history of the english language

slayd 1 english is a language of communication the history of the english language really started with the arrival of three germanic tribes who invaded britain during the 5th century ad. these tribes, the angles, the saxons and the jutes, crossed the north sea from what today is denmark and northern germany. at that time the inhabitants of britain spoke a celtic language. but most of the celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now wales, scotland and ireland. the angles came from englaland and their language was called englisc - from which the words england and english are derived. it is only in the course of the last hundred years that …

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