Who invented the English language?

Answer 1

The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D., though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the eleventh century or a bit later. By that time Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the lexicon, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down.

Answer 2

Who Invented The English Language

Answer 3

Who Invented English

Answer 4

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Who invented the English language?

Answer 5

No one 'invented' the English language. Celtic ( pronounced kel-tik) was the language of the people of England before the arrival of the Romans in 43 AD.
The common people continued to speak Celtic while the Romans and the English nobility spoke Latin.
In the four hundreds, the Romans left England. The land was taken over by Vikings from Denmark. They spoke a Germanic language. This soon mixed with the Latin.
In 1066 England was conquered by French speaking people from Normandy. Now French started to become mixed with the other languages.
Because French has its beginning in Latin ( lingua latina ) there was another dose of Latin injected into the Language.
So, you see, English was not invented at one time, but evolved over many years. The one problem that this caused was pronouncion. People took the easiest pronouncion no matter the spelling. So now we have many words that seem to have no connection to their pronouncion.
An example, the word knife, in German ( a phonetic language ) would be spelled NEIF . The original pronouncion was Kah-nee-feh.

Answer 6

Nobody.

The English language is a strange language - it's an evolution of various conquering people and their languages, and it borrows from just about every language there is. The first time it was collected in a single form, however, was in the middle ages when the first dictionary was written (as an attempt to standardize English across England).

English began as a Celtic tongue similar to Welsh or Scottish today; then the island was conquered by the Romans, who brought Latin with them (and today about 40% of all words have a Latin root), forcing the Celtic-speakers to areas like Cornwall and Wales.

When the Roman Empire was disintegrating, the Romans withdrew their armies from Britain, leaving it undefended. The (by then) Christian Latins living in England invited some Germans to come and defend them...which was a mistake. The Angles and Saxons arrived from Northwestern Germany and conquered much of England, bringing their Germanic languages with them. These were the "Anglo-Saxons", who intermarried with the Latins.

Later on, Scandinavian Vikings conquered large parts of England in the northeast (the Danelaw). A fun fact: if your last name has a "son" in the name, your ancestors were probably from the Danelaw; if you have a profession as your last name, your ancestors were probably from the southwest. They brought their language as well, although the Danelaw didn't last long.

Finally, the English kicked the Danes out - but were conquered by William of Normandy, known more famously as William the Conqueror. Normandy is part of France, and William brought with him a French court. After 1066 (the Norman Invasion), the nobility of England was French! Many French words entered the English language at this point.

After that, the English language just evolved into the language it is today. During different periods in its history, it has added new words - some in exposure to different cultures, some because of new inventions or trade goods, and some because their colonies in far-off lands were also speaking English.

This explains a lot - like why we have several words that mean the same thing. Understand vs. Comprehend, for example, or Luxurious versus Deluxe. Even related words, like cow versus beef, are often due to different languages bringing their same words with them!

Answer 7

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Answer 9

probably the Romans and later the Normans
English is based on those languages and they both invaded and conquered England

Welsh,Irish,Scottish are Gaelic Languages ,and they have Celtic roots

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