The Origins of English

Language

Gabriel FernandoJara Muñoz

Christian EraGeographical Scenario

Celtic languagesspread over

southern part of Europe

Latin dialect spread with the growth of the

Roman Empire

Germanic languages

spread with the german tribes

Language in Contact

Celts Germans

Romans

TRADECONQUEST

MILITARY CONTACT

Genetically Mixed

Language in BritainCeltic languages

4 BC. Britain andIreland are know as the Pretanic Islands

Britannia was the name adopted by the Romans who turn into Britain by the Germans

ICENI TRIBE

BRIGANTESTRIBE

CaledonianTRIBE

55 BC Visit of Julius Cesar Latin

Introduced Latin by the occupying forces, however Celtic still remained as a language in Britain

5th Century

Germanic MigrantsEnglish

Tens of thousands of Anglo-Saxons crossed the North Sea and settled on the east and south coasts of Britain

6th Century

Anglo Saxons Kingdoms English

The early settlements grew into kingdoms

Exxes, middlesex, surrey, Sussex

9th Century

Four Great Kingdoms

Northumbria, Mercia, West Saxon, Kentish

Language in Britain

Early English

Dialects Written

Variety

Tribes & Kingdoms

Prestige Dominant

NorthumbrianMercianWest SaxonsKentish

Anglian

Pronunciationdifferences

Alphabet Runes

Christianity

LatinConnected

Text

Letters

Complex vowels

Had a great deal of

Because of the

Who had

Only if

Were the

like

spoke

had

Used an

Based on

Because of the

Impose by the

creating

using

for

The Survival of the CeltGermanic Tribes from North-west

Germany invaded the British Isles and settled down in the eastern part of

Britain

The Celts defeated by the Anglo-Saxons moved to the northern and western part of

the British Isles, where Celtic survived

They became the English