The origin of the English language

1. English originates in the language of the Anglos and Saxons, barbarian peoples (Germans) that in the 5th century invaded Brittany - Present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain

2. Divided into -Old English (century X and century XI) Archaic or Anglo-Saxon Middle English- (century XI and century XVI)the medium Modern English ( Century XVI) -modern

3. Considered the most universal and the most used in business, on the internet

4. It consisted of four dialects: Northern, Western Saxon, Kentian and oMércio. It was during this period that the language of Anglo-Saxons received Latin words during the Roman occupation.

5. The West Germanic branch of the Indo-European family, to which English belongs, also includes Low German (Plattdeutsch), Dutch and Frisian.

6. English derives from three German dialects spoken by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes who emigrated from Denmark and northern Germany to settle in England to settle in England from the middle of the fifth century onwards

7. begins with the departure of the Romans in 410d.c in Brittany

8. 1500 years of the Revolution - it was influenced by languages ​​in which Celtic, Latin and French were made mainstream

9. half of the vocabulary is Germanic and the rescuer comes from Latin and Neolatin languages ​​such as French, Spanish and Italian.

10. Third most spoken language in the world as first, then Mandarin and Spanish.

11. Old English is characterized by the phase between 450d.c and the end of the 11th century. Nor did the Franco-Normans invade England causing the language of the fort and the administration to pass asee the French language

12. In Old and Middle English the stressed syllable was always at the root of the derived words. In modern English, the stressed syllable can be in any syllable of a word