. These tribes, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, across the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At the time of the inhabitants of Britain spoke Celtic. However, most speakers made the Celtic nations and the North West by the invaders - the basis for what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Angles of Englaland was called language Englisc - which is derived from England and English.

Old English (450-1100 AD)
Invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, in Britain, which has evolved into what we now call Old English. Old English did not appear or sound English today. English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. However, about half of the most common words in modern English have Old English roots. Words are strong and water, for example, derived from Old English. He was speaking English until about 1100 old.
Middle English (1100-1500)
In 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy (part of modern France), invaded and occupied England. The new conquerors (called the Normans) brought with it a kind of French, which became the language of the royal court and ruling classes and businessmen. For there was a kind of linguistic class division, where he spoke English and the upper classes spoke French. In the 14th century English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words. This language is called Middle English. The language of the great poet Chaucer (c1340 - 1400), but it is still difficult for English speakers to understand today.
Modern English
Early Modern English (1500-1800)
Towards the end of Middle English, and all of a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation (the Great Vowel shift began with the characters, which cause pronounced shorter and shorter. Of the 16th century the British had been in contact with many people from around the world. This, and the Renaissance of classical learning, which means that Many words and phrases into the language. the invention of printing also means that there is now a common language in printed form. books became cheaper and more people learned to read. printing is also to unite the English. spelling and grammar became fixed, and the tone of London, where most publishing houses, It has become the standard. in 1604 published the first dictionary of English.
The main difference between the early modern English at the time of late, and English is the language of conversation. In late modern English has many words, which arise from two main factors: first, the industrial revolution, technology has created a need for new words and, secondly, the British Empire at its peak covered a quarter of the earth's surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries .
Type of English
From all parts of 1600, English colonization of North America, which led to the creation of a distinct group of U.S. English. Some English words and pronunciation, "froze" when he arrived in America. In some respects, American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English. Some of the language calling for the British "Americanisms" are in fact original British expressions that were colonies in the province while lost for a time in Britain (for example, in relation to waste litter, and act as a loan rather than the foregoing, the fall in the autumn; another example, in the context of follow-up, and re-imported into Britain by gangs in Hollywood movies. Spanish also had an impact on American English (and subsequently British English), with words like canyon, ranch, and the stampede, and vigilante examples of Spanish words that entered English through the settlement of the American West. words French (through Louisiana) and West African words (through the slave trade) also influenced American English), and so on, to some extent, British English).
Today, in particular the Anglo-American influence, because of the dominance of the United States of America cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet). But there are many other types of English in all parts of the world, including English, for example, Australia and New Zealand English, Canadian English, South Africa, English, Hindi and English, Caribbean English.