OLD ENGLISH

OLD ENGLISH

1. Old English began in 450 A.D. and ended in 1100 AD, old English did not sound or resemble English today. About half of the most used words in modern English have their roots in old English. Old English also had strong influence from old norse, it was spoken by the vikings

   • Its is widely used among speakers of different languages in most parts of the world
   • Has been widely spread throughout he world
   • It has also become the language of science, as latin was in Newtons time
   • It is the language most people study

2. SPOKEN

   • Old English arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread north
     • People have it as their first or second most spoken language worldwide
     • Is the most widely spoken language by total number of speakers, with more than one billion people
     • The verb system of Old English was more elaborate than that of modern english

3. The invading germany tribes spone similar languages

   • In britain developed into what we now call old english
     • Native english speakers now could have difficulty understanding old english
       • Most commonly used words in modern english have old english roots