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The origins of the English language can be traced back to when
Germanic tribes
invaded
Britain
and
Old English
was formed
The
fifth century
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The
Normans
invaded
Britain
, bringing a form of
French
that helped shape
Middle English
1066
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Formation of Modern English
1. Due to the advent of
modern printing
and
colonialism
in the
16th century
2.
Britain’s
first colonial
‘adventure’
brought
English
to the
New World
3.
British
colonisation and imperialism spread
English
to
Africa
,
South
and
Southeast Asia
, the
Caribbean
, and the
South Pacific Islands
4. As the language travelled, it
mixed
with other
local languages
creating new varieties of English, such as
pidgins
and
creoles
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By the early
20th
century
Britain’s political
,
economic
, and
industrial
powers began to
lessen
, and the
USA
emerged as a
political
and
economic
superpower
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USA’s
prominence
and
power
Helped spread
English
further around the
world
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World started working together via
international
organisations
English
was chosen as one of the world’s
official working languages
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USA’s
cultural
prominence
Helped spread English through
movies
,
advertisements
,
music
, and
broadcasting
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Final spread of English
Primarily
thanks
to the
internet
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The invention of the
internet
is widely accredited to
two American
men, so naturally, the
language
of the internet is
English
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By the mid-1990s, an estimated
80
% of the internet’s
content
was
English
; however, that number sits closer to
50
% today
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Today,
English
is recognised as an
official language
in
67
different countries
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The status of the language in each country can
vary greatly
, with some countries using
English
purely for
administrative
and
educational
purposes and others using it as their official
majority
language
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