The Origins of the English Language

•(1st – 4th century) What of the main factors that influenced in the “moviento de masas” was the Christian era and the Roman Empire.

•In Britain, the Celtic culture was the dominant and the origin of the language.

•Latin had a great influence in English, not only in vocabulary but in Grammar. (Influence of the Roman Empire)

•Celtic speakers begun to spread along the whole Roman Empire, mixing all their languages.

Language in Britain

•The most ancient languages among the territory were the Celtic ones, which are still possible to be found in Welsh, Irish and Scott Gaelic.

•Latin also had some influence in the Phonetic system.

The Beginning of Written English.

•Within the Germanic tribes, the first register of a written language ware the runes. After the arrival of Christianism runes were evolving into letter and due to this reason the linguistic varieties emerged.

The Survival of Celtic

•The Celtic language has been changing by the influence and contact with the other languages. Some natives of Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex begun to leave aside Celtic dialects and begun to adopt English as their language.

•With the expansion of their empires, English begun to spread all over the territory.