The history of the English language

[@tungyeeso3637]

I'm a 75 year old Chinese growing up in colonial Hong Kong. English has intrigued me since my early days in primary school. I found this piece of history on the development of English language fascinating though I use it as frequently as my native Chinese language. The effort you put into this is appreciated.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much! It took me two months to finish this project, and it was an excellent experience. Going through history, I’m now thinking about making another video about the UK.

[@MafiMZFan]

Timestamps: Old English (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a>) Middle English (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="386">6:26</a>) Early Modern English (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="386">6:26</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="640">10:40</a>) Contemporary English (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="640">10:40</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="685">11:25</a>)

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much !!! you made my work easier

[@Hiiimylove]

I'm a student English Literature first semester, and from the video, I know about the historical English language.although English is not my first language and my skills in English is not good, Absolutely I promise that one day I can speaking English very confident in public. ❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

🙏

[@MafiMZFan]

I shared this with my classmates to know English language's history well💚 (We are freshers of English language and literature)

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much, I’m pretty sure they’re gonna love it🎉

[@JameB-u7i]

My ESL students did, as did I.😊

[@gameon2000]

Fun fact: normans were descendants of viikings themselves, hence the name "nor(d)man" they spoke an intermingled (with british gaelic celts & germanic francs in what to become Francia / France) version of old norse.

[@JJJ111JJJ]

Fun fact, did you know that "deer" is the Old English word for "animal", and that modern Germanic languages still use that word for "animal"? German - tier Dutch - dier Swedish - djur Norwegian/Danish - dyr etc Total layman's theory here, but I'm guessing "deer" became a specific animal in English because all other large wild animals on the British isles were hunted to extinction. Scandinavia for example still has tons of wild bears, wolves, moose, reindeer etc, so the need to distinguish deer from other big animals remained.

[@stephanierosealagenio515]

Thank you so much for this! Great explanation.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad it was helpful!

[@englishwithjenn123]

Wow! I can’t believe how much I learned while being thoroughly entertained! This masterpiece is something I’ll definitely watch again-it’s just that good! 👏🏼

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you, Jenn! It’s a pleasure hearing that from you.

[@fatihyildirim4802]

Basically I began learning English with you and currently living in Canada. Thank you for contributing to me 🎉❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

Really? Omg what a honor 🥰😘

[@tramdinh589]

This video is so great. Hope to have more videos like this soon. Thanks ❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

More to come! I’m working on my trip to Iceland these days:)

[@tahmidmostafa9513]

Best vedio to know the history of English Language.❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks

[@bringiton5282]

Before Old English, there was Common Brittonic, probably the first version of English. It was a Celtic language like Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx and Cornish.

[@drein4274]

Very nice - thanks for making it! I did notice that the line Major World Language actually says Mayor toward the end. Have a great rest of your day!

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much for the feedback 🙏

[@Ernecio06]

Thank you so much for this video about the beautiful English language! Regards from the Dominican Republic.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you too!

[@Chris87-dj5rh]

It’s an amazing video. I learned about language and it’s history, in the same time I can improve my listening. I’m so happy because I understood the video. Perhaps because you speak not as fast as usual. Thank you so much.

[@EnglishWithNab]

I’ll make more videos like this one, although it takes some time

[@selinaysay3914]

Amazing illustrations and animation. Wish I had the opportunity to watch this video while I was studying English teaching at university ages ago. (1989-1993) Enjoyed watching and recalling school years.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much! It took me some time to finish 😇 but eventually is here

[@Infosandinquires]

this was really fun and informative to watch ! clearly lots of effort was put into this and i am here to tell you that this couldn't be any better ! subscribed!

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Witness_KinmuGaiNoIshi]

Honestly I found it easier to learn Anglo-Saxon era English than modern English

[@kwitshadie6539]

Sounds like your Past Life can be traced to this time. ;)

[@talkwithsunil07]

I am student of MA English literature first semester ❤i loved it.this video is helpful video ❤ Who is student here like this comment ❤

[@LillyKhan-dv2xq]

Very much easy and helpful ☺️❤

[@rilesibenoro2482]

Many thanks NAB for your all your hard work. Love it❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@curtpiazza1688]

Very well explained and illustrated! Thanx so much! ❤ 😊

[@comicalwizard664]

very well made video!

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you!

[@faizasanam1539]

Love this vlog , I will show this video to my students in class. By profession I 'm a teacher.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Yeah let me know what they think please 😍

[@faizasanam1539]

@@EnglishWithNab yeah I will

[@Shukhrattmuratbaev]

I wonder you have done a greater work compared to other youtube channels who did an exploration on the history of the English language,your information and the way of explaining them are fascinating.Danke für dich mein Freund,from Uzbekistan.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Wow, thank you! It took months tbh but I’m glad to hear that

[@tetianamamatova5704]

👍👍👍 a nice piece of work!!! Thanks for all your efforts to help to learn)❤️

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much:) I’ll more videos tho like this one

[@ombimalowangi]

​@@EnglishWithNabyeah we want more

[@llamdelmar7573]

Yo soy de Chile y estudié en una universidad internacional, donde el idioma oficial era el inglés. Mis compañeros de lengua nativa inglesa me decían: oye, tu entiendes las palabras difíciles del inglés y no las fáciles, yo respondía siempre, el ingles académico deriva en su mayoría del latín o del francés, idiomas mas cercanos al español que las palabras derivadas de los idiomas sajones.

[@Ohnjay288]

A big thank you for this very informative information which is truly appreciated.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Roero]

Really well done video and explanation. It would be interesting to understand how the "English false friends" took a different meaning from their Latin root.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much! It took me two months to finish this project, and it was an excellent experience. Going through history, I’m now thinking about making another video about the UK.

[@WizardOfArc]

You put Germany over closer to where the Netherlands were and Netherlands on top of Jutland (part of Germany)

[@JuanMendoza-ke9bj]

Sounds nice!!

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you

[@SičhaŋǧuWičhaša]

I love English ❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

Same here

[@RahulKumar-id5cq]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="632">10:32</a> there is spelling mistake. Major is uttered while Mayor is written. Very informative content and very lucid to understand.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks for the feedback🙏

[@BryantSmith-m1n]

Thanks 🙏🙏 I just found it out🥰

[@kian-n9h]

Nice explanation🎉

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad you liked it!

[@Budidongky]

Hello my friends I'm from Indonesia 🙏🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@EnglishWithNab]

Hello there 😍

[@rememberrmee]

Great video for homeschooling thank you ❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

You are so welcome!

[@desmorgens3120]

Frisian is often not mentioned in the history of the English language.

[@edwarddcastejonc4302]

awesome material

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks

[@marinashilova1349]

Such an impressive video! Tell us, please, how did you create these animated maps? Which application or program was used? This is extremely important to me. I would appreciate it if you would respond.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you very much! My editors made them ❤

[@marinashilova1349]

@@EnglishWithNab Could you share their contacts with me, if only it is not top secret))

[@jorge7spary]

In Argentina, there are also people who speak English as a Foreign Language. There are little people (at least 3%) but there is evidence indeed.

[@SheikhNafiz-kk8hv]

I'm from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@ЗахарИванов-ж8н]

Stay at home

[@theprofessionaltraders8122]

Great video indeed

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you kindly

[@AlltNorrOmAleArNorrland]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="215">3:35</a> Egg vs Æg? 🤷🏽‍♂️?… I seriously think the Vikings brought very little change to the English language. Jutes & Angles already spoke a very similar language to old Norse whom mostly came from Denmark (remember Danelaw & King Knut)

[@MafiMZFan]

Can you make a video only for anglo Saxon period?

[@EnglishWithNab]

Good idea

[@aoki_ch]

English spelling system is awesome

[@albionmyl7735]

we Saxons are from LowerSaxony, Westphalia and Twente /NL...... this is the old homeland of the germanic Saxons🇩🇪👋

[@EnglishWithNab]

😇

[@albionmyl7735]

@@EnglishWithNab and we still very much connected with our english cousins 🌹👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@tobiasariastoya1485]

Very good video 🎉🎉

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thank you 🤗

[@victorbyte2945]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="49">0:49</a> Netherlands?

[@linouwww]

Yes. That's what he said.

[@victorbyte2945]

@@linouwww Im talking about the map, you know, basic geography

[@wxaozesty1]

​@victorbyte2945 You are correct. Netherlands is west of Saxony.

[@bobin5480]

Feel this l am watch history18 tv channel when i was 12years old

[@EnglishWithNab]

Glad to hear that, more videos to come

[@ombimalowangi]

​@@EnglishWithNabcan't wait

[@tanyashander1953]

That’s great

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks 😍

[@unraed]

why people always forget about frisians?) they migrated to the brittish isles as well!)

[@kwitshadie6539]

The Frisians never really had a kingdom in England and the migrants ended up assimilated into the Heptarchy.

[@JameB-u7i]

You labled Southern Denmark and Norethern Germany (in orange) as the Netherlands. These areas are Southern Jutland, Southern Schleswig, and Holstein. The Netherlands is to the left of Germany, bordering the North Sea.

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks for the info 😇

[@kimashitawa8113]

Like he isn't wrong that they also came from the Netherlands but when i saw our name over Schleswig-Holstein i thought "huh?"

[@Patrick_Krolikow]

The English language is beautiful anyway.

[@EnglishWithNab]

I can’t agree more

[@hamzabangash4956]

Old English from 450 to 1066

[@Budidongky]

Video nice ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks

[@piteravelar5456]

I thought really interesting

[@EnglishWithNab]

Thanks

[@piteravelar5456]

@@EnglishWithNab my pleasure

[@SakibAli-yr7kw]

My English honors degree can be completed here😂😂😂

[@EnglishWithNab]

lol

[@hakalrakan]

Maybe no relationship between French and Normans only this tribes came from France side. They had a Scandinavian sources.

[@JonnhyOliver]

Thou hast knowest Olde Ænglisc doeth not reacheth The highlands of Scottland.

[@happyman_smiling]

Sir please please check shashi tharoor an indian politician and ex diplomat who speaks perfect victorian english just check his videos you will find best victorian accent

[@georgen9755]

ENG IN

[@NareLusinyan]

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[@EnglishWithNab]

Turn the subtitle on

[@MohiBaraa-qj9kp]

Sir your video this there some problem Please correct it The peoples of Britain consisted of tribes called Celtic Anglo-Saxons. It is true that they are a mixture of German-Danish tribes, but there is no country known as the Netherlands at that

[@kseven6551]

Heute ist diese Sprache viel zu sehr französisch und Latein

[@Mementomori-vh]

English history is as "true" as Hungarian. Mixed language, foreign genes and invented "famous" history.

[@FrancoRamírez-u3v]

Muy cierto

[@paolamilia1445]

I don t like american accent

[@snapmalloy5556]

Which one? 😂😂