The History of the English Language Explained SIMPLY and EASILY!

⚡️Have you ever wondered why English has so many words? Or why the spellings are so inconsistent and crazy? Well this video explains how English evolved over 5000 years and explains some of the mysteries and origins of our current global language.

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[wortixuniverse]

Excellent video! An historical reconstruction of the English language, full of a lot of interesting facts, explained in an engaging way. Colleagues, let's give Sabrah and Leila a big round of applause! Many thanks ladies!👏

[josephmendoza]

29% Latin, 29% French, 26% Germanic, 6% Greek, 10% Other, 5000 years ago….
English originated from an ancient language called Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European -> European Languages -> West Asian Languages -> Scandinavian Languages
Germanic Language family -> old Frisian (spoken by Dutch and West German inhabitants)
Old Frisian – Foet, Modern English – foot.
Old Frisian words –
Dei Day
Rein Rain
Simmer Summer
Skip Ship
/eI/ Train Rain Came
Roman Invasion in 55 BC
From 55 bc…. Latin and Greek words enter the language LATIN.
Latin words. Win – Wine, candel – Candle, Butere – Butter, Caese – Cheese, Straet – Street, Munt – Mount
Greek words, Democracy, Philosophy, Phobia, Geography
Romans leave the British isles from 388 A.D…..
Saxons, Angles, Jutes
Germanic tribes who spoke a version of the older Germanic languages brought their languages – this blended with the Latin and Greek and existing Germanic framework.
The beginnings of Anglo – Saxon or old English……
Miel Meal
Laam Lamb
See Sea
Boat Boat
Stoarm Storm
Frieze Freeze
Froast Frost
Sliepe Sleep
Blau Blue
Sk – Sh
Skield – shield
Skip – Ship
Disc – Dish
The Vikings
Germanic Language family -> old Norse Anglo Saxon -> Similarities so mixed well
Scandinavian origin words – Shorter than Latin words – Stronger consonant clusters
Skin Leg
Skull Sky
Freckle Knife
Husband Gap
Bull Bloom
Features from old Norse
-Double letters
-‘I’ sound being written as a y as in ‘why’ and ‘cry’
-Silent K in ‘Knife’ ‘knee’ and ‘know’
King Alfred of Wessex
Words enter from Latin and Greek
Extract from Alfred’s’ ‘Homily on St. Gregory the Great’
Eft he axode, hu ðaere ðeode nama wære be hi of common. Him wæs geandwyrd, bæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Ba cwæð he, “Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað bæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon.”
The Normans
Norman French -> Anglo-Saxon
Old English/ Latin French
Germanic Word Word
Motherhood Maternity
Child Infant
Friendship Amity
Fight Battle
Freedom Liberty
Latin words -> -Used more by the educated and the ruling classes -More sophisticated -Used to talk about medicine law and religion
Anglo – Saxon -> More the language of the peasants (the common people)
Latin words – More formal ie castigate and investigate. Old English/ Germanic More informal – tell off and look into (often phrasal verbs)
Anglo-Saxon spelling- ‘cw’ ie cween -> Normans changed this to ‘qu’ – Queen
Anglo-Saxon spelling- cild, cese -> Normas added – ch – child, cheese
Normans added – ‘ou’ spelling combination ie house and mouse -vowel clusters where there are silent letters
Norman spellings blended with Anglo-Saxon spellings – this caused inconsistencies and silent letters
Beautiful /’bjuː.tI.fəl/ Enormous /I’nɔː.məs/
Pandemic Hypertension
Litigation Endoscopy
Habeas corpus Theology
Testament

[erickan]

This is certainly the best crash course in History of English I have taken! Thanks ever so much for all the hard efforts in making it.

[mikeyc.]

We learn the English language and now we also get a history lesson. You two are too kind💙

[joncotton]

Hi Sabrah, I used this video with my class today, it is truly excellent on many degrees. The Italians love you!!!

[diretoaoponto]

I really was looking forward a history of English language video like that! Thanks Lady

[nurettinozcan]

Thx. I got alot about English with your video. I've learned English on my own but I want to improve by listening now. it is so lovely to listen you, because you sound very clear to understand, my dear teacher.

[FluencyAccentCoach]

I studied this from my previous course, It was quite interesting when you know about the history of English. Btw, I love your editing and how you present the lessons. Great lecture.

[ImDivyansh_]

Good to see you back, hope people in England are safe and life is coming back. And I'm eyeing on West-Indies tour as well because this can bring cricket back after a long time.
#StaySafe

[brunete]

I've bee aware of the main languages that have shaped the english language over the centuries. Yiddish however, is an old language from which many current english words derive. I'd appreciate receiving some insight on Yiddish. Thank you Leila and Sabrah.

[manuelgordillo]

good lessson. congratulations. Straight to the point. Not like a press conference. Accurate and owesome.good. I liked it.

[prashantmishra]

Hi! Sabrah.you're so wonderful in your presentation that I, literally, time trveled when you're explaining the whole periods of invaders like Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans.The sequence was well-defined because you mentioned how the change came about.Some words like 'psychology'from Greek
'diarrhoea'from Latin.
Some new words like 'guru'and 'mantra'came from sanskrit.
Thanks & regards
Prashant.

[danielsckarin]

That was a deep explanation of English language origins. So many interesting details. Thank you, Sabrah!

[euphoria]

Nice to see you Sabrah .Much love from Algeria 💜💜

[jojojoof]

thanks a lot for the video, I use to fine it very difficult to understand history of English language but now am at least a step ahead

[mattras]

Educative and enlightening lesson!! Though I am not fond of history, you make it so easy that it becomes an interesting watch!! Thanks Sabrah!! ☺

[ManishSharma-skzh]

Hi Sabrah,

It is a precious lesson about "The History of the English Language", I sincerely admire your efforts. With the help of your lesson, we learned more about the history of the English language.
Thank you.

[antoniochen]

This is an insightful and interesting lesson! You must have done loads of research in order to produce this informative video! Thank you 😊

[AndersonTakakura]

Interesting. I feel more comfortable in an academic environment indeed, I mean reading books, than in a daily conversation that uses a lot of phrasal verbs. German is less familiar.

[pachuyadav]

Thank you so much Sabrah .I was looking for such videos and got it today.Please come up with such videos in more depth about English language evolution with time period.