[General] what origin has the english language?

[cyrus311]

we know that english language is from the germanic branch of aryan languages. but where we can find the origins, i mean are the saxons father of english language? and is it originated from east europe or central asia?

 

[5jj]

Google 'English Language Origin' and you wll have a choice of articles from very short to academic.

 

[Tdol]

It started with Saxon, then the Vikings invaded and the two languages mixed, then the Normans invaded, bringing French and Latin, and English was the result.

 

[emsr2d2]

We know that the English language is from the Germanic branch of Aryan languages, but where we can find the origins? I mean are the Saxons the fathers of the English language? And [STRIKE]is it originated[/STRIKE] does it originate from eastern Europe or central Asia?

You have received two useful answers and you will (I hope) have noticed a pattern in them. We always capitalise the names of languages, countries, nationalities etc. We also use a capital letter at the beginning of every new sentence and we always capitalise the word "I".

Please follow these patterns in future posts. Thank you.

 

[cyrus311]

Thank you 5jj. But when I ask a teacher it means I'm asking a teacher not google.;-)
But Thanks for your help.:-D

 

[cyrus311]

Thanks Tdol.But what about scottish people? Are they celtic? Is their language related to English?:roll:

 

[cyrus311]

And emsr2d2! You are really a teacher!!!:mrgreen:

 

[cyrus311]

Now I'm in hurry but later I will explain about the above mistakes.See you ...

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks Tdol.But what about scottish people? Are they celtic? Is their language related to English?:roll:

All Scottish people speak English. Scottish Gaelic, which is a variant of Irish Gaelic, is spoken by a small minority of people in Scotland. People in much of Scotland, in common with the rest of Britain, spoke a form of the Welsh language before the invasion of the Saxons.

 

[5jj]

Thank you 5jj. But when I ask a teacher it means I'm asking a teacher not google.

The member here are happy to help with problems about the English language. We are not here to re-invent the wheel. For a question such as yours, google can provide access to a wealth of information for you to check what suits you best. If you find things in the articles that you don't understand, we can help with that.

The Scottish, Irish and Welsh languages that bhaisahab mentioned are distantly related to English, in that all are members of the Indo-European family of languages. However, a person speaking only Gaelic or Welsh could not understand a person speaking only English, and vice versa. English and Gaelc/Welsh are as different as French and Russian.

 

[cyrus311]

Thank you bhaisahab:scatter:

 

[cyrus311]

And thanks 5jj:cheers:

 

[cyrus311]

But let me explain about mistakes!!!

 

[cyrus311]

First of all, I was in a hurry :mrgreen:

 

[cyrus311]

Second , In Persian language handwriting we do not have capital letter or sth like that.:roll: Maybe this is why we make such mistakes.

 

[cyrus311]

Third, In Persian we do not have definite article, like "the" in English,"ال" in Arabic,and "د" in pashto.Maybe this is why we can not familiarize with it very well.

 

[cyrus311]

And about "Is it originated?" or "Does it originate?"
I think this is the effect of Persian language.
But if we cosider "originated" as an adjective,Can we have "is it originated"?

 

[cyrus311]

And we do not have count nouns and non-count nouns.In Persian number does not match with counted word.For example you say:

One apple
Two apples
Three apples

We say:

Yek sib
Do sib
Se sib

 

[cyrus311]

Persian does not have gender :loling:

 

[cyrus311]

Does not have direct and indirect object :x-mas: