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B1 Intermedio Inglés 4:54 Educational

Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern

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When we talk about English, we often think of it as a single language

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but what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries around the world

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have in common with each other,

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or with the writings of Chaucer?

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And how are any of them related to the strange words in Beowulf?

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The answer is that like most languages,

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English has evolved through generations of speakers,

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undergoing major changes over time.

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By undoing these changes,

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we can trace the language from the present day

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back to its ancient roots.

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While modern English shares many similar words

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with Latin-derived romance languages,

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like French and Spanish,

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most of those words were not originally part of it.

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Instead, they started coming into the language

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