The history of the English language

This video explores the evolution of the English language over time, highlighting its development through various invasions of Britain. English is depicted from different perspectives, showcasing its transformation into one of the world's most widely spoken languages.

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[MafiMZFan]

Timestamps:
Old English (0:00-3:50)
Middle English (3:50-6:26)
Early Modern English (6:26-10:40)
Contemporary English (10:40-11:25)

[tungyeeso]

I'm a 75 year old Chinese growing up in colonial Hong Kong. English has intrigued me since my early days in primary school. I found this piece of history on the development of English language fascinating though I use it as frequently as my native Chinese language. The effort you put into this is appreciated.

[MafiMZFan]

I shared this with my classmates to know English language's history well💚
(We are freshers of English language and literature)

[desertdarlene]

I'm currently learning Dutch (and some other languages) and through that, I'm also learning a lot about English language history. Dutch uses a lot of words that are very similar to more archaic English words.

[Hiiimylove]

I'm a student English Literature first semester, and from the video, I know about the historical English language.although English is not my first language and my skills in English is not good, Absolutely I promise that one day I can speaking English very confident in public.
❤

[fatihyildirim]

Basically I began learning English with you and currently living in Canada. Thank you for contributing to me 🎉❤

[selinaysay]

Amazing illustrations and animation. Wish I had the opportunity to watch this video while I was studying English teaching at university ages ago. (1989-1993) Enjoyed watching and recalling school years.

[englishwithjenn]

Wow! I can’t believe how much I learned while being thoroughly entertained! This masterpiece is something I’ll definitely watch again—it’s just that good! 👏🏼

[gameon]

Fun fact: normans were descendants of viikings themselves, hence the name "nor(d)man" they spoke an intermingled (with british gaelic celts & germanic francs in what to become Francia / France) version of old norse.

[Ernecio]

Thank you so much for this video about the beautiful English language! Regards from the Dominican Republic.

[tramdinh]

This video is so great. Hope to have more videos like this soon. Thanks ❤

[Viodoxz]

I always find old English when spoken to be so beautiful.

[JJJJJJ]

Fun fact, did you know that "deer" is the Old English word for "animal", and that modern Germanic languages still use that word for "animal"?

German - tier
Dutch - dier
Swedish - djur
Norwegian/Danish - dyr
etc

Total layman's theory here, but I'm guessing "deer" became a specific animal in English because all other large wild animals on the British isles were hunted to extinction. Scandinavia for example still has tons of wild bears, wolves, moose, reindeer etc, so the need to distinguish deer from other big animals remained.

[Shukhrattmuratbaev]

I wonder you have done a greater work compared to other youtube channels who did an exploration on the history of the English language, your information and the way of explaining them are fascinating.Danke für dich mein Freund, from Uzbekistan.

[chesterdonnelly]

Very nice video. The history of the English language is the history of the English people.

[JesperMilling]

Anglia in Southern Denmark is misnomed Netherlands

[talkwithsunil]

I am student of MA English literature first semester ❤i loved it.this video is helpful video ❤
Who is student here like this comment ❤

[stephanierosealagenio]

Thank you so much for this! Great explanation.

[jeaalloso]

This information will be helpful for my upcoming examination in my major subject!

[WizardOfArc]

You put Germany over closer to where the Netherlands were and Netherlands on top of Jutland (part of Germany)