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What languages were spoken England in Shakespearean times?
In England, they spoke English. Not Old English, not Middle English, but Modern English. There were a number of dialects of Modern English spoken which are lumped together as Early Modern (or Elizabethan) English. It is the same language I am writing in now with a few quirks.
Why do some people think that Shakespearean language is Old English?
They do not know what Old English is. If they understood that Old English was the language in which Beowulf was written and which disappeared about 1100 they would know that Shakespeare could not have written in or even understood it. People tend to get caught up in the reality of their own generation, and anything that belonged to an earlier generation gets lumped together as "old". Chaucer, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the Beatles--it's all "old". I mean the Beatles wrote "Please Please Me" and not "Plz plz me" so it must have been Old English right?
Who invented english and in,which year?
Nobody 'invented' English. 'Early Old English was spoken by the Angles and Saxons who invaded in approximately 600 AD. England from Northern Europe. Today we would hardly recognise the English spoken by the Saxons. With subsequent invasions of the Viking/Danes/Norwegians and later again by the Mediaeval Norman French, the spoken English developed into something like the language spoken today. From this Shakespearean English developed. Whilst we do not speak/write Shakespearean English today , it is recognisable to the modern English tongue. Modern English is still developing. We have today as the spoken and written language The Queen's/Oxford English, the classical form of the modern language. American English Ugh!!!! where they misspell lots of words and a Australian English, which remains fairly close to the modern classical form of the language. For example such words as 'Belly' (Saxon) & Stomach(Latin/French) are in use today . It depends on the context of use. Again Pavement (Oxford English) & Sidewalk (American English) Again '"Struth' (Australian English) ; 'God's truth' (Oxford English) Are just a few of the variations in the modern language. The language will continue to alter, but the basic grammar of the language of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, verb tenses will not alter. Hope that helps. NB The only INVENTED language is Esperanto.
What language do most of our pronouns come from?
Most English pronouns are derived from Old English, a Germanic language. Some pronouns, like "she" and "they," have origins in Old Norse. Additionally, pronouns in English have influences from Latin and French due to the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Did the old English language stop in 1066?
No, the old English language did not stop in 1066. The Norman Conquest in 1066 influenced the development of Middle English, which gradually replaced Old English as the dominant language in England. Old English continued to be used in some contexts alongside Middle English for a period of time.
How old is the English language?
The English language is about 1500-2000 years old. Modern English is somewhere between 300 and 400 years old--Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English.
Old English was the language of the what?
Latin
What language is of from?
of comes from Old English
What language family did Old English belong to?
Old English belonged to the Germanic language family.
What are the four stages of the English language?
The four stages of the English language are Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English. These stages mark the historical development and evolution of the language over time.
What language did the Saxons speak?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Saxons spoke Saxon. This was a Germanic language that was one of the sources of the Anglo-Saxon (or "Old English") language spoken in England before the Norman Conquest.
Why English is language?
The English language is a descendant of the original language Old English. Through trade and war, mostly, English was spread quickly though out England and beyond.
